Last Updated Nov 16, 2017 4:22 PM EST HONOLULU — More than a dozen escapes have occurred over the past eight years at a Hawaii psychiatric hospital where a patient described as dangerous walked off the grounds and made it to California before he was captured this week. Many of the […]
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Interstellar visitor shaped like giant pink fire extinguisher
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A newly discovered object from another star system that’s passing through ours is shaped like a giant pink fire extinguisher. That’s the word this week from astronomers who have been observing this first-ever confirmed interstellar visitor. “I’m surprised by the elongated shape — nobody expected that,” […]
Rampage in California highlights “ghost gun” dangers
LOS ANGELES — The gunman who killed his wife and four others in a rampage in Northern California this week found an easy way around a court order prohibiting him from having guns: He built his own at home. Kevin Janson Neal, 44, was armed with what authorities believe were […]
White House OKs Senate review of accusations against Sen. Franken
Last Updated Nov 16, 2017 4:05 PM EST White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders updated the press and took questions at the White House Thursday afternoon. Earlier Thursday, in response to the House’s passage of a GOP tax overhaul bill, Sanders said in a statement that “President Donald J. […]
Franken responds to sexual misconduct accusations
Last Updated Nov 16, 2017 7:18 PM EST Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, issued another statement responding to accusations by anchor Leeann Tweeden that the senator “kissed and groped” her without her consent while they were entertaining troops on a December 2006 USO Tour. In addition to Tweeden’s allegations of unwanted sexual […]
Sen. Franken responds to sexual misconduct accusations
Last Updated Nov 16, 2017 3:05 PM EST Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, issued another statement responding to accusations by anchor Leeann Tweeden that the senator “kissed and groped” her without her consent while they were entertaining troops on a December 2006 USO Tour. In addition to Tweeden’s allegations of unwanted sexual […]
Martha Stewart: Prison time gave me “street cred” with TV cohost Snoop Dogg
Martha Stewart, the head of the lifestyle empire, believes the time she spent in prison for charges related to insider trading helped give her “street cred” in the eyes of her television sidekick, rapper Snoop Dogg, she tells Tracy Smith in an interview for CBS’ “Sunday Morning” to be broadcast […]
Experts say photo of Billy the Kid, lawman is real deal
Experts now believe a photo purchased at a flea market for $10 shows Billy the Kid standing with the lawman who ultimately killed him, making the snapshot potentially worth millions. Frank Abrams, a North Carolina attorney, first spotted the tintype photo in Asheville in 2011. The self-described history buff said […]
Mugabe meets with army officer who placed him under house arrest
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was shown meeting Thursday with the army commander who put him under house arrest, as negotiations with a South African delegation and a Catholic priest at the state house pushed for a resolution to the political turmoil and the likely end to Mugabe’s […]
Wanted polygamist free after over a decade on the lam in Mexico
PHOENIX — A polygamist who fled to Mexico about 15 years ago with his wives and kids while facing child molestation charges in Arizona is now free after the charges were dropped months ago. Orson William Black Jr. was arrested by Mexican authorities in the northern state of Chihuahua and […]