Resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez in 1989 killings of their parents set for Dec. 11
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 11, when a judge will decide whether they will have a shot at freedom after spending 34 years behind bars for the shotgun killings of their parents in 1989. The date was decided Wednesday by a Los Angeles judge after prosecutors submitted a recommendation for the brothers’ resentencing last week. The brothers were convicted of killing Kitty and Jose Menendez in their Beverly Hills home and sentenced to life without parole in prison. The brothers will immediately be eligible for parole if the resentencing is granted.
Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology
Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern Mexico. The lost city, dubbed Valeriana, may have been as densely settled as the better-known pre-Hispanic metropolis of Calakmul, to the south. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology said about 6,479 structures have been detected in the LIDAR images covering an area of about 47 square miles. A consortium of researchers made the discovery by using software to re-examine a 2013 LIDAR survey originally carried out to measures deforestation. What the study, published this week in the journal Antiquity, suggests is that much of the empty space between known Maya sites may once have been very heavily populated.
Volkswagen says cost cuts are urgently needed as its earnings decline sharply
Volkswagen says significant cost cuts are urgently needed as it reports a steep decline in third-quarter earnings and faces employee representatives angry at the possibility of the automaker’s first plant closures in Germany. The company on Wednesday reported a 64% decline in net earnings for the July-September period compared with a year earlier. The figures came two days after the head of Volkswagen’s works council said management had informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in Germany. The company hasn’t publicly detailed its plans.
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