Authorities in Louisiana say a woman who worked at a medical clinic has been arrested for selling fake doctor’s notes to high school students so they can get out of class. News outlets report 52-year-old Belinda Gail Fondren was charged with filing or maintaining false public records. Sponsored: 99.9% of… Read More

A federally protected green sea turtle is being released in the Florida Keys after recovering from a spear shot into its neck. The 150-pound (68-kilogram) female, dubbed “Splinter,” will be returned to the Atlantic Ocean Friday morning at Higgs Beach in Key West. 23-year-old military study STUNS researchers [sponsored] The… Read More

Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams revealed a cancer diagnosis that played a part in his lengthy holdout and distrust of the team’s medical staff and the organization. Williams on Thursday said he told the team of the medical issue six years ago, and the growth on his head grew substantially… Read More

Officials in a Utah community say they’ve received “more than a few” complaints over a