The nation’s coal mines are nearing a record low mark for on-the-job deaths for the third year in a row and have a chance to keep the number of fatal accidents in single digits for the first time. With just a day left in 2016, U.S. coal mines have recorded… Read More
A sick Queen Elizabeth misses New Year’s Church service
Queen Elizabeth II missed a traditional New Year’s Day church service Sunday because of the effects of a lingering cold. Buckingham Palace said the queen “does not yet feel ready to attend church as she is still recuperating from a heavy cold.” There was no indication she is suffering from… Read More
Racist Charleston church shooter refuses insanity defense
The same jury that last month unanimously found Dylann Roof guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church is returning to court to begin contemplating his punishment. With the 22-year-old representing himself, the process is sure to be unconventional. But even if Roof is sentenced… Read More
Prankster vandalizes Hollywood sign
No, Los Angeles residents, it wasn’t your hangovers playing tricks on you. The Hollywood sign really did read “HOLLYWeeD” for a few hours on New Year’s Day. Police were investigating Sunday after a prankster used giant tarps to turn two of the iconic sign’s white Os into Es sometime overnight…. Read More
[Must See] Carey’s cringeworthy New Year’s Eve performance
Few singers can match the career of the multi-octave superstar Mariah Carey, the winner of five Grammys who has sold more than 200 million records worldwide. But sometimes, life gets a little strange in the spotlight. . She cursed on television during a 2013 appearance in Central Park that aired… Read More
Orchestral director fired for telling young audience Santa isn’t real
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Or else. An orchestral director lost his job at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome after telling an audience filled with children that the man in the red suit who delivers gifts to good girls and boys does not, in fact, exist…. Read More
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher remain united in funeral and burials
Debbie Reynolds’ son said Friday his mother and sister, actress Carrie Fisher, will have a joint funeral and will be buried together. Todd Fisher said the actresses will be interred at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, the final resting place of numerous celebrities, including Lucille Ball, Dick Van Patten, Liberace, Florence Henderson,… Read More
Medicare overhaul for hip and heart treatments
Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions, to promote quality and contain costs. Beneficiaries and family members may notice a new approach. Hospitals and doctors in dozens… Read More
‘M.A.S.H’ star dies at 84
“M.A.S.H.” star William Christopher has died. He was 84. Christopher’s agent Robert Malcom said the actor died at 5:10 a.m. Saturday at his home in Pasadena, California. He tells The Associated Press that Christopher’s wife says her husband died peacefully. Malcom said Christopher was diagnosed with cancer more than a… Read More
Trump’s 4 WORST celebrity enemies
Through his career, including his improbable rise to becoming President-elect, Donald Trump has been a man for the people and not the elite. While that mentality earned him the votes of millions of Americans in the 2016 presidential election, it also resulted in some nasty enemies along the way. Throughout… Read More