Team @uktimenews
Kyrie Irving still really doesn’t want to talk about his future. Irving insisted on Instagram Live on Wednesday that he still isn’t ready to talk about his impending free-agency decision. That was his stance when he first landed in Dallas in February, and he’s sticking to it now even after the Mavericks’ season is over. … Read more
Angela Bassett, who played rocker Tina Turner in the movie What’s Love Got to Do With It, is remembering her. (Photo: Getty Images) Within hours of the death of music icon Tina Turner, actress Angela Bassett paid tribute, which just felt right, since Bassett introduced many people to Turner’s story when she portrayed her in … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A man in Kentucky’s largest city is facing criminal charges after allegedly shooting his roommate during a dispute over a Hot Pocket, authorities say. Clifton Williams, 64, was arrested on assault charges Sunday after he accused his roommate of eating their last Hot Pocket and attacked him, shooting him in the … Read more
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden has picked U.S. Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown to become America’s next top U.S. military officer, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in a long-anticipated move that elevates a former fighter pilot with experience in the Pacific at a time of … Read more
(Reuters) – Bill Ackman questioned the valuation of Carl Icahn’s flagship firm as he took another jab at his old rival, whose company has become the target of short-seller Hindenburg Research. The billionaire investor said in a tweet on Wednesday that he was “fascinated” by the situation between the short seller and Icahn Enterprises, while … Read more
The Wizards have hired Clippers GM Michael Winger as their next president. (G Fiume/Getty Images) The Washington Wizards have found their next general manager. Los Angeles Clippers general manager Michael Winger agreed to a deal to become the next president of Monumental Basketball on Wednesday afternoon, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. That makes Winger the … Read more
Julio Torres has built his career on eccentricity — whether he’s waxing poetic about his favorite shapes, befriending a King’s Speech-obsessed water demon, or causing Ryan Gosling to have a mental breakdown over the font Papyrus. Now, the comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer is bringing his signature weirdness to the big screen. … Read more
Viktor Medvedchuk Read also: UK sanctions Medvedchuk’s wife and relatives of Russian oligarchs Roman Tytykalo, a member of Kyiv Oblast’s Council, was first to report this decision. “Medvedchuk is no longer a lawyer,” he wrote on Facebook. “Historical justice is served. The Qualification and Disciplinary Commission’s disciplinary chamber of the Kyiv Oblast Bar has just … Read more
Platte County prosecutors charged a 38-year-old man Wednesday with driving under the influence of alcohol in a deadly crash that left one person dead. Wesley W. Teague, of Rushville, Missouri, was taken into police custody on Tuesday evening following the crash on M Highway, Major Erik Holland of the Platte County Sheriff’s Office said in … Read more
Before Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to San Francisco in 1983, a city police officer who regularly patronized an Irish pub warned federal agents about a potential threat against the queen by an Irish Republican Army sympathizer who was bent on revenge for the death of his daughter, newly released FBI records show. The unidentified police … Read more