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Sophie Turner sues Joe Jonas, demands children return to England

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

Weeks after it was revealed Joe Jonas had filed for divorce from actress Sophie Turner, the fight doesn't seem to be over. People magazine reports the latest battle is over who will have custody of their young children and where they will live. According to the outlet, Turner has filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan court requesting they be returned to England. Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner release statement on divorce Court documents obtained by the magazine say that the "Game of Thrones" actress is calling for "the immediate return of children wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained." The documents claim this "wrongful retention" began around Sept. 20.She also alleges she and the singer agreed in late 2022 that England would be their "forever home." The documents say the couple sold their home in Miami and were in the process of buying a home in the English countryside in April. Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Anne...

Connie Ramirez Dies in 2-Car Accident on Hovley Lane [Palm Desert, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

72-Year-Old Woman Pronounced Dead after Parking Lot Collision near Washington StreetPALM DESERT, CA (September 21, 2023) – Tuesday afternoon, a collision involving two cars occurred on Hovley Lane, resulting in the loss of Connie Ramirez.Law enforcement responded at approximately 2:50 p.m., near the intersection of Washington Street in Palm Desert.According to initial reports, an eastbound vehicle struck a woman who was in the process of making a southward turn into a parking area.Upon arrival, medical personnel pronounced the female driver dead at the scene. Meanwhile, the driver of the eastbound vehicle was transported to a hospital to receive treatment for injuries that were non-life-threatening.The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department officially identified the deceased victim as 72-year-old Ramirez, a resident of Palm Desert.Authorities stated that there is no suspicion of drugs or alcohol playing a role in the incident. Those who possess any additional information ...

Bobby Patton Killed in Motorcycle Crash Near Highway 128 [Napa, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

Two-Vehicle Collision Near Wragg Canyon Road Left Motorcycle DeadNAPA, CA (September 21, 2023) – Tuesday afternoon, Bobby Patton was declared dead following a truck-motorcycle collision near Highway 128.The collision happened around 2:30 p.m. near 128 and Wragg Canyon Road in the eastern Napa County area.According to CHP, a westbound Harley Davidson Tri Glide motorcycle on Highway 128 crossed the double yellow lines while making a right turn.Afterward, the motorcycle collided with the side of an eastbound dump truck that was also approaching the curb.The impact of the crash ejected the motorcyclist before landing on the roadway, leaving them with fatal injuries. At around 3:47 p.m., medical personnel declared the rider dead at the scene.The driver and the passenger inside the dump truck did not sustain injuries.On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office Coroner Unit identified the deceased motorcyclist as 47-year-old Bobby Patton of Winters.Napa County officials will provide more info...

Clapton Went Down to the Crossroads

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

Clapton Went Down to the Crossroads: Two nights at the Crypto Arena sees former Cream man Clapton performing with some of music’s best and brightest. Clapton performs both nights, and he’ll be joined by the likes of H.E.R., Sheryl Crow, Samantha Fish, Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, Albert Lee, Roget McGuinn, Robbie Robertson, Stephen Stills, and ZZ Top. Nice!“Eric Clapton’s 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival will take place September 23-24 at Crypto.com Arena on the L.A. LIVE campus in downtown Los Angeles,” reads the press release. “It will be his sixth such festival and is being held in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1998 founding of the CrossroadsCentre Antigua. In addition to the main stage concerts each evening, ticket holders will once again enjoy exclusive daily access to a full outdoor Crossroads Guitar Festival experience featuring some of the best guitarists in the world from across multiple musical genres. This year’s Crossroads Festival Guitar Center Vi...

Man wounded in Oakland drive-by shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

OAKLAND — A 27-year-old man was wounded by gunfire Wednesday night in what he told police was a drive-by shooting in the Fruitvale district, authorities said.The man was in stable condition at a hospital, where he is recovering from a wound to his thigh.The man told police he was walking with some other people about 11:27 p.m. Wednesday in the 3600 block of Foothill Boulevard when someone in a passing car began shooting at them. He was the only one hit by the gunfire.He was able to make it to his nearby home where police and paramedics were called.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Oakland homicide victim identified as 40-year-old city resident Crime and Public Safety | Man shot at Berkeley bus stop Crime and Public Safety | In plea agreement, East Bay man found not guilty of killing father by reason of insanity Crime and Public Safety | Teen wounded in Oakland drive-by shooting Crime and Public Safety | ...

