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MIAMI (AP) — Suspended Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito says teammate Jonathan Martin sent him a threatening text message as an apparent joke only a week before their relationship became the subject of a harassment case that has prompted an NFL investigation. In an interview with Fox Sports televised Sunday, Incognito said he never took […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say the two people killed after gunfire erupted at a birthday party in a Houston suburb were high school students. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia did not identify the victims killed late Saturday evening in the residential neighborhood of Cypress. More than 100 people, mostly 17- to 19-year-olds, had gathered at […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded slammed into the Philippines early Friday, with one weather expert warning of catastrophic damage. The U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center shortly before Typhoon Haiyan’s landfall said its maximum sustained winds were 314 kilometers per hour (195 mph), with gusts up to 379 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 16-day government shutdown didn’t seem to hurt the economy after all. U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 204,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department said Friday. And they added far more jobs in August and September than previously thought. Activity at service companies and factories also accelerated last month in the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The father of Bristol Palin‘s son is seeking at least equal custody. Levi Johnston filed a petition for custody last month saying he wants 4-year-old Tripp to be in his mother’s and father’s lives equally. The couple had agreed in 2010 that Palin would have primary physical custody and the two […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman who donated an egg to her lesbian partner has parental rights to the child and is ordering a lower court to work out custody, child support and visitation arrangements. The case involves two women, identified only by their initials, who had a […]
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — In a culture that fosters conflict, Jonathan Martin sought to avoid it. Upset by treatment he considered abusive, the Miami Dolphins tackle let the situation fester for months before leaving the team last week. Martin’s agent then complained to the Dolphins, who suspended guard Richie Incognito. The NFL is investigating whether […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A homeless man has gone from the proverbial penthouse to the big house after he was found sleeping in the presidential suite at one of Pittsburgh’s swankiest hotels. Jeffrey Lennon Watson, 48, told police he was from Los Angeles and was passing through the city to return to California when he was […]
Writer, poet, editor, political strategist and feminist Chirlane McCray, 58, becomes the second Black First Lady of New York City with the exhilarating election of her…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job. The FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to gradually phase out artificial trans fats, saying they are a threat to people’s health. […]
Legal Breakdowns Of The hottest Entertainment & Celebrity Drama A New York District Judge ruled that unpaid interns are not protected from sexual harassment as…
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a bus driver is hospitalized after a man threw a liquid believed to be bleach in his face. Officer Adam Madera tells The Associated Press the driver was attacked after pulling up Sunday at a stop near the former state fairgrounds along Woodward Avenue, the city’s main north-south thoroughfare. […]
