Shaq and StubHub pledge donations to the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal and StubHub have pledged to make donations to the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation after the death of the…
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‘Mighty Ducks’ actor Shaun Weiss accused of breaking into man’s garage while high on meth
MARYSVILLE, California – An actor who appeared in three “Mighty Ducks” movies in the 1990s has been charged with burglary and being…
Continue Reading Law enforcement gearing up for Sunday’s Super Bowl
After more than of a year of planning, the National Football League and law enforcement officials said they are ready for this week’s Super…
Continue Reading California man charged with killing five of his infant children over 30 years ago
A California man has been charged in the serial homicides of five of his infant children. Paul Allen Perez, 57, was arrested in connection with a…
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Houston Astros hire Dusty Baker as new manager in wake of cheating scandal
Dusty Baker, a longtime Major League Baseball manager, has been hired as the new manager of the Houston Astros, the team announced Wednesday. The…
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‘This little girl has a story to tell’: Hour-old baby surrendered in fire department’s baby box
SEYMOUR, Indiana (WLKY) — A newborn baby girl in Indiana is safe and healthy after being surrendered in a Safe Haven Baby Box at the Seymour…
Continue Reading Four people are dead and a 1-week-old baby from Florida is missing
The disappearance of a 1-week-old baby took several twists Wednesday when the man who police think took the boy was found dead off a Florida highway…
Continue Reading A postal worker rented a storage unit to hide mail because he felt ‘pressured’ to deliver it
A United States postal worker was caught with a public storage unit full of mail he never delivered. Jason Delacruz pleaded guilty to charges of…
Continue Reading Los Angeles Lakers get together for first time since learning of Kobe Bryant’s death
As millions of fans mourn the death of Kobe Bryant and eight other people killed in a helicopter crash Sunday and investigators look into the…
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Vanessa Bryant breaks her silence, posts heartbreaking photo of Kobe and Gianna: ‘I wish they were here with us forever’
LOS ANGELES, California — For the first time since the deaths of her husband Kobe Bryant and their 13-year old daughter Gianna in a helicopter…
Continue Reading A class of Georgia state troopers has been dismissed after cheating on a key exam
An entire class of Georgia state troopers was implicated in a cheating scandal that resulted in large scale disciplinary actions. The training…
Continue Reading Nxivm leadership accused of illegal psychological experiments and systematic abuse in federal lawsuit
A federal lawsuit in New York accuses Nxivm founder Keith Raniere and 14 associates of conducting illegal psychological experiments on members of the…
Continue Reading These countries have evacuated citizens from Wuhan because of the coronavirus
Countries are scrambling to evacuate their citizens from Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Hubei province, as the number of…
Continue Reading Fire at Los Angeles high-rise apartment building injures 11, officials say
A 3-month-old baby was among 11 people injured in a fire at a high-rise residential building in Los Angeles that city fire department officials said…
Continue Reading Popeyes launched a clothing line that looks a whole lot like Beyonce’s Ivy Park
Ivy Popeyes? Chicken Park? Take your pick. Popeyes released its own clothing line Wednesday, clearly inspired by Ivy Park — Beyoncé’s…
Continue Reading Alabama’s 8 boat dock fire victims identified, including mother and her five children
Eight people killed in a boat dock fire in northeastern Alabama were identified Wednesday, including a mother and her five children, the Jackson…
Continue Reading Florida day care worker fired after writing message on child’s stomach
A day care worker has been fired after a mother discovered a message asking for more diapers written in marker on her son’s chest and stomach.…
Continue Reading Roger Goodell on Antonio Brown: ‘We want to help get him on the right track’
The NFL is committed to helping Antonio Brown get “on the right track,” commissioner Roger Goodell says. “The first thing for all…
Continue Reading Chris Doleman, Hall of Fame defensive end, dies at 58
Hall of Fame defensive end Chris Doleman died Tuesday night after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 58. The Minnesota Vikings, where he played 10…
Continue Reading Number of Wuhan coronavirus cases inside mainland China overtakes SARS, as virus spreads worldwide
The number of confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus has overtaken the 2003 SARS outbreak inside of mainland China, as multiple countries evacuated…
Continue Reading A pizza shop took down its billboard making light of human trafficking after predictable backlash
The East of Chicago Pizza store in Barberton, Ohio, is known for its cheeky billboards. But its last one made light of human trafficking, taking…
Continue Reading ‘Shut up!’ Duke’s Coach K yells at his own Cameron Crazies after chant during Pitt game
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is apologizing, at least in part, to students after berating the Cameron Crazies fan section during the…
Continue Reading First detailed images of a turbulent surface of the sun, thanks to new telescope
The surface of our sun is a wild, violent place and now we can see it in exquisite detail, thanks to the first images returned by the National…
Continue Reading Trump’s plan gives Israel a green light to annex part of the West Bank. Here’s what that looks like
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in no doubt. January 28, 2020, would be as historic an occasion as May 14, 1948, the day Israel…
Continue Reading Chiefs show support of wide receiver Tyreek Hill ahead of Super Bowl LIV
As Wednesday’s media session with the Kansas City Chiefs was winding down, Tyreek Hill received a phone call. It was from his mother. “I…
Continue Reading U.S. evacuees from China land at California military base as coronavirus outbreak grows
RIVERSIDE, California — A flight carrying about 200 American evacuees landed Wednesday at a U.S. military base in Southern California after…
Continue Reading From ‘Kannywood’ to ‘rubbing minds’ — Oxford English Dictionary adds 29 Nigerian words and phrases
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African…
Continue Reading Orange Coast College, mourning its baseball coach John Antobelli, played its season opener today as scheduled
Just two days after losing its beloved coach in a helicopter crash, Orange Coast College’s baseball team played its season opener as scheduled…
Continue Reading Dylann Roof believed he’d be freed from prison after a race war, attorneys say in appeal
The white nationalist convicted of killing nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, believed his prison sentence was…
Continue Reading For Puerto Rico’s earthquake families, trauma continues thousands of miles from home
The beefy ex-cop sleeps in a twin-size trundle bed a few inches off the hardwood floor. His wife, their 17-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son rest…
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