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New Agatha Christie mystery in San Jose is not your average Agatha Christie mystery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

It’s been a little over a hundred years since Agatha Christie burst onto the literary scene in 1920 with the first of her detective novels, introducing her eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.Over the years her “cozy” mysteries have been much imitated, sometimes lampooned or reacted against by later waves of mystery writers, but they’ve also remained wildly popular.Guinness World Records names Christie the world’s best-selling fiction writer ever. Her stage murder mystery “The Mousetrap” is the world’s longest-running play, showing continuously on London’s West End since 1952 (a 14-month COVID shutdown notwithstanding).And adaptations of her work just keep on coming. “A Haunting in Venice” is currently in cinemas, director/star Kenneth Branagh’s third movie based on Christie’s Poirot mysteries.Now TheatreWorks Silicon Valley brings us “Mrs. Christie,” Heidi Armbruster’s play about an actual mystery in Agatha Christie’s own life — her still-unexplained 11-day disappearan...

19-year-old Stockton man arrested in connection with double shooting

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

(BCN) -- Police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a shooting in Stockton that injured two men Tuesday evening. Alejandro Fernandez was arrested following a traffic stop on a vehicle related to the shooting and a search of a related residence, police said. Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to North El Dorado Street and Swain Road on reports of shots fired. 3 suspects arrested in Sunnyvale attempted murder case A 23-year-old man was found with a graze gunshot wound and another man, 35, was located across the street with a gunshot wound.Both men were taken to a hospital and are expected to survive. According to police, both victims did not appear to have been involved in the original altercation that led to the shooting. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

3 suspects arrested in Sunnyvale attempted murder case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

(KRON) - The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety announced the arrest of three suspects in an attempted murder case last week. On Sept. 12, SDPS responded to gunshots and a vehicle collision in the Hawthorn and Arbutus Avenue area, where officers found a wounded man. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head. According to police, the man received immediate treatment and was transported to a local hospital by ambulance.   Union City stabbing leaves 1 dead, 2 injured, suspect on the loose In the police investigation, detectives identified three suspects: Elder Caballero-Valencia; Destinee Armenta; and Raymond Gantt. A coordinated muti-agency operation was conducted to apprehend the suspects on Sept. 28. SDPS SWAT team and Stanislaus County Sheriff’s SWAT team apprehended Caballero-Valencia and Armenta in Modesto. SDPS officers apprehended Gantt in Sunnyvale the same day. Stockton Police Department’s SWAT team assisted the SDPS in serving a search warrant at a residence in St...

BART to suspend trips between Pleasant Hill, Concord stations for 2 weekends

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

(BCN) -- BART rides between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations will be suspended for two weekends later this month to give way to the transit agency's work to clear potentially hazardous trees from the trackway, agency officials said.Passengers were advised to anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes on the weekends of Oct. 14-15 and Oct. 28-29. BART officials said travelers have to get off their train at either Pleasant Hill or Concord and then board a free bus provided by County Connection to the next station in the direction of their destination to continue their trip.For San Francisco-bound riders who want to avoid the bus shuttles, they are advised to start their trips at Pleasant Hill.BART officials said that on each night of the weekend shutdowns, the last scheduled departure from Antioch to Concord that normally leaves at 11:48 p.m. will be canceled. Passengers traveling west from Antioch are urged to take the earlier train at 11:28 p.m.BART crews will remove potentially ha...

Bucks’ Middleton remains limited in practice, but he’s optimistic about starting the season on time

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton remains limited in practice but said Thursday he’s hopeful about starting the season on time as he recovers from surgery on his right knee.“That’s the plan,” the three-time All-Star said after the Bucks’ practice. “Sometimes things change, but so far I’ve been on pace with everything I’ve been doing. We’ll go over the schedule again and see where I’m at, see how I feel and just keep track of things that way. I don’t want to set a hard date for when I’ll be out there because it’s all about feel and comfort.”Middleton says he feels fine, but he’s only participated in individual workouts so far in his first season since signing a three-year, $102 million contract to stay with the Bucks. The 6-foot-7 wing underwent surgery after the Bucks’ first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat.“No setbacks,” Bucks coach Adrian Griffin said. ”He’s still on track and he’s working out hard every day. He looks good out the...

