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☆ Robert Telles: Former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician gets minimum 28 years for killing reporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Standing in shackles before the judge on Wednesday, Telles offered “deepest condolences” to German’s family but again denied responsibility for the reporter’s death. “But I did not kill Mr. German.”Prosecutor Pamela Weckerly told the judge that evidence showed Telles killed German because “he didn’t like what Mr. German had written about him. Prosecutor Christopher Hamner told the jury that Telles blamed German for destroying his career, ruining his reputation and threatening his marriage. Telles told the jury he took a walk and went to a gym at the time German was killed. “Although the jailing of Telles cannot undo Jeff German’s murder, it can act as an important deterrent to would-be assailants of journalists.”

Persons: Robert Telles, “, ”, Steve Wolfson, Telles, Jeff German, Pamela Weckerly, Robert Draskovich, Draskovich, ” Draskovich, Wolfson, ” Weckerly, Christopher Hamner, Telles ’, German’s, Michelle Leavitt, ” Katherine Jacobsen, Jeff German’s Organizations: Las Vegas AP, Democratic, Las Vegas, Public, Police, Authorities, ” Prosecutors, Protect Journalists, Associated Press Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, ” Clark County, Clark, Telles, Clark County, U.S, New York, Canada, Caribbean

☆ WNBA Playoffs: A’ja Wilson sparks comeback in three-peat hunt, Alyssa Thomas downs Fever with triple-double and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Wilson, quiet for so much of the contest, finished with a game-high 21 points, eight rebounds and five blocks. Newly crowned 2024 MVP A'ja Wilson drives to the basket in Game 1 against the Seattle Storm. Thomas also recorded a triple-double against Indiana in the first game of this year’s regular season. Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas looks for the open pass against the Indiana Fever in Game 1 of their first-round series at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Fever would never recover and now Indiana has to win Game 2 on Wednesday to keep its postseason alive.

Persons: A’ja Wilson, Becky Hammon’s, Tiffany Hayes, Wilson, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, Barry Gossage, ”, Becky, Hammon, Sun’s Alyssa Thomas, Caitlin Clark, Caitlin Clark’s, Alyssa Thomas, Thomas, Joe Buglewicz, I’ve, Marina Mabrey, DeWanna Bonner, Bonner, “, doesn’t, Clark, ” Clark, Stephanie White –, Leonie Fiebich, Napheesa Collier, Sandy Brondello’s, Courtney Vandersloot, Brondello, “ Leo, We’ve, ” Brondello, she’s, Breanna Stewart –, Sabrina Ionescu, Haley Jones, Breanna Stewart, Corey Sipkin, Diana Taurasi, Collier –, –, Natasha Cloud, Taurasi Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Aces, Seattle Storm, Las Vegas Aces, Las, Las Vegas, Storm, Seattle, Seattle Times, Houston Comets, Indiana Fever, Indiana, Connecticut Sun, Mohegan Sun Arena, AP, Fever, AP WNBA, Liberty, Lynx, Atlanta, New York, New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury, Mercury, New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx Indiana, Connecticut Sun Seattle Storm Locations: Las Vegas, Connecticut, Stephanie White – Indiana, Indiana, New York, New

☆ A veteran reporter was murdered outside his home. Now his newspaper is tasked with covering the alleged killer’s trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In the wake of German’s reporting, Telles went on to lose his Democratic primary race, bringing his time in public office to an end. Following the election, Telles published an angry letter on his website attacking the Review-Journal and its reporting, denying allegations in German’s reporting. Reporters and editors pored over German’s reporting in hopes of finding who was responsible for the attack. Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German on June 2, 2021, on the Las Vegas Strip. In the week leading up to Telles’ trial, the Review-Journal published several news articles focusing on the trial and German’s career.

