By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Taylor Swift made music history at the Grammy Awards, a band formed long before she was born made their own history: The Grateful Dead have broken the record for the most Top 40 albums to chart on the Billboard 200. The Grateful
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury went home Monday after a full day of deliberations in a novel trial against a school shooter’s mother who could go to prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of four students in 2021. The jury will return Tuesday for a
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Eleven people and multiple canines who became stranded today on strips of land surrounded by fast-moving water in the Santa Ana River bottom were rescued by fire crews. The water emergency was reported shortly before 10 a.m. near the Van Buren Boulevard bridge, according to the Riverside Fire Department. Witnesses spotted people standing on
Continue ReadingWCBS By Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Bob Beckwith, the former New York City firefighter who famously stood alongside President George W. Bush atop a charred fire truck in the rubble of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has died, according to the union representing New York firefighters and former US Rep. Peter King. He was 91.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del Mar, Chile. Hundreds of homes in the central coastal area of the South American nation have been destroyed in fires that have killed at least 112 people. Weather and climate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del Mar, Chile. Hundreds of homes in the central coastal area of the South American nation have been destroyed in fires that have killed at least 112 people. Weather and climate
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, Lindsay Isaac and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — New information uncovered during a reopened investigation led to sexual assault charges being brought last week against five professional hockey players, four of whom are playing in the NHL, Canadian police said Monday, six years after the offense was allegedly committed. The case against
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US officials said Monday that Iraq was not notified ahead of a series of strikes on Iran-linked targets in the country, contradicting earlier statements that the Iraqi government was notified before the strikes occurred. “As for this specific response on Friday, there was not a pre-notification.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Personal Birth date: February 20, 1951 Birth place: Glasgow, Scotland Birth name: James Gordon Brown Father: John Brown, Church of Scotland minister Mother: Jessie Elizabeth “Bunty” (Souter) Brown Marriage: Sarah Macaulay (August 3, 2000-present) Children: James Fraser,
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Rob Blake hopes a new voice and approach behind the bench turns around the Los Angeles Kings season. When it comes to what else Blake is looking for after firing Todd McLellan as coach and naming Jim Hiller the interim for the rest of
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The federal wire fraud and money laundering trial against William “Sam” McCann was delayed Monday after court officials learned that the former Illinois state senator was hospitalized over the weekend. McCann faces seven counts of wire fraud and single counts of money laundering and tax
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical storms are getting more intense because of climate change. So
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania state courts agency says some of its online systems are disabled after its website was hit by a weekend cyberattack, but that the attack didn’t appear to compromise any data. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts said Monday that the attack is being investigated
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer For the first time, the NBA will play on glass. Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis — including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup — will be played on a state-of-the-art, full video LED court that will be installed at Lucas Oil Stadium, the league said Monday. That means
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A 29-year-old man was killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Indio. The wreck happened at around 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of Monroe Street and Requa according, to the Indio Police Department. Officers say the wreck was a two-car collision. Cal fire Crews that responded to the scene took one of the drivers
Continue ReadingSENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An attorney says a 10-year-old Black child who urinated near his own mother’s car in Mississippi will no longer be required to serve probation and write a book report about Kobe Bryant. Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow set the probation and book report as punishment in December. The child’s
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The Justice Department proposed changes Monday to rules governing state-run programs that provide financial assistance to violent crime victims in order to address racial disparities and curb the number of subjective denials of compensation. The proposal from the Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime, a major
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of inflation, increased interest rates, and the end of pandemic-tied relief, such as the moratorium on student loan payments, has led to record credit card debt, experts say, with rising and
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia doctor who was sentenced to 40 years in prison after prescribing more than half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years has been granted a new trial by a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public engagements but will continue with state business, and won’t be handing over his constitutional roles as head
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