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Greek Child Predator Arrested in Denver Pleads Guilty

Greek Georgios Sgouros (42), who had flown from Athens to Denver in June 2010 after making an appointment of having sex with children, pleaded guilty on Thursday, December 1, 2011. The man was arrested at the Denver International Airport, where...

Greek Man Goes to Denver to Molest Underage Girls

A Greek national, 42, had a five-month e-contact with a supposed mother of two underage girls from Denver with intent to sexually molest the two girls. To his dismay, authorities in the USA arrested upon his arrival at Denver's...

Greek Startup Blueground Acquires US Housing on Demand Leader

Greek startup Blueground acquired the Denver-based Travelers Haven, the leading provider of housing on-demand in the U.S. The deal announced earlier in February will give Blueground the ability to provide accommodations to clients on demand in the U.S. in addition...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Named NBA East All-Star Captain

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named a team captain and starter for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, the league announced on Thursday. This marks the seventh consecutive season that he has been voted an All-Star Game starter and...

NBA Legend Dikembe Mutombo Being Treated for Brain Cancer

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in NBA history, is being treated for brain Cancer. The 56-year-old from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is always engaged, socially and charitably, with his war-torn country’s challenges....

The Greek Soldier Who Became an American Icon in WWII

The unlikely story of the life of Evangelos Klonis reads like a novel of adventure and heroism. It is the story of a Greek man whose photograph became the iconic symbol of the American soldier in WWII. Yet, he died...

Cambodia Claims Stolen Artifacts are at New York’s Met Museum

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is suspected to be home to no less than 33 antiquities that were stolen by a single smuggler, according to Cambodian officials. Toek Tik, a reformed looter admitted to police that he took...

US Truckers’ “People’s Convoy” Starts 2,500 Mile Journey to Washington

A US trucker convoy embarked on a 2,500 mile cross-country trip from Barstow, California to Washington, DC on Wednesday, to protest against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. Inspired by the demonstrations that paralyzed Ottawa, Canada's capital city, for weeks, the...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Beats Michael Jordan with New All-Time Record

Giannis Antetokounmpo rocked the Washington Wizard's Tuesday night, surpassing NBA legend Michael Jordan along the way. Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Wizards 112-98, with the Greek Freak knocking out another triple-double, officially taking Michael Jordan's 18th lace spot...

First US Case of Omicron Variant Detected in San Francisco

The first case of the Omicron variant was just detected on Wednesday in the city of San Francisco, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which identified the first US case of the mutated virus...

Brian Laundrie’s Death Ruled a Suicide

An attorney for the Laundrie family announced on Tuesday that Brian Laundrie's death was a suicide. The attorney, Steven Bertolino, revealed that Laundrie had self-inflicted a "gunshot wound to the head:" "Chris and Roberta Laundrie have been informed that the cause...

Remains of Gabby Petito’s Fiancé Found in Florida, FBI Says

Human remains found in a Florida park on Wednesday are those of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of murdered blogger Gabby Petito, the FBI says. The body of Laundrie, who had been missing for over a month, was identified using dental...