Persons: Robert Telles, Jeff German, Telles, Newsrooms, “, ” Rhonda Prast, German’s, ” Prast, Erickson, Kane, Jeff, ” Briana Erickson, ”, K.M . Cannon, Telles ’, ” Keith Moyer, Arthur Kane, Katelyn Newberg, Katherine Jacobsen, ” Jacobsen, “ We’ll, Glenn Cook, Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, Jamal Khashoggi, Khashoggi, ” John Katsilometes Organizations: New, New York CNN, Las Vegas, Democratic, IRE, Las, Tribune, Service, US, Committee, Protect Journalists, CNN, Street, Washington Post, Al Locations: New York, Clark County, Nevada, Sin City, Canada, Caribbean, Florida, Russia, Saudi, Israel, Qatar

☆ Jury selection to begin for ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Pitaro also taught Robert Telles, the public official accused of killing German, in law school about a decade ago at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Originally from Milwaukee, German was widely respected for reporting about courts, organized crime, government corruption, political scandals and mass shootings, first at the Las Vegas Sun and then at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Telles grew up in El Paso, Texas, and lived in Colorado before moving to Las Vegas. Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles argues in court during a hearing in Las Vegas on October 18, 2023. Cannon / Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images fileHe has pleaded not guilty to open murder and could face life in prison if convicted.

Persons: Sin City, ” Tom Pitaro, Jeff German, Pitaro, Robert Telles, ” Pitaro, Telles, K.M . Cannon, “ He’s, ”, Robert Draskovich, “, Michelle Leavitt, Leavitt, George McCabe, Katherine Jacobsen, ” Gabe Rottman, ” Rottman Organizations: VEGAS, University of Nevada, Labor, Protect Journalists, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Prosecutors, Police, Clark County, Tribune, Service, Getty, Reporter’s, Freedom, Press, Washington , D.C Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, Sin, Vegas, U.S, New York, Milwaukee, German, Telles, El Paso , Texas, Colorado, Clark, Clark County, Washington ,

☆ French Open final analysis: Carlos Alcaraz beats Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Charlie Eccleshare | Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev in the French Open final at Roland Garros 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday. But in the second set, Zverev’s impressive durability really kicked in, and he completely flipped things, taking 14 of 20 points that were five-to-eight-shot rallies. Zverev was even able to ride the momentum of the second set into the third, in which, despite the fluctuating scoreline, he was much the better player. Alexander Zverev’s serve has been superb all tournament, but it faltered when he needed it most. He did it again in the final game at 15-15.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Roland Garros, oscillated, Jannik, Alcaraz, Charlie Eccleshare, Matt Futterman, Zverev, moonballs, Alexander, Novak Djokovic, Emmanuel Dunand, Alexander Zverev’s, Clive Brunskill, duff, didn’t, “, I’m, Eurosport Alcaraz, It’s, Tim Goode Organizations: U.S, Wimbledon, Getty, Eurosport Locations: Paris, AFP

☆ Jurgen Klopp: An emotional farewell for a manager like no other
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

On a sun-soaked Sunday at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp managed Liverpool for the last time and salty tears filled eyes; from the man himself to his players and fans. There were many trophies, arguably there should have been more – two Champions League finals lost, a Europa League final lost, the Premier League lost by a point twice. Fans greet Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp ahead the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers. It will arguably take Liverpool fans, and even the Premier League, longer to get used to a post-Klopp era. The Klopp era will not be replicated, Liverpool fans know that, which is why he was given such a special farewell.

Persons: Jurgen Klopp, Klopp, “ It’s, ” Klopp, Ulla, –, Jon Super, Virgil van Dijk, “ I’ve, ”, Van Dijk, “ He’s, Allison, “ I’m, Danke Jurgen ”, Jurgen Klopp's, Trent Alexander, Arnold Organizations: CNN, Liverpool Football Club, Anfield, Liverpool, Sky Sports, Wolves, Premier League, Champions League, FA, League, Europa League, verve, English Premier League soccer, Wolverhampton Wanderers, AP Locations: Anfield

☆ Jurgen Klopp’s ‘Last Dance’ falls flat as Liverpool stunned by local rival Everton to drop out of Premier League title race
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —For much of this season, Liverpool fans had spoken about sending Jürgen Klopp into the sunset with a historic quadruple of trophies. On Wednesday, Liverpool was stunned 2-0 by struggling local rival Everton in the final Merseyside derby of Klopp’s reign, all but ending the team’s hopes of winning a second Premier League title during the German’s tenure. The defeat leaves Liverpool in second place, three points behind Arsenal and one ahead of Manchester City, though Pep Guardiola’s side now has two games in hand. Klopp will now likely end his final season in charge with just the League Cup. In the second half, the emotions, we’re in a rush, not really clear enough and then we concede the second goal with a routine they’ve done all season.

