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CHICAGO — A woman who watched her former boyfriend kill six members of his family, including two young boys, at their Chicago home then helped him steal their property was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison.Jafeth Ramos, 25, pleaded guilty to armed robbery under a deal with Cook County prosecutors in which she agreed to testify against the former boyfriend, Diego Uribe Cruz, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.Uribe Cruz was sentenced to life in prison last month for six counts of first-degree murder in the February 2016 slayings in the victims’ bungalow in the Gage Park neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side.At Uribe Cruz’s trial, Ramos told jurors…

CNN  —  The Supreme Court is taking on the future of federal elections Wednesday, discussing a case that could upend electoral politics and embolden state legislatures to act without judicial oversight. Supporters of former President Donald Trump relied on versions of the so-called independent state legislature doctrine during the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Now, North Carolina Republican lawmakers are asking the justices to adopt the long-dormant legal theory in a fight over redistricting maps, saying it allows state legislatures to set rules in federal elections without any constraints by state courts or other state authorities. Voting rights groups…

Remco Evenepoel has his sights already set on next year’s Giro d’Italia as he prepares for the new season.The Belgian announced on social media from the Amalfi coast near Naples last week that he will participate at the Giro. The QuickStep-AlphaVinyl rider abandoned the 2021 edition of the Giro on his Grand Tour debut as he returned from a broken pelvis caused in a crash at Il Lombardia in 2020. After winning La Vuelta this year – his first Grand Tour title – he said his ambition was to win all three.Tour de FranceLefevere hints at Tour de France debut…

Like the rest of the Caribbean, Cuba is suffering from longer droughts, warmer waters, more intense storms, and higher sea levels because of climate change. The rainy season, already problematic for farmers, has gotten longer and wetter. Agriculture has long been a relative bright spot in Cuba’s struggling economy. The socialist government has been relatively liberal with food producers, allowing them to pursue their economic interests more openly than others in Cuba. Cuba has ample sun, water and soil – the basic ingredients needed to grow plants and feed animals. By changing the way nature functions in the Caribbean, however,…

London, England, Wednesday 7th December 2022 – Breakout carbon-offsetting platform IMPT has announced the listing price of its IMPT token will be $0.0253, 8.7% above the final presale price.The news comes just five days before the fundraising for the project ends on 11th December. $14.74 million has been raised in barely two months, with $350k of that amount raised in the past 24 hours alone.In a message posted on its Discord server, CEO Denis Creighton also added that in addition to listings already agreed with centralized exchanges LBank and Changelly and decentralized exchange Uniswap, to go live on 14th December,…

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has transformed himself into the biggest player in Australia’s renewable energy sector after acquiring the country’s largest wind power company.Squadron, Forrest’s energy company, has paid more than A$4bn ($2.7bn) to acquire CWP Renewables from Switzerland-based Partners Group, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal.The deal follows his A$3bn investment in Queensland renewable company Clark Creek in February and transforms Squadron into the country’s largest wind and solar operator.Australia’s energy sector is under pressure as the government plots a switch to renewable sources, after the country’s largest energy companies including AGL and Origin brought…

SAN DIEGO — If Starling Marte needs a position change next season, the team expects a relatively easy transition. Marte is among the Mets’ options to play center field if Brandon Nimmo departs through free agency. Marte, 34, shifted to right field this season after spending the previous four seasons primarily as a center fielder. “He’s willing to do whatever we want to do with him,” manager Buck Showalter said Tuesday at the winter meetings. “Whatever you’re going to do with him, be up front, tell him what’s expected and kind of leave it alone. Don’t be moving all over…

The European Union on Wednesday announced it is taking two unresolved cases with China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).The first case is over China’s restrictions on exports from Lithuania while the second is about the limitations for EU companies to protect their high-tech patents in courts. “In both cases, the Chinese measures are highly damaging to European businesses,” the European Commission said in a statement.”Furthermore, China’s discriminatory measures against Lithuania affect intra-EU trade and intra-EU supply chains and they impact the functioning of the EU internal market…The removal of these measures is in both the economic and strategic interest of…

It was January 2018 when Solomon Thomas’ life changed forever. Thomas had just completed his rookie season with the 49ers, who selected him No. 3 overall in the 2017 draft. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive end had gotten his feet wet in the league with three sacks, 11 quarterback hits and 10 tackles for losses as a rookie. On life’s surface, he seemingly had everything going on. After the season, Thomas was back at his parents’ home in Dallas visiting, and they had plans to meet his sister, Ella, for lunch. It was a lunch that never took place. Thomas’ 24-year-old…

Russia beefing up defenses in Belgorod needlessly, UK saysThe U.K.’s Ministry of Defence said Russia’s decision to extend defensive positions along its international border with Ukraine, and deep inside the border region of Belgorod, reflects a misplaced belief that Ukraine could try to invade Russia.A view of damaged structures in Belgorod in Russia after suspected attacks, seen on Nov. 6, 2022.Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThe U.K. said in its latest intelligence update that the recent beefing up of defenses in Belgorod could be due to Russian authorities wanting to promote a baseless idea that Ukraine could invade.”There…