LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Lauer and Ellen DeGeneres helped the Daytime Emmys make a gender-bending return to television with a comedy bit involving pasties and black stockings — and not worn by DeGeneres. “General Hospital” and “The Young and the Restless” were the top winners Sunday with three trophies each, while the latter shared … Continue reading
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Paul Bettany couldn’t hear anything. When the 43-year-old actor initially donned a noggin-encasing headpiece to portray the mysterious Vision in “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” in theaters Friday, Bettany could barely make out what anyone was saying around him. That isolation ended up fueling his imposing performance in the follow-up to the … Continue reading
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Colorado theater shooter James Holmes appeared with close-cropped hair and a calm demeanor as lawyers made their final motions before Monday’s, April 27 opening of the trial that will determine if he’ll be executed, spend his life in prison, or be committed to a mental institution as criminally insane. His clown-like … Continue reading
BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev urged a jury Monday, April 27 to spare the young man’s life, portraying him as “a good kid” who was led astray by his radicalized and belligerent older brother. David Bruck delivered the defense’s opening statement in the penalty phase of Tsarnaev’s trial, saying … Continue reading
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Thunderstorms rolling across the Gulf Coast hampered the search Monday, April 27 for four boaters still missing two days after a deadly squall overturned sailboats during a yearly race in Mobile Bay. With two people already confirmed dead in the 57th annual Dauphin Island Regatta, crews used boats to search … Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An American who spent nine months in a United Arab Emirates prison for his role in an online parody video is seeking a pardon and financial compensation. Shezanne Cassim, 30, of Woodbury, told The Associated Press on Thursday, April 23 that he has faced difficulty getting a job in the United States … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The recordings that Donald Sterling’s companion made of his off-color remarks cost him ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers and cost her the benefits of a sugar daddy. A judge ruled that V. Stiviano must turn over the keys to a $1.8 million house that Donald Sterling bought her and pay … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — Months after a teenager was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, the city is still refusing to release the dash-cam video of the fatal shooting and didn’t even show it to aldermen Wednesday, April 15 before they approved a $5 million settlement with the family. The October 2014 shooting death … Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — All but one of 10 former Atlanta public school educators convicted in a widespread conspiracy to inflate student scores on standardized tests were sentenced to jail time Tuesday, April 14 and the judge called the cheating scandal “the sickest thing that’s ever happened in this town.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry … Continue reading
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who can be heard in a video cursing at a suspect who later died was unaware that a volunteer deputy had shot the man, the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office said. Spokesman Shannon Clark told the Wall Street Journal that the office would evaluate the Thursday, April 2 … Continue reading
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital says a woman has given birth to five girls in what it believes is the first set of all-female quintuplets born in the U.S. The Woman’s Hospital of Texas says it took four minutes for mother Danielle Busby to deliver the babies by cesarean section Wednesday, April 8. Busby, … Continue reading
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The man accused of killing a community college worker said the motorcycle he used to get away broke down along Interstate 95 and he walked 30 miles before a woman headed to Florida gave him a ride, according to a police report released Wednesday, April 15. The woman picked up the … Continue reading
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas prison officials have acquired a small supply of pentobarbital to replenish their dwindling inventory of the execution drug so lethal injections set for next month in the nation’s most active death penalty state can be carried out, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Wednesday, March 25. Four prisoners already have … Continue reading
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — When a Vietnam veteran briefly stopped in Hawaii on his way home from war, he vowed to return one day to honor the people who perished during the attack on Pearl Harbor. With just less than two months to live, Joseph Hooker realized his longtime dream on Wednesday, March 25. … Continue reading
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper just three months out of the academy and working the first solo patrol of his “dream job” died in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect also believed to have killed a motorist. The robbery suspect, Steven Timothy Snyder of Michigan, also died in … Continue reading
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