Burrow, Bengals try to push past shaky start to season against the Cardinals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-3) at ARIZONA CARDINALS (1-3)Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT, FoxBETTING LINE: Bengals by 3, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.AGAINST THE SPREAD: Cincinnati 0-3-1; Arizona 3-1SERIES RECORD: Tied 6-6.LAST MEETING: Cardinals beat Bengals 26-23 on Oct. 6, 2019.LAST WEEK: Bengals lost to Titans 27-3; Cardinals lost to 49ers 35-16.BENGALS OFFENSE: OVERALL (32), RUSH (31), PASS (29), SCORING (31)BENGALS DEFENSE: OVERALL (24), RUSH (31), PASS (14), SCORING (18)CARDINALS OFFENSE: OVERALL (12), RUSH (6), PASS (22), SCORING (18)CARINDALS DEFENSE: OVERALL (26), RUSH (24), PASS (24), SCORING (25)TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Bengals plus-2; Cardinals plus-3.BENGALS PLAYER TO WATCH: Hard to go with anyone other than QB Joe Burrow, one of the league’s young stars who has struggled so far this season with a calf injury. He’s completing just 58% of his passes and has thrown two TDs and two interceptions.CARDINALS PLAYER TO WATCH: Rookie WR Michael Wilson had the first two TD catches...

Spanish charity protests Italy’s impounding of rescue ship for multiple rescues

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Italy has impounded the Spanish charity rescue ship Open Arms for violating rules by Italy’s right-wing government banning multiple rescues at sea, the charity said Thursday. The boat is blocked from leaving the port of Carrera in Tuscany for 20 days and the charity has been levied a fine of between 3,000 and 10,000 euros ($3,200-$10,500), the charity Open Arms said.Open Arms called the sanctions a violation of the law of the sea that requires boats to rescue people in distress. It said it was being punished for rescuing 176 people in three operations, including people of “extreme vulnerability.” Italy assigned a port after the first two rescues of 69 people in international waters Saturday. Open Arms said it then received a mayday call from the Seabird aerial surveillance charity that another migrant boat was in danger, overcrowded with 109 people. After ascertaining its ship was the only rescue boat in the area, Open Arms said, it informed authorities that the c...

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report coming Friday

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Thursday, as pressure from the bond market stays high due to worries about a too-hot U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in late trading, a day before a highly anticipated report on the job market that could sway the Federal Reserve’s view on interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 29 points, or 0.1%, as of 3 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher.Stocks have struggled since the summer under the weight of soaring Treasury yields in the bond market, which undercut stock prices and crimp corporate profits. Yields have leaped as traders acquiesce to a new normal where the Federal Reserve is likely to keep its main interest rate at a high level for a long time, as it tries to extinguish high inflation.Treasury yields wavered up and down Thursday after a report showed fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected. That’s a sign fewer workers ar...

Evidence at New York fraud trial shows that Trump’s financial statements were key to a loan deal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has said he never thought his yearly financial statements “would be taken very seriously.” But evidence Thursday at his New York civil fraud trial showed the statements were integral to some of his business empire’s loan deals.A state lawyer showed letters that former Trump company controller Jeffrey McConney sent to a bank, saying he was providing copies of Trump’s 2015 and 2016 financial statements as required under the conditions of a loan for his Seven Springs estate north of New York City.McConney was the first ex-insider from the Trump Organization to testify at the trial, where New York Attorney General Letitia James is alleging that Trump and his business deceived banks, insurers and others with fraudulent financial statements that vastly overvalued Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago and other assets. Trump denies any wrongdoing and says James, a Democrat, is just trying to damage his 2024 presidential campaign. He’s leading the Repub...

Ex-USC gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students dies before going to trial

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:16 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Tyndall, the former University of Southern California gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students, has died.Tyndall’s lawyer Leonard Levine said Thursday that Tyndall was found dead in his home Wednesday.Tyndall was charged with sexually assaulting more than a dozen women at the university’s student health center.Tyndall worked at the prominent university for nearly three decades. The allegations against him first surfaced in 2018.His trial had not begun and he was out on bond. He faced 35 criminal counts of alleged sexual misconduct between 2009 and 2016.The university agreed in 2021 to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who made accusations against Tyndall.Source