WARSAW – A priceless 16th century Italian painting that was looted by Nazi Germany during World War II and discovered in Japan has been returned to Poland, authorities in Warsaw said Wednesday. The “Madonna with Child” attributed to Alessandro Turchi, is the latest of some 600 looted artistic pieces that Poland has successfully repatriated. More … Read more
Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports missed a rights fees payment to the regional sports network’s parent company and let the grace period expire. Diamond Sports, which owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner, said in a statement that it decided “not to … Read more
NEW YORK – A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in the … Read more
OXON HILL, Md. – Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the competition two years ago. “It’s sort of hit or miss, the onstage vocab format, and it’s sort of brutal in my opinion,” the 17-year-old former speller … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A member of the iconic Von Erich wrestling family is coming to San Antonio. Kevin Von Erich will be at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 2 for a one-on-one conversation, according to a news release. Tickets for “An Evening with Kevin Von Erich: Stories From The Top Rope” go … Read more
Time is a precious commodity and some readers need to be hooked from page one. T.J. Newman ‘s 2021 debut novel “Falling” (Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster) begins with a sentence that blasts out of a cannon: “When the shoe dropped in her lap the foot was still in it.” The novel — about a pilot … Read more
Two rock legends will be taking the stage at the Tobin Center this September to perform some of their greatest hits. Yngwie Malmsteen and Glenn Hughes will kick off their performance at 8 p.m. on Sept. 2 at the H-E-B Performance Hall. Yngwie Malmsteen is known for his neo-classical metal style and technical prowess. His … Read more