SEATTLE (AP) — The infection is as grim as it sounds: "Zombie bees" have a parasite that causes them to fly at night and lurch around erratically until they die. Experts say the condition has crept into Washington state. "I joke with my kids that the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house," said Mark […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa is famous for its own musical sound, a potent blend of rock and blues made famous by JJ Cale, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton. So, including Tulsa in a list of jazz hotbeds — New Orleans, Memphis, Kansas City, Chicago — seems arrhythmic. That jazz reputation, or lack thereof, is […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Georgia woman had little chance of surviving an illegal cosmetic procedure in Mississippi because the silicone-like substance that was injected in her buttocks caused the blood clots that killed her, an investigator testified Monday. Lee McDivitt, an investigator with the Mississippi attorney general's office, testified during a preliminary hearing for […]

DENVER (AP) — Republican election officials who promised to root out voter fraud so far are finding little evidence of a widespread problem. State officials in key presidential battleground states have found only a tiny fraction of the illegal voters they initially suspected existed. Searches in Colorado and Florida have yielded numbers that amount to […]

Speaking before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual awards dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama implored the nation’s African-Americans to show up on Election Day with a sense of urgency. “Make no mistake about it, this is the march of our time, marching door to door, registering people to vote,” the First Lady said to applause […]

The Rappahannock River is a watery area near Fredericksburg, VA that marked the end of the Underground Railroad for many slaves. The longest free-flowing river in the Chesapeake Bay, the Rappahannock was the river crossed in fall of 1862 when the legal end of slavery was near.  During the Civil War, slaves crossed the river […]

This past weekend Mary J. Blige performed at the iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas and to everyone's surprise she was joined by the legendary Prince. Blige yelled to crowd, "“I got a real good friend in the building. He’s one of the most amazing artists to ever walk the earth,” before Prince hopped on […]

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta, are back for a 5th round of ratchet drama. This season the Peaches of Atlanta will welcome two new additions, socialite Porsha Stewart and actress/director/producer/former Miss USA Kenya Moore. And as this trailer proves, the two waste no time fitting in with the girls. Returning Housewives Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss, […]

We’re definitely in a new age where dating someone 10, 20 or even 30 years older (or younger) isn’t so taboo. But the Jackson family dad is seriously robbing the cradle. Joe’s got a new girlfirend who is 51 years younger, and happens to be wealthy and Indonesian, so reports the Daily Star out of […]

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies responding to a burglary call said they found a 20-year-old man asleep on the kitchen floor of an Oregon home. The Washington County sheriff's office said the homeowner discovered the sleeping stranger early Friday. Deputies arrived to find Cristian Villarreal-Castillo, who had in his pockets small electronic devices believed to […]

GARDNER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman says her cat went to the veterinarian for a flea bath and was mistakenly euthanized instead. Colleen Conlon of Gardner is grieving the loss of the cat, 8-year-old Lady, which she attributes to "negligence" by the vet. Her son took Lady to the Broadway Animal Hospital last week […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists reported Sunday that they have completed a major analysis of the genetics of breast cancer, finding four major classes of the disease. They hope their work will lead to more effective treatments, perhaps with some drugs already in use. The new finding offers hints that one type of breast cancer […]