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MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday, amid talks between the U.S. and Russia that could lead to a high-profile prisoner swap. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Griner admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage, but said she had inadvertently packed them in haste and that she had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements that she had been prescribed cannabis to treat pain. Her February arrest came at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington, just days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine. At the time, Griner, recognized as one of the greatest players in WNBA history, … [Read more...] about WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Arts & Entertainment These five films are outstanding, but sans $40 million in promotion money, or public patience, they're here today and gone tomorrow. Helen Ofield , Patch Mayor Posted Reply When a feature film lacks the requisite $40 million PR budget—the average for a major film—and if it isn't Marvel Comics or made with a 15-year-old boy in mind (the demographic favored by too many film production companies), then it gets scant traction for its grand opening—and you, a bright, intelligent person, may miss it altogether through no fault of your own. $30 million is needed for the media buy, of which seventy to eighty per cent is spent five weeks before the film opens on saturation bombing of TV so that viewers see the 15-second ad spots an average of 15 times. Marketers split the audience into four groups: older men, men … [Read more...] about Movies You Should See In Case You Didn’t

2 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Arts & Entertainment The tired "tribal love-rock" musical is saved by a game cast Helen Ofield , Patch Mayor Posted | Updated Replies When Hair hit New York for a limited run in 1967, the Vietnam War draft was in high gear as was the onset of the age of white guilt and black rage, both of which destroyed the civil rights movement, teenagers didn't know who they were, and fractured social mores and family breakdown were ascendant. Hair returned in 1968 shortly after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and continued its coarse, harsh, insular trajectory into national consciousness (or, as Dick Gregory famously said, "Raise your consciousness"). The Old Globe's production has excellent lighting (Amanda Zieve), period costumes (David Reynoso uses enough macramé to weave a hawser for the Titanic), direction (James … [Read more...] about Hair the 1967 musical arrives at The Old Globe

(CNN) — About 133,000 people in the Greater Detroit area remain under a boil water advisory Sunday, a day after a leak was discovered in a 120-inch water transmission main that distributes water from the Lake Huron Water Treatment Facility to residents, the Great Lakes Water Authority said . That’s down from 935,000 people who were under the advisory at its height Saturday. The water authority said in a statement Sunday it expected the pipeline to return to service within two weeks — one week for repairs and a second week for quality testing. READ MORE: Michigan Lottery: 75-Year-Old Detroit Man Wins $100K Powerball Prize Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency Sunday for Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties following the water main break. “We’re drawing on every resource we have and taking every action necessary to get impacted families the help they need,” Whitmer said. “On Saturday I activated the State Emergency Operations Center to … [Read more...] about More Than 100,000 People In Michigan Remain Under A Boil Water Advisory After A Main Leak

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 In early June, John W. Hinckley Jr. was freed after 41 years of oversight from the court and mental health systems. Having faced gradually loosening restrictions over many years, he now no longer needs to notify the court when he travels, he can access social media and email, and he can use his own name commercially. "A great day for me," he said. But Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has come to realize that freedom is relative. The notoriety that has followed him for decades is preventing him from what he wants to do the most: Perform music to a live audience. On the same day the order went into effect releasing him from court oversight, Hinckley learned a music club in Brooklyn had, citing safety concerns from threats directed at them online, canceled a small sold-out concert in July, where he hoped to perform 17 original songs. The event … [Read more...] about The man who shot Reagan wants to play concerts. It’s not going well.

Click here to read the full article. Johnny Depp is set to direct a movie for the first time in a quarter of a centry. The actor will return behind the camera for “Modigliani,” a biographical drama about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. Al Pacino is producing the film along with Barry Navidi. IN.2, the European arm of production company Infinitum Nihil, is backing the film. More from Variety Johnny Depp Channels Controversial King Louis XV in 'Jeanne du Barry' First-Look Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck Accused of Lifting Lyrics From Incarcerated Man's Poem Amber Heard Claimed She Lost $47 Million to $50 Million Due to Johnny Depp, Refused to Accept Half His 'Pirates 5' Pay Based on Dennis McIntyre’s play of the same name and adapted for screen by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski, “Modigliani” takes place in 1916 Paris and tells the story of the Italian born painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani. Long considered himself a critical and commercial failure, … [Read more...] about Johnny Depp to Direct His First Movie in 25 Years, Al Pacino to Produce

Those of us who write and talk about money for a living tend to have our financial acts together. But that wasn’t always the case. I invited some personal finance experts to share what they wish they could have told their younger selves about money. INVEST EARLY, EVEN IF IT’S SCARY If the stock market scares you, nationally syndicated Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary can relate. Singletary says she avoided investing for many years because in her first job out of college, an older co-worker — one who was close to retirement age — warned her that stocks were too risky. Singletary later realized that someone in their 20s has decades to ride out stock market swings, and that she could have afforded to take much more risk with her investments. “The lesson I learned was to look at my own individual situation and invest based on my timeline and goals,” Singletary says. STUDENT LOAN DEBT CAN PAY OFF Darian Woods , a reporter and producer for “The Indicator from … [Read more...] about Liz Weston: Just Starting Out? Learn From Our Mistakes

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines over the weekend seeking details regarding the reason behind the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago, Axios reported. The unprecedented operation at the home of a former U.S. president prompted questions from both parties, and Intel Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and ranking member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are hoping to get answers. "In his remarks, Attorney General Garland claimed there was a substantial public interest in the execution of an unprecedented search warrant on President Trump," Rubio said in a statement to Axios. "As such, the Intelligence Committee has asked the … [Read more...] about Senate Intel Committee sends Biden admin bipartisan request for Mar-a-Lago raid details

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gave a reason for why he fled the country amid the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban resurgence a year ago, and said he would like to come back. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that aired Sunday, Ghani explained why he exiled himself when in the past he had said he would die defending Afghanistan. "No power in the world could persuade me to get on a plane and leave this country. It is a country I love, and I will die defending," Ghani had told German publication Der Spiegel in May 2021. "I did get on a plane because it became impossible to defend it," Ghani said. He said that his presidential protection had left and that after his minister of defense told him the country could not be defended, he … [Read more...] about Former Afghan president gives reason for fleeing, says he wants to return and ‘help my country heal’

The Taliban jihadist organization celebrated the one-year anniversary of its takeover of Afghanistan on Monday by declaring a national holiday, applauding itself for its alleged “achievements,” and demanding America fund its success. Taliban terrorists seized Kabul, the national capital, on August 15, 2021, after then-President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Taliban leaders insist to this day that they did not take power willingly but only filled a power vacuum left by Ghani, a claim undermined by the campaign of national conquest that the group engaged in for months prior to arriving in Kabul – and for 20 years following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Taliban arrived in Kabul after decades of fighting American-backed troops elsewhere in the country following leftist President Joe Biden’s decision to break an agreement brokered between the group and the administration of former President Donald Trump that would have ended U.S. involvement in the country in May of … [Read more...] about The Taliban Celebrates ‘Kabul Conquest Day’ by Asking America for Money