An Arizona highway trooper getting ready to cite a speeding driver instead wound up helping a woman in another car who delivered a baby boy on the side of the road. Trooper Miguel Rincon was conducting a traffic stop Saturday on a highway near the southern Arizona town of Bisbee… Read More
Car thieves accidentally kidnap child, drop him off at school
Police say two car thieves made an unexpected stop after stealing a vehicle Wednesday morning: They dropped an 8-year-old boy off at school after they discovered him in the backseat. Norfolk, VA police spokesman Daniel Hudson says the boy was sitting in his mother’s car in her employer’s parking lot… Read More
Woman wins $1 million lottery — AGAIN!
Few people are lucky enough to win $1 million in the lottery. But one Massachusetts woman has now done it twice. Constance Carpenito, of Stoneham, recently won a $1 million prize on a scratch ticket in the $10,000,000 Diamond Millionaire instant game. A spokesman for the Massachusetts Lottery says Carpenito… Read More
Subway sexual predator Jared Fogle to be sentenced
Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is due in federal court today to learn how much time he’ll spend in prison on child porn and sex crime charges. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt was scheduled to sentence Fogle after formally accepting his plea to one count each of travelling to engage… Read More
Carly Simon confirms song “You’re So Vain” about…
Carly Simon says the second verse of her infamous song “You’re So Vain” is about Warren Beatty. The 70-year-old singer tells People magazine that she’s “confirmed that the second verse is Warren.” She adds that Beatty “thinks the whole thing is about him!” Simon will release the memoir, “Boys in… Read More
This picture says EVERYTHING about the fight against terror
The dramatic picture that is going viral comes with 27 scars, each a bullet absorbed from terrorist Kalashnikovs. The picture is of the shield used by the lead commando of the French Brigade de Recherche et d’Intervention (BRI) unit as it bravely stormed the Bataclan nightclub during the Paris attacks…. Read More
AMA: Kiss those Viagra commercials good-bye
The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for a ban on direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs and implantable medical devices, saying they contribute to rising costs and patients’ demands for inappropriate treatment. Delegates at the influential group’s policy-making meeting in Atlanta voted to adopt that as official policy as part… Read More
Man convicted of killing and beheading boyfriend in Hollywood
A man who killed and dismembered his boyfriend, leaving the head near the Hollywood sign, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. City News Service says 40-year-old Gabriel Campos-Martinez was sentenced Monday by a judge who urged him to explain why he committed the murder. Campos-Martinez earlier… Read More
German police stop bombing at soccer stadium
The friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled 90 minutes before kickoff on Tuesday due to the suspected threat of a bomb at the stadium. “We had concrete evidence that someone wanted to set off an explosive device in the stadium,” Hannover police chief Volker Kluwe told… Read More
Muslim soccer fans boo moment of silence for France, then chant Allahu Akbar
In a shameful display before their team played Greece in a friendly soccer match in Istanbul Tuesday, Turkish fans booed during an announcement asking the crowd for a minute of respectful silence for the 129 victims of the Paris attacks. In its place, chants of “Allahu Akbar,” broke out among… Read More