Griner’s detention in Moscow extended by one month MOSCOW — WNBA star Brittney Griner had her pre-trial detention in Russia extended by one month, her lawyer said. Alexander Boykov told The Associated Press he thinks the relatively short extension indicated that Griner’s case would go to trial soon.
Sherman Noon Lions Club Lion President Mignon Plyler, called the Sherman Noon Lions Club meeting to order, welcoming members and guests. The annual “Giving the Gift of Sight Golf Tournament” is scheduled at Stone Creek Golf Course for June 11.
Today is Sunday, May 15, the 135th day of 2022. There are 230 days left in the year.
Two Houston men have been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Dontae Dewey McGee, 22, and Tyrin Terelle Robinson, 21, were named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on March 2, 2022, charging them with theft of mail, possession of stolen mail, and aiding and abetting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stepped up his administration’s response to a nationwide baby formula shortage Thursday that has forced frenzied parents into online groups to swap and sell to each other to keep their babies fed.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, giving bipartisan backing to Powell’s high-stakes efforts to curb the highest inflation in four decades.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Friday morning, but not enough to claw back all the losses the market has taken in this volatile week of trading. The S&P 500 rose 1.9% as of 10:17 a.m.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have quickly adopted remote working and transitioned to new technologies, such as contactless payments and online ordering. Unfortunately, these adjustments have come with increased risks. According to a 2022 report from Barracuda, a cloud and networks security company, small businesses with fewer than 100 employees receive 350% more social engineering attacks — like phishing, scamming or email compromise — than larger businesses.
As the uproar over Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter reaches a crescendo, another Musk drama, still chaotic four years after it began, has been back in court. Ironically, that spectacle started with a Musk tweet about doing an audacious deal.
Texas’ child welfare agency remains blocked from investigating the family of a transgender teen that sued the state in March, but can once again investigate other families that provide gender-affirming care after the Supreme Court of Texas struck down a statewide injunction Friday.