RIGA, Latvia — Alexandra Skochilenko, a pacifist Russian artist and musician with no prior history of political activism, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a St. Petersburg court on Thursday, for a trivial antiwar protest: covering five supermarket price tags in March of last year with stickers giving information about Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Skochilenko, wearing one of her trademark bright hippie shirts with a red heart emblazoned on the front, fixed her eyes on Judge Oksana Demyasheva and told her: “Everyone sees and knows that you are not judging a terrorist. Read More...
Sysco will buy US Foods for about $3.5 billion from its private-equity owners in a deal that will combine the top two U.S. food distributors and create a company commanding at least a quarter of the $235 billion North American market.
Sysco, whose shares jumped as much as 25 percent to a record high Monday, touted the combination of its supply-chain expertise with the strong consumer-facing technologies of US Foods as a key driver for the deal, which creates a company with revenue of $65 billion. Read More...
LATROBE, Pa.— Few NFL quarterbacks can be properly described as playing the game in rugged fashion. But Ben Roethlisberger, along with Cam Newton and a couple others, is among them.
Roethlisberger, listed at 6 feet 5 and 240 pounds, is difficult for even the burliest of defensive linemen to haul down in the pocket. He takes hits, often requiring a second defensive player to arrive and help out to complete a sack. Read More...
