Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to be sentenced following conviction for fraud
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of shuttered blood testing company Theranos, is set to be sentenced on Friday for defrauding investors.
The sentencing marks the latest development in a legal saga that ha…
Beer sales banned at World Cup stadiums in Qatar, FIFA says
Image Source/Getty Images(LONDON) — The sale of beer and other alcoholic beverages at the 2022 World Cup stadiums in Qatar was banned on Friday, just two days before the international soccer tournament kicks off.
Non-alcoholic beer will still be sold…
Why another top-ranked law school joins Yale, Harvard in withdrawing from rankings
sshepard/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Yale and Harvard universities and the University of California, Berkeley, this week withdrew from U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the country’s best law schools, with all three institutions citing conflicts bet…
At long last — ‘Disenchanted’ arrives Friday on Disney+
Courtesy of Disney+It’s the sequel Enchanted fans have waited 15 years for — Disenchanted, out Friday on Disney+, with star Amy Adams returning as Princess Giselle.
Barry Josephson produced the first film and the sequel, and he tells ABC Audio what t…
Scoreboard roundup — 11/17/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
New Jersey 109, Portland 107
Sacramento 130, San Antonio 112
LA Clippers 96, Detroit 91
NATIONAL HOCKY LEAGUE
Boston 4, Philadelphia 1
Dallas 6, Fl…
Alderwood Mall 2.0: What once was Sears…
One of the area’s largest retail centers now has something else that is much-needed in our region: more housing. When Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood lost the Sears store, it was left with a lot of unused space,
Health alert: Syphilis cases rising rapidly in WA
(Image courtesy of Seattle-King County Public Health) Health officials are sounding the alarm as a disease that can cause serious problems, especially for pregnant women, has spiked in the past two years. The case numbers for syphilis
Tennessee AG probing Ticketmaster over botched Taylor Swift ticket rollout
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Tennessee attorney general said he is looking into whether consumer protection laws were violated after Ticketmaster botched the rollout of Taylor Swift concert tickets.
“We have received complaints about the…
Why Philadelphia’s district attorney was impeached by Pennsylvania’s Republican-led House
Mark Makela/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-led State House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over what they allege is his lax approach to crime, leniency toward criminal offenders and …
Acting police chief during Uvalde school shooting quits in wake of criticism
MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — Lt. Mariano Pargas, Uvalde’s acting police chief during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, has resigned from the department effective immediately in the wake of criticism over his actions du…