ROME (KGO) — Two Bay Area college students are serving life sentences in Rome for the stabbing death of an Italian police officer in July 2019, but now, three key witnesses from the trial have been charged with perjury. One of those accused of lying on the stand is Constantin Saracila, a homeless man who testified that he saw Finnegan Elder of San Francisco and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth of...

It appeared as if the Cubs would be left out of the free-agent frenzy ahead of Wednesday’s deadline before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement. But after making a pair of moves on Tuesday by signing catcher Yan Gomes and outfielder Clint Frazier, they saved their best for last. The Cubs capped the day by making a big splash, signing free agent right hander Marcus Stroman to a...

Several current and former elected officials who passed sweeping reforms governing how prosecutors share evidence with people accused of crimes said a new program, imposed by a Brooklyn judge on Monday, is undermining legal protections they sought to enshrine in state law in 2019. On Tuesday, WNYC/Gothamist broke news of Judge Keisha Espinal’s court order, which seeks to speed up cases by...

As the coronavirus surges throughout the Midwest and cases of the omicron variant have begun appearing nationwide, what’s the latest status of Illinois’ mask mandate? The latest Illinois COVID-19 guidance requires that all residents where a face covering while inside public places, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he doesn’t see that changing given the most recent metrics....

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department’s SWAT team is responding to someone who’s refusing police commands on East Sixth Street. APD Swat is on scene of a barricaded subject call near 2000 E 6th St. PIO4 will be en route shortly and will update with a media staging location and time. Please avoid the immediate area. — Austin Police Department (@Austin_Police) December...

BERLIN — Daimler’s supervisory board signed off an investment plan worth over 60 billion euros ($67.88 billion) for the Mercedes-Benz passenger car and vans businesses between 2022 and 2026. The company aims to be at the forefront of electric vehicle production and software, Daimler said in a statement on Thursday. Existing plans announced in October of 2020 to reduce capital...

(NewsNation Now) — President Joe Biden kicked off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots Thursday as he unveiled his winter plans for combating coronavirus and concerns about the omicron virus variant. The plan includes a requirement for private insurers to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests and a tightening of testing requirements for people entering the...

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger knew what was coming. Call it the byproduct of nearly two decades spent in the familiar rhythms of an NFL season. So before the question was even finished about the importance of Sunday’s visit by AFC North-leading Baltimore, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback plunged into the answer. ‘(Is this) a must-win? Is that what you were gonna...

Elias Theodorou has fought Ultimate Fighting Championship title challengers and Olympians in his decade-long career as a professional mixed martial artist, but his biggest wins might be against athletic commissions. Theodorou will fight in Colorado for the first time on Saturday, December 18, when he squares off against fellow middleweight Bryan Baker at the Island Grove Event Center in...

CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan court on Thursday overturned a decision by the country’s top electoral body that disqualified the… CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan court on Thursday overturned a decision by the country’s top electoral body that disqualified the son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi from running in upcoming presidential elections. A court in the southern province of Sabha ruled in Seif...