Eleven years after the officer shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked waves of protest against police brutality, the friend who was with Brown when it happened has been shot dead. Dorian Johnson, 33, was the victim of a shooting at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at a block of apartments less than a mile…
SEATTLE – Brock Purdy bought time in the pocket, rolled right and threw up a Hail Mary-esque pass, even if it was only a 4-yard desperation lob. Jake Tonges, subbing for the injured George Kittle, somehow used all 6-foot-4 of his frame to pull down his first-ever touchdown catch. The 49ers had a four-point lead…
The furniture business has been a quiet victim of the Covid pandemic and the struggling housing market. When people were forced to spend more time in their homes, they spent money on making those houses more comfortable. They bought new furniture, built home offices, and generally pulled forward demand that was a short-term boom for…
A security guard at the Prime Minister’s Residence inappropriately touched and filmed his female coworkers without their consent, a court ruling revealed. Content warning: This article discusses sensitive topics, including sexual violence. A security guard at the Prime Minister’s Residence inappropriately touched female employees in intimate areas, a Civil Service Disciplinary Court ruling revealed on…
The 49ers won their season opener 17-13 over the Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday, overcoming injuries and some ugly play for a divisional victory. Brock Purdy’s deep ball to Ricky Pearsall Jr. and touchdown pass to Jake Tonges were the key plays on the Niners’ game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter. Purdy was 26-of-35…
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A trial opened in New Zealand on Monday for a woman accused of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered. Hakyung Lee is charged with killing Minu Jo, 6, and Yuna Jo, 8, in June 2018. She was extradited from South…
Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong for the 49ers in their season-opening game Sunday in Seattle. You had a special teams unit that looked like the players had never met each other before and a kicker who missed another easy field goal. You had star players going down faster than the stock…
Normally, in the week after the monthly jobs report is released, the business and the economy chug along with the economic reports grabbing modest headlines. Inflation, however, has been a big concern since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, and two really important inflation reports land on Wednesday and Thursday as well as the weekly…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand man who evaded authorities with his three children in remote countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. The December 2021 disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children — now about 9, 10 and 11 — confounded investigators…