Persons: Jürgen Klopp, Jarrad, Dominic Calvert, Lewin, “, ”, Pep, ” Klopp, Peter Byrne, ‘, Darwin Núñez’s, Mo Salah, “ It’s, Jordan, Pickford, Klopp, Carl Recine, Arne Slot Organizations: CNN, Liverpool, League, Everton, Merseyside, Premier League, Park, Goodison, Arsenal, Sky Sports, Europa League, Atalanta, Manchester United, Goodison Park, Reuters, Feyernoord Locations: Manchester City, Liverpool

☆ Carabao Cup final: With Jürgen Klopp’s farewell tour in full swing, Liverpool targets first trophy of season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Jürgen Klopp’s season-long send-off is well and truly in full swing and Liverpool can get the German’s farewell off to a perfect start with victory over Chelsea in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final. The Reds can win four trophies this season to give Klopp a perfect send-off, with the Carabao Cup, Europa League, FA Cup and Premier League all very much within Liverpool’s grasp. Liverpool can win four trophies in Klopp's final season. He’s a huge, huge figure, someone who’s been amazing. We are going to give our best to compete, be better than Liverpool and deserve to lift the trophy.”

Persons: Klopp, ” Klopp, Joël Matip, Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander, Arnold, Alisson, Thiago, Mo Salah, Darwin Nuñez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Pierse, Alexander, ”, “, He’s, who’s, that’s, ” Chelsea, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Marc Cucurella, Romeo Lavia, Benoit Badiashile, Thiago Silva, Robert Sánchez, Mauricio Pochettino, Todd Boehly, Boehly, Pochettino, Roman Abramovich, ” Pochettino, Catherine Ivill Organizations: CNN, Jürgen, Liverpool, Chelsea, Premier League, The Reds, Europa League, FA Cup, Luton Town, Luton, Argentine, Thursday’s, Wembley Locations: Sunday’s, Liverpool, Merseyside, Chelsea, Klopp, Roman, Southampton, Tottenham

☆ Restaurants Across America Are in Crisis Because of Stubborn Diners
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Corey Mintz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Unlike most in rich countries, American restaurant servers depend primarily on tips for their income. You might not know “dynamic pricing” by name, but if you’ve ever booked a flight, hotel room, or gone to the movies on a Tuesday, you understand it intrinsically: Dynamic pricing is when the price of goods or services fluctuates based on demand. “When confronted with dynamic pricing, customers react negatively,” a 2022 study said . In late 2023, after 35 years, Bayless decided to try dynamic pricing, raising the dinner menu on weekends from $165 to $185. Nick Kokonas, who cofounded Toast, also uses dynamic pricing at his Chicago restaurants.

Persons: Toast, they’re, Tipping, Michael Lynn, Zachary Brewster, Lynn, L’Oca, “, ” Adam Orman, we’ve, haven’t, Crudo, you’ve, Sherri Kimes, Rick Bayless, Bayless, It's, ” Bayless, ”, Roger Yang, Nick Kokonas, Ari Weinzweig, ” Weinzweig, Yang, Corey Mintz Organizations: National Restaurant Association, Bureau of Labor Statistics, waitstaff, Cornell University, “, Michelin Locations: America, Italian, Austin, Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Ann Arbor , Michigan

☆ At New York’s Coenties Slip, an Artist Colony and a ‘Rebellion’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Walker Mimms | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In “The Slip,” Prudence Peiffer’s tenderly researched group biography, six visual artists in different seasons of life and seeking different aesthetic ideals met Barr’s challenge with an unlikely spirit of concert. Beside him is his art school friend Jack Youngerman, painter of shaggy color fields in organic, almost floral forms. Grown bored in postwar Paris, the Jersey boy and the Kentuckian relocated to the abandoned sail-making lofts of Coenties Slip, an old manufacturing block in the toe of Manhattan. From 1956 to around 1964, an artist colony and some truly epochal art took shape there. That scene has long fascinated critics but never been the subject of a researched narrative history until now.

Persons: Prudence Peiffer, ”, Alfred H, Barr Jr, Jackson Pollock, Barr, Prudence Peiffer’s tenderly, Ellsworth Kelly, Jack Youngerman, Youngerman, Youngerman’s, Delphine Seyrig, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, Robert Indiana Organizations: New York, Museum of Modern Locations: Paris, Jersey, Manhattan, New Mexico, Minnesota, Chicago, Europe

☆ Domingo Germán Proves Perfection Can Come at Any Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The threadbare A’s are baseball’s worst team, already 40 games under .500, consumed by their vision of a new home in Las Vegas. Yet they have endured many dreadful seasons, and this was the first perfect game against the franchise since 1904, when Boston’s Cy Young did it to the Philadelphia Athletics. When Larsen did it, the feat had not been accomplished since 1922, by a nondescript Chicago White Sox rookie named Charlie Robertson. Yu Darvish, Yusmeiro Petit and Max Scherzer each lost a bid when the 27th batter reached base. The Yankees’ Carlos Rodón — as a member of the White Sox in 2021 — lost his attempt when a slider nicked the top of a batter’s shoe in the ninth inning.

Persons: Boston’s Cy Young, Connie Mack —, —, Larsen, Charlie Robertson, Germán’s, Hernández, Yu Darvish, Yusmeiro Petit, Max Scherzer, Carlos Rodón —, ” Rodón Organizations: Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Yankees, White Sox Locations: Las Vegas

☆ German Court Convicts Five Men for Green Vault Jewel Heist
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was a cold, blustery morning in November 2019 when the city of Dresden, in eastern Germany, woke up to a shock. Overnight, robbers had stolen a hundred-million dollar royal jewelry collection from the city’s historic Green Vault, a set of basement suites in a castle that is now part of a museum. The robbers left the vault floor covered with shards of broken glass and blanketed it with powder to throw forensic investigators off their scent. On Tuesday, in a high-security Dresden courtroom, five men — all from the same notorious Berlin crime family — were convicted and sentenced for their role in the heist and the getaway. The sixth defendant was acquitted because he had an alibi.

The news Wednesday that a far-right group had plotted to overthrow the German government in a coup surprised many around the world who thought the country had largely done away with its extremist right wing. The group is closely associated with the extremist Reichsbürger movement — literally meaning “citizens of the Reich,” or kingdom — which rejects the legitimacy of the German state. Miro Dittrich, an expert at CeMAS, a German group that monitors right-wing extremism, said this was not the first far-right group to have plotted a coup d’etat in recent years. One of the group’s main leaders is Heinrich XIII Prince Reusthe, holder of a royal title that lapsed with the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the creation of the modern German state in 1918. What unites them, he added, was a “belief that the Germans are being oppressed by a powerful foreign power,” or that the German state is assisting in this oppression, therefore justifying an armed insurrection.

☆ Real Madrid draws Liverpool in the Champions League last-16 stage
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( John Sinnott | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Real Madrid drew Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 stage on Monday in a rematch of last season’s final. Los Blancos beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris in May to win their 14th European Cup. Real also beat Liverpool over two legs in the 2020/21 season as well and have not lost a match to the Reds in their previous six meetings. Champions League last-16 draw:Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern MunichInter Milan vs FC PortoBorussia Dortmund vs ChelseaEintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli! AC Milan vs TottenhamLiverpool vs Real MadridClub Brugge vs BenficaRB Leipzig vs Manchester City

☆ Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against ex-politician in Las Vegas reporter's killing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors said they won’t seek the death penalty against a former Las Vegas-area politician who pleaded not guilty Wednesday to killing a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Local property records show the couple also owns a Las Vegas home with a taxable value of more than $320,000. Robert Telles, right, with Jeff German in his Las Vegas office in 2022. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said he and a panel of prosecutors concluded that there were no qualifying aggravating factors to make Telles’ trial a capital case. The state Supreme Court has also suspended Telles’ law license pending results of a State Bar of Nevada investigation of allegations that he misappropriated funds of clients in his private law office.

☆ Man convicted in shooting death of Kansas City attorney who won case against him
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 84-year-old man was convicted Thursday of shooting and killing a Kansas City lawyer who had won a multi-million judgment against him in a civil lawsuit. Prosecutors contended Jungerman shot Pickert because he was upset the attorney had won a $5.75 million judgment for a homeless man who Jungerman shot in 2012 because he thought the man was stealing from one of his businesses. “We are very, very thankful that the jury has spoken and that justice has finally been brought to this family,” Tim Dollar, assistant Jackson County prosecutor, said after the verdict was announced. During the trial, prosecutors played an audio recording of Jungerman bragging about the murder to his farmhand, Kansas City media reported.

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