The Pac-12’s stellar football season, the media rights collapse and the enduring disconnect that defined the conference

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

In an alternate universe, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff’s media strategy would have worked brilliantly.In an alternate universe, Kliavkoff’s lack of urgency, his willingness to let the football season and market forces play out simultaneously, would have led to stability and riches.In that universe, Kliavkoff convinces the university presidents to bet on themselves, to embrace the on-field hype and extend the media rights negotiations deep into the fall.Had the conference’s football inventory been available now, this week, today, there would be no shortage of motivated buyers.Colorado and coach Deion Sanders are the talk of the sport and smashing audience records.The conference has eight ranked teams and the betting favorites for the Heisman Trophy.USC is a hot property; so are Washington and Oregon … and Washington State and Oregon State.Had the presidents remained patient and unified, the Pac-12 would have a media rights proposal on the table that me...

Sophie Turner sues: Joe Jonas wrongfully keeping kids in the U.S., holding onto their passports

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

A lawsuit filed Thursday by Sophie Turner reveals the high-stakes, transatlantic custody battle brewing between the British actor and her estranged American husband Joe Jonas, since the sudden breakdown of their marriage and over his alleged refusal to let their young daughters return with her to the UK, where she said they had agreed the girls would be raised.The British actor invokes 1980 The Hague Convention on “on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction” to allege that the musician has “wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained” their daughters, 3 and 1, in the United States.In Turner’s lawsuit, filed in US District Court in the Southern District of New York, the “Game of Thrones” star describes herself as the girls’ primary “day-to-day” caregiver. After she said the couple led a peripatetic lifestyle for much of their four-year marriage, she said she and Jonas settled in her native England in April and were ...

Bay Area to be blanketed by another day of dirty air

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

Another layer of thick haze greeted Bay Area residents with the sunrise early Thursday, but measuring tools suggested the dirty skies were not filled with as much soot as they were 24 hours earlier.Whether that trend would continue as the region entered its second straight day with a Spare the Air alert remained uncertain.A shift in winds toward a northerly direction — meaning they move in a counter-clockwise pattern over the region — created the possibility that more smoke from wild fires burning in southern Oregon and northwest California could billow into the region, according to weather forecasters.The gusts also brought with them a red-flag warning for fire danger in the northern and eastern parts of Napa County bordering the Sacramento Valley.The warning runs through 5 p.m. Thursday.At 7 a.m., air-quality index figures from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District showed much of the region to have fine particulate matter running between 105 and 115. Any figure between 101-...

Angus Cloud died in Oakland from drug overdose: coroner

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Angus Cloud died from overdosing on a lethal drug cocktail including fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and benzodiazepine, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office told KRON4 on Thursday.The "Euphoria" star died on July 31 inside his family's home in Oakland. Cloud's death was investigated by the Sheriff's Office as a possible overdose, and his cause of death was confirmed this week by a coroner. Cloud died from acute intoxication due to combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepine, the Sheriff's Office said. Cloud was 25. The rising young actor was grieving his father's death in July, and he had recently returned to the Bay Area after burying his father in Ireland. Cloud's mother quickly dismissed rumors that her son's death was a suicide. His last day was a joyful one, Cloud's mother said."Although my son was in deep grief about his father’s untimely death from mesothelioma, his last day was a joyful one," Lisa Cloud wrote. ...

Spain women’s coach set to speak on eve of Sweden game amid month-long crisis at Spanish federation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:10:52 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s new women’s coach Montse Tomé is set to hold a news conference in Gothenburg on Thursday, a day before her soccer team tries to put off-field distractions aside to play Sweden in the Nations League.It will be the first game since the Spanish federation was rocked by a scandal caused by its former president Luis Rubiales kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent following its Women’s World Cup triumph.Tomé will be accompanied by Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and veteran defender Irene Paredes at the news conference.All the focus remains on the turmoil engulfing the Spanish federation amid a push by its women players to force deep reform to eliminate what they consider to be deeply rooted sexism in the institution that runs Spanish soccer.Tomé, who replaced the fired Jorge Vidal, is now under scrutiny after having called up players, including 15 World Cup winners, after they had said they did not want to play for the federation u...