A man who left a note to his estranged wife stating “if I can’t have them, neither can you”, has admitted killing their three children. Jason Karels pleaded “guilty but mentally ill” on Friday to three counts of first-degree murder. The 36-year-old will be jailed for life without parole, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick speaks at the CNBC Evolve conference November 19th in Los Angeles. Jesse Grant | CNBC Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard has agreed to settle a case from a California state agency that alleged the video game publisher discriminated against women, including denying them promotion opportunities and paying them less. California’s Civil Rights
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Two of the world’s biggest shipping firms have suspended all journeys through the Red Sea following a surge of recent attacks on vessels. Danish giant Maersk said it would “pause” all container shipments until further notice after a near-miss involving its Maersk Gibraltar ship on Thursday. Meanwhile, German firm Hapag-Lloyd said it was also halting
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Friends star Matthew Perry’s death has been ruled an accident from the “acute effects of ketamine”, a postmortem has found. Contributing factors in Perry‘s death included drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder), officials said. An autopsy report stated that Perry was “receiving ketamine infusion therapy for
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This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes a low-cost carbon fiber road e-bike, a review of Electric Bike Company’s Model J moped, what happened in Paris after shared e-scooters were banned, an upcoming electric ATV, and
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TOPSHOT – Aerial view of the Essequibo region taken from Guyana on December 12, 2023. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet on December 14, 2023 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on their countries’ growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international warnings against escalating the
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