Low-budget film actor Zachary Joseph Horwitz was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to scamming investors out of an estimated $650 million.U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi meted out the sentence in Los Angeles and added that Horwitz is obligated to pay $230,361,884 he kept from the scheme, the…Continue Reading

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A bomb attached to a bus carrying Syrian troops in Damascus exploded Tuesday morning, killing one soldier and wounding 11, state TV reported.The blast occurred during rush hour at a customs roundabout near the capital’s landmark Omayyad Square, according to the report. It gave no further details. There was no immediate…Continue Reading

BEIJING (AP) — The Olympic routine for Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor has always been the same. They would arrive, train, compete, win a medal and go home.Such was the case in 2010. And again in 2014. And again in 2018.Not this time.The celebration after the monobob competition was short-lived for Humphries and Meyers…Continue Reading

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Clean shooting cleared the way for the Boe brothers to win another Olympic gold medal for Norway in biathlon on Tuesday.Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen skied the final leg of the four-man relay and hit all five targets at the last range before crossing first. Russian biathlete Eduard Latypov, who had been leading…Continue Reading

BEIJING (AP) — American assistant captain Hilary Knight calls it “a beautiful rivalry.” Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin sums it up as “very fun.”Don’t be fooled by the pleasantries.One of international sports’ fiercest and longest-running grudge matches will play out for the second time at the Beijing Olympics, with the meeting Thursday between the United States…Continue Reading

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Mathilde Gremaud has long known that every point counts in her sport.At the Beijing Olympics, every fraction of a point counts, too.The Swiss freestyle skier who squeaked into Tuesday’s slopestyle final by a mere .36 points edged out China’s Eileen Gu for the gold medal by an even narrower margin —…Continue Reading

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s biennial air show opened Tuesday on a smaller scale than before the pandemic, even as the aviation sector gears up for a recovery two years after coronavirus outbreaks nearly paralyzed air travel.The three-day air show began Tuesday. Members of the general public are not allowed, but about 600 exhibitors are showing…Continue Reading

Looks like you’re using new Reddit on an old browser. The site may not work properly if you don’t update your browser ! If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit old reddit .Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsSearch within r/nextfuckinglevelr/nextfuckinglevelFound…Continue Reading