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Former Reporter Sues Sacramento Kings Coach Luke Walton, Claiming Sexual Assault

A sports reporter filed a lawsuit Monday against the Sacramento Kings’ new head coach, Luke Walton, claiming he sexually assaulted her. Kelli Tennant, who used to work as a reporter for Spectrum Sportsnet LA, alleges that Walton forced himself on her after inviting her into his hotel room in Santa Monica, California. Tennant said the […]

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On Politics: Pelosi Cautions on Impeachment

Politics / En Sound Media

• President Trump and his businesses sued the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to quash a subpoena seeking his financial records. • Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, known for attempting to deny Ms. Pelosi the House speaker’s gavel, is running for president, becoming the 19th candidate to enter the Democratic primary

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2 Republican Attorneys General Urge Appeals Court To Uphold Obamacare

Finance / En Sound Media

NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) – Two Republican state attorneys general on Monday urged a federal appeals court to uphold the Obamacare federal healthcare law, saying that striking it down would be disruptive for patients, doctors, insurers and employers. The attorneys general of Ohio and Montana submitted “friend of the court” briefs to the 5th

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‘The doctor wrote a question mark for my child’s sex’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

When doctors wrote a question mark instead of a sex on her child’s birth papers, Catherine filed a high court case that has prompted Kenya to start changing its approach to intersex children. The year is 2009. It’s been five days since Catherine (not her real name) gave birth to her first child at the

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The baby as big as a double-decker bus

Entertainment / En Sound Media

A giant 22ft high (6.7m) baby which stands taller than a double-decker bus has been installed at Halifax Piece Hall ahead of an outdoor production about a mother’s fight for her child. The mechanical puppet, which takes nine people to operate, is set to be the centrepiece of a show which will feature a cast

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Could a computer ever rival Rembrandt or Beethoven?

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Christie’s Image caption This portrait was created by computer, so is it really art and is it any good? Last year a portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for $432,000 (£337,000). A bit steep, you might think, for a picture of someone you’ve never heard of. And you won’t have heard of the artist

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Disposable nappy recycling: How soiled nappies can be reused

World / En Sound Media

A total of 187 billion nappies are thrown away each year, but unlike bottles, cans or cardboard, nappies are hard to recycle. But now engineers have devised ways of recovering the plastic and other materials inside them. A pilot plant has opened in Treviso, Italy, backed by the world’s largest maker of nappies Procter &

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Notre Dame fire raises fears for UK’s crumbling Parliament

Travel / En Sound Media

For some Britons who watched Notre Dame burn so fiercely in Paris, the horror was mixed with apprehension. What happened to the French landmark this week could easily befall the Houses of Parliament in London. The seat of Britain’s government is a crumbling, leaky, rodent-infested fire trap that fire wardens must patrol around the clock

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Elon Musk Predicts Tesla Driverless Taxi Fleet Next Year

Technology / En Sound Media

Just last week, a parked Tesla caught fire at a service center near Pittsburgh. The car had previously caught fire in February, according to a local news report. In February, a man was killed in Florida when the Tesla he was driving crashed and was engulfed in flames. Tesla introduced Autopilot in October 2015. It

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Pirates reliever Burdi injured; Arizona rallies for 12-4 win

Sports / En Sound Media

Pirates reliever Nick Burdi left in tears with a right arm injury, a chilling low point for Pittsburgh in a 12-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night. Burdi, who had Tommy John surgery in 2017, had already given up five runs in a third of an inning when he fired a 96 mph

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