DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Russian court jails U.S. citizen, 72, for nearly seven years on Ukraine mercenary charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

They said Hubbard was provided with training, weapons and ammunition when he allegedly signed up in February 2022, the same month Moscow sent thousands of troops into Ukraine. He was detained by Russian soldiers on April 2 of that year, the RIA state news agency quoted the prosecutor as saying last month. Russian state media said Hubbard had pleaded guilty to the charge. He stood up, seemingly with difficulty, to hear the judge in the Moscow City Court pronounce him guilty, removing his hat to reveal a shaved head. He never learned Russian or Ukrainian, and had few connections to locals, she said.

Persons: Stephen James Hubbard, convicting, Hubbard, Hubbard’s, Patricia Hubbard Fox, Fox, Robert Gilman Organizations: MOSCOW, Reuters, Court, RIA, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry, U.S, Fox, West Locations: Ukraine, Michigan, Izyum, Moscow, American, Japan, Cyprus, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Voronezh

☆ Stephen Hubbard: Russian court sentences US citizen to six years in prison for fighting for Ukraine, state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Moscow court sentenced American citizen Stephen Hubbard, 72, to six years and 10 months in prison on Monday for allegedly fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Russian state media TASS. Hubbard, originally from Michigan, was accused of fighting against Russia for monetary compensation and pleaded guilty last month to charges of being a mercenary, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. Russian prosecutors alleged that Hubbard fought with Ukraine in the key city of Izyum, after signing a contract for about $1,000 per month, RIA previously reported. His trial and sentencing took place behind closed doors in the Moscow court. Earlier on Monday, a Russian court sentenced another American citizen, former marine Robert Gilman, to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti.

Persons: Stephen Hubbard, Hubbard, “, ” Hubbard, Hubbard’s, Trisha Hubbard Fox, ” “, Steve, Robert Gilman, Vladimir Lavrov, Gilman Organizations: CNN, Russia, Novosti, RIA, Court, Reuters, Facebook, US Embassy, Embassy Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Michigan, Izyum, Voronezh, Russia, Russian

For the second year in a row, a religious Super Bowl ad campaign promised viewers that Jesus “gets us.”Two commercials shown Sunday night centered Jesus’ message to love your neighbors — even across ideological divides. “Our goal is to really show that Jesus loved and cared for anyone and everyone,” He Gets Us campaign spokesperson Greg Miller told The Associated Press on Monday. The “He Gets Us” campaign is now under a new charitable organization, Come Near, meaning the Servant Foundation is no longer overseeing it. This is the 12th consecutive year the Church of Scientology has premiered a new ad during the Super Bowl, said spokesperson Erin Banks. “The audience of the Super Bowl allows us to do that with the greatest potential reach.”___AP Religion News Editor Holly Meyer and reporter Deepa Bharath contributed.

Persons: Jesus “, Jesus, Greg Miller, Roe, Wade —, —, ”, “, Mark Wahlberg, Erin Banks, Banks, Ron Hubbard’s, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Mary, ” Miller, Holly Meyer, Deepa Bharath Organizations: Associated Press, Servant Foundation, Defending, Hobby, Paris Olympics, NFL, Republican, Democratic, of Scientology, Mental, “, ”, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP

(AP) — Tai’Reon Joseph scored 27 points and blocked Mississippi State's final shot as Southern closed on a 12-0 run to stun the No. With three seconds left, Joseph blocked Josh Hubbard’s shot to hand Mississippi State (6-2) its second straight loss. Hubbard led Mississippi State with 14 points, and Cameron Matthews had 12. Mississippi State led 9-2 lead, but the Jaguars hung around the rest of the half and had several leads. Mississippi State: Vs. Tulane on Saturday in Atlanta in the Holiday Hoopsgiving event.

Persons: — Tai’Reon Joseph, Brandon Davis, Joseph, Josh Hubbard’s, Davis, Hubbard, Cameron Matthews, Southern, ___ Organizations: Mississippi, Jaguars, Mississippi State, Bulldogs, Georgia Tech, ACC, SEC, . Mississippi State, UNLV . Mississippi, Rutgers, . Mississippi, Tulane Locations: STARKVILLE, Miss, Southern, Mississippi, Arizona, Marquette, Illinois, UNLV . Mississippi State, Louisiana, Atlanta

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man sentenced to death for a 1998 murder is now free, two years after the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the conviction. The Oregon Innocence Project on Wednesday accused the state of committing a “heinous injustice” in its handling of the case. Political Cartoons View All 1146 ImagesWhile Johnson had been sentenced to death after he was convicted in 2004, former Gov. The group said Johnson's trial lawyers failed to interview a key witness who saw a white man fleeing the home of Thompson, who was Black. She said she then saw the white man run from the house.

Persons: Jesse Johnson, “, ”, Johnson, nurse’s, Harriet “ Sunny ” Thompson, ” Johnson, John Kitzhaber, Kate Brown, Thompson, Steve Wax, Patricia Hubbard, didn’t, Hubbard, —, Wax, Paige Clarkson, Ellen Rosenblum, ” Wax Organizations: Oregon, Marion, Innocence, Appeals, State of, State Locations: SALEM, Ore, Oregon, Marion County, Salem, Thompson’s, State, State of Oregon

Search resuls for: "Hubbard’s"

5 mentions found