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French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 13 others to trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.After a decade of investigation, the French national financial prosecutor’s office announced its decision Friday to seek a trial. It’s now up to judges to determine whether to move ahead. In general, judges in France follow such prosecutors’ requests, though not always.The case is the biggest and most shocking of multiple corruption investigations involving Sarkozy. He has been convicted in two others. He denies wrongdoing in all cases.In the Libya case, he is charged with illegal campaign financing, embezzling, passive corruption and related counts.Sarkozy has been under investigation in the Libya case since 2013. Investigators examined claims that Gadhafi’s government secretly gave Sarkozy 50 million euros for his winning...

Division III football likely to delay new clock rules for 1st downs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

The NCAA Football Rules Committee appears headed toward delaying Division III’s implementation of the new game clock rule for first downs for a year.The biggest rule change approved last month for 2023 will have the game clock continue to run when a first down is gained except in the last two minutes of either half. Previously, the clock stopped when a first down was gained and restarted on the referee’s signal.The rule will be used in the Bowl Subdivision, Championship Subdivision and Division II. It was put on hold in Division III after the division’s management council requested the Playing Rules Oversight Panel refer it back to the Football Rules Committee for further review.“I think delay a year is the most likely scenario,” Steve Shaw, national coordinator of officials and secretary-rules editor, said in a text to The Associated Press on Thursday.Shaw said Division III administrators and coaches want to see how the new rule affects games in the upper division...

Supreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide, others convicted of corruption related to ‘Buffalo Billion’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.”In two cases before the court, both liberal and conservative justices were unanimous in saying there were problems with the convictions. The cases are the latest in a line stretching back years that criticize federal prosecutors for overreaching in public corruption cases against state and local officials, as well as people doing business with government.In 2020, the high court threw out the convictions of political allies of former Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., over the “Bridgegate” scandal that involved four days of traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge. In 2016, the SUpreme Court threw out the bribery conviction of former Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va.The current cases grew out of the “Buffalo Billion” development project, which was intended to ...

Grains lower, Livstock lower.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was down 7 cents at $6.3075 a bushel; May corn lost 11.50 cents at $6.3350 a bushel; May oats was off .50 cent at $3.3525 a bushel; while May soybeans fell 6.25 cents at $14.46 a bushel.Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.Jun. live cattle was down .67 cent at $1.6305 a pound; May feeder cattle fe1l .14 cent at $2.0503 a pound; May. lean hogs was off .02 cent at $.7685 a pound.Source

From ‘Psycho’ to a new crop of horror movies, the genre has some mommy issues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you’re stumped for how to spend this Mother’s Day, consider relishing a good scare. Since the genre’s inception, horror movies have tapped into the psychological trauma and terror that can only come from a mother, and a number of recent films are embracing that time-honored tradition.Take, for example, Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool,” which became one of the buzziest films to come out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s no surprise it was replete with disturbing moments. The director, after all, has surely learned a thing or two from his filmmaker dad and giant of the genre, David Cronenberg. In one talked-about scene, Gabi (Mia Goth) exposes her bare chest to James (Alexander Skarsgård) in an invitation to breastfeed, revealing a complicated tension between his actual mother and his understanding of Gabi as his new one. While the genre has often been dismissed as low-brow, Adam Lowenstein, a film and media studies professor at the Univ...

STORY REMOVED: US–Film Review-The Mother

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

The Associated Press has withdrawn its review the film “The Mother” because it inadvertently moved ahead of an embargo. AP will re-publish the review after 9 p.m. Eastern when the embargo has lifted.Source

The Hunt: The late Arman Soldin’s voice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

Ukrainians and many others call Russia a terrorist state because of the brutal war that’s killed thousands of innocent people.One of the people who covered that war is now a victim. Arman Soldin, a journalist for Agence France-Presse, was killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The French government said it has opened a war crimes investigation into his death.On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” we hear parts of an interview with Arman, late last year, where he saw evidence of Russian war crimes in Izyum. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio AFP journalist Arman Soldin d...

US captain Tyler Adams set to miss rest of season for Leeds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

LEEDS, England (AP) — United States captain Tyler Adams is unlikely to play again for Leeds this season.Adams underwent hamstring surgery in March and Leeds manager Sam Allardyce confirmed Thursday he does not expect the defensive midfielder to feature in the team’s final three games as it battles to avoid relegation from the Premier League.Leeds is in next-to-last place, two points from safety, and hosts Newcastle on Saturday. Leeds then visits West Ham before hosting Tottenham in the season finale.The team has missed the protection Adams gives to its defense, losing six of its nine matches since he last appeared on March 11 and conceding an average of three goals a game in that spell.Adams joined Leeds from Leipzig in the offseason last year.The United States’ next game is against Mexico in the CONCACAF Nations League on June 15.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Balacera en Prince George’s cobra la vida de adolescente; un hombre está gravemente herido

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

Una adolescente murió y un hombre resultó gravemente herido después de recibir un disparo dentro de una casa en el condado Prince George’s, Maryland, el miércoles por la noche, informó la policía.El incidente ocurrió en la cuadra 1800 de Tanow Place en District Heights alrededor de las 9:30 p.m., según las autoridades.Ambos fueron llevados a un hospital en donde la adolescente murió a causa de sus heridas y el hombre está gravemente herido, según la policía.Las autoridades aclararon que no buscan a ningún sospechoso y que todos los involucrados estaban dentro de la casa donde ocurrió el tiroteo.Los investigadores recolectaron evidencia de la residencia el jueves.El residente cercano, Timothy Howell, le dijo a nuestra cadena hermana NBC Washington que estaba sorprendido de que la balacera ocurriera en el área.“Es muy, muy desafortunado, porque aquí todos se apegan a sí mismos”, explicó Howell.Hasta el momento se desconoce el motivo del tiroteo. La policía continúa i...

VolitionRX: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:56 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — VolitionRX Ltd. (VNRX) on Wednesday reported a loss of $8.8 million in its first quarter.The Henderson, Nevada-based company said it had a loss of 15 cents per share.The life sciences company posted revenue of $149,800 in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $150,000._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on VNRX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/VNRXSource