Russell Simmons is denying accusations that he sexually assaulted a model when she was 17. Keri Claussen Khalighi claims Simmons made “sexual advances” at her during a dinner at Mr. Chow in New York back in 1991. Khalighi told the Los Angeles Times that after going back to Simmons’ apartment, […]
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WATCH: Dangerous weather batters the East Coast
Transcript for Dangerous weather batters the East Coast We begin with the dangerous high winds. Affecting more than 100 million people. Scaffolding slamming down on a busy New York City sidewalk. Trapping people below. And this scene as a major storm system sweeps through the east. The same system leaving […]
‘Cosby Show’ actor Earle Hyman dies at 91
Earle Hyman, a veteran actor of stage and screen who was widely known for playing Russell Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died. Jordan Strohl, a representative for The Actors Fund, says that Hyman died Friday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 91. A […]
US Marine allegedly in crash that kills Japanese driver in Okinawa
A U.S. Marine whom police say had a blood-alcohol content three times the legal level was allegedly involved in an accident on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa that left a 61-year-old Japanese man dead. The unidentified Marine was driving a truck that collided with a small truck at an […]
Zimbabwe president defies mounting pressure to leave office
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe defied calls to quit Sunday, saying he will preside over a ruling party congress in December in an announcement that could trigger impeachment proceedings this week and more protests demanding his ouster. In a televised address, the 93-year-old Mugabe acknowledged what he said were “a whole […]
Argentina now unsure if signals came from lost submarine
Argentina’s Navy could not confirm Sunday if seven brief satellite calls received a day prior were from a lost submarine with 44 crew members on board. “We do not have clear evidence that (the calls) have come from that unit,” said Adm. Gabriel Gonzalez, chief of the Mar del Plata […]
Longtime country singer, songwriter Mel Tillis dies
Mel Tillis, the affable longtime country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles, has died. A spokesman for Tillis, Don Murry Grubbs, said Tillis died early Sunday at Munroe Regional Medical Center in […]
15 dead, 5 hurt in a stampede for food aid in Morocco
A stampede in a southern Moroccan village left at least 15 people dead and five others injured Sunday as food aid was being distributed, the Interior Ministry said. The crush took place in Sidi Boulalam, in the province of Essaouira, as a local association was distributing food aid in a […]
Trump aide won’t directly say if the president still backs Roy Moore
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short wouldn’t directly say if President Donald Trump still backs embattled GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. “I don’t think you’ve seen him go down there and campaign for him, I don’t think you’ve seen him issue an endorsement,” Short told ABC News Chief […]
Sex-harassment allegation wave will be ‘watershed moment’ if men ‘man up’: Fiorina
Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett Packard who ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, said the current wave of sexual harassment allegations from Hollywood to Capitol Hill “will only be a watershed moment if men decide to step forward.” Fiorina told ABC News Chief Anchor George […]