Day: June 16, 2023

Angels’ Shohei Ohtani hits 22nd home run, pitches six innings in victory over Rangers

4:16 pm June 16, 2023

Maybe Shohei Ohtani was just a bit tired, as manager Phil Nevin joked, when the two-way star took his last big swing for the Los Angeles Angels and matched the MLB lead with his 22nd homer — and fourth in their series-clinching victory over AL West-leading Texas. After Ohtani threw six innings to get his […]

Blockbuster film ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ removed from Middle East cinemas without explanation

4:15 pm June 16, 2023

The new blockbuster movie “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was abruptly removed from cinema listings in more than a dozen Muslim-majority countries without explanation, apparently over the inclusion of a blink-and-you-miss-it transgender poster in the background of one frame. Empire Entertainment, the Middle East distributor for the computer-animated Sony Pictures film, did not respond to multiple […]

Man accused of hate crimes in deaths of 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue found guilty

4:14 pm June 16, 2023

Robert Bowers, who was accused of shooting and killing 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018, was found guilty Friday of all counts facing him. Bowers was charged with 63 criminal counts, including hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of the free exercise of religion resulting in death. […]

Austrian court rules in favor of Ukrainian businessman in corruption case

4:13 pm June 16, 2023

An Austrian court said Friday that it has ruled in favor of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash in a years-long legal saga over a U.S. bid to have him extradited to face corruption charges, sending the extradition case back to square one. Firtash faces a U.S. indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to pay bribes in […]

Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature votes to end funding for pandemic-era child care program

3:19 pm June 16, 2023

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted early Friday to end funding for a pandemic-era child care subsidy program over the objections of Democrats and child care providers who argued that the move would be devastating for needy families and the state’s economy. The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee, which writes the state budget, voted to […]