COLUMBUS, Ohio — The trial of an Ohio doctor accused of multiple hospital deaths began Tuesday with the defendant turning down a possible last-minute plea deal, and jurors hearing two sides of what led to the deaths of 14 patients under the doctor’s care.Dr. William Husel is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for patients in the Columbus-area…Continue Reading

DENVER — The Denver Broncos are up for sale, and a group of crypto enthusiasts is aiming to raise more than $4 billion using a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, to make the team their own.You can think of a DAO like a group of individuals acting in concert with no single leader. Unlike a normal…Continue Reading

A woman in Tennessee is accused of exchanging items for sexual encounters with nine high school boys she spoke with on social media, officials said.Melissa A. Blair, 38, of Englewood — about 60 miles northeast of Chattanooga — was indicted on Feb. 15 on 23 charges, including 18 counts of aggravated statutory rape, four counts…Continue Reading

Lawmakers across the political spectrum called on President Joe Biden to impose crushing new sanctions against Russia after President Vladmir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Some of Biden’s Democratic allies in Congress pressed him to be clearer about America’s response, including advocating that he call Putin’s military actions an unequivocal “invasion”…Continue Reading

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the official Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of Union Address next week, congressional GOP leaders announced Tuesday.Party leaders highlighted Reynold’s resistance to Covid mandates in Iowa, where she banned school mask mandates and signed a law last year requiring schools to offer in-person learning options even as…Continue Reading

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Three Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights sat by and “chose to do nothing” as Floyd pleaded for air and then went silent, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday at the start of closing arguments in their trial.Prosecutor Manda Sertich singled out each former officer — Tou Thao, J. Alexander…Continue Reading

It’s not your normal Tuesday — it’s a “Twosday.”That’s because this Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, numerically 2/22/22, is a palindrome date, which means it’s the same forward and back. Palindrome lovers enjoyed the unique date on social media, and even Google joined in on the celebration. When googling “Twosday,” the site wishes users a “Happy…Continue Reading

A lawyer by trade, Elliot Steinmetz took over a program that hadn’t posted a winning season in seven years and turned the Macs into a Division III powerhouse that reeled off a multi-year winning streak, all on his spare time. The Cross Island Parkway is acting odd. It is inviting and agreeable, as if meeting…Continue Reading

Aaron Rodgers is speaking out about his viral Instagram post from Monday, telling Pat McAfee on Tuesday there was nothing cryptic about his words of “gratitude” — which were fueled by an intense 12-day cleanse. “Let me put this disclaimer out right now… there will be no news today and no decision on my future,”…Continue Reading

Matthew Stafford expressed remorse over his now-viral reaction to photographer Kelly Smiley’s fall during the Rams’ Super Bowl victory parade in Los Angeles last week. During an appearance Tuesday on wife Kelly’s podcast, “The Morning After,” the couple discussed the incident, in which Smiley is seen falling from a platform while appearing to take a…Continue Reading