Five years ago, whilst working at Newcastle’s main newspaper, ChronicleLive, I put together a long read that involved interviewing four former Newcastle United youth team players. They were the class of ‘94. Talented and successful, they won things at youth level but were ultimately victims of a very cold decision by Kevin Keegan. Speaking to … Read more
More than 500 pounds of suspected cocaine were discovered during a traffic stop in Nebraska after a police K9 alerted troopers to the odor of a controlled substance coming from a vehicle, authorities said. Troopers arrested a suspect on Wednesday after finding approximately 525 pounds of suspected cocaine and 9.3 grams of suspected heroin inside … Read more
“It is a young man’s game now” – Liverpool urged to sign replacements for two Red superstars next summer. Ex Scotland striker Frank McAvennie has urged Liverpool to replace two players next summer. James Milner and Jordan Henderson, a midfield combo, are no longer elite enough, in McAvennie’s opinion, to regularly suit up for a … Read more
In Dead Man’s Wire, a very angry individual takes a bank manager hostage and hooks him up to a shotgun-on-a-wire. Based on a true story and directed by Gus Van Sant, the movie is a well done if somewhat tedious crime-thriller. The movie, set in 1977, has Bill Skarsgaard playing Tony Kiritsis, an agitated man … Read more
A Southern California couple has been sentenced to prison for the murder of a woman who was one of their former lovers. A jury convicted Margarita Jimenez, 34, of Oxnard, and Jorge Garvia, 38, of Ventura, of murdering Yanelli Vargas, 35, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. On March 17, 2024, Oxnard Police … Read more
Anti-heroes make for compelling subjects, particularly in a world as unjust as the one we live in, and 1970s American cinema has absolutely no shortage of them. Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire revisits the era by dramatising an infamous 1977 hostage stand-off staged by Tony Kiritsis, who rigged mortgage broker Richard Hall – who he … Read more
A former member of a religious group in the alleged Rivside County, which resembles Riferside’s worship as the disappearance of a man seen last time alive in 2023, is being investigated now as a potential murder. Emilio Ghanem, 40, was reported in May 2023. He was a former member of the Hemit -based religious group … Read more
Erik Wunder, the driving creative force behind the black metal band Cobalt and gothic folk-rock project Man’s Gin, has died. Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd and Abigail Williams’ Ken Sorceron—both of whom toured had previously toured alongside Wunder—confirmed the news on social media. “I’m absolutely devastated, Judd wrote in an Instagram post. “Erik Wunder, rest easy brother. … Read more
LE MANS, FRANCE — The MotoGP championship standings table, going into the Grand Prix de France at Le Mans, was headed by two brothers of disparate levels of previous success. Marc Márquez, one point behind in second place, suffers from the elder child’s plight of being shorter than his younger brother. Álex Márquez, the championship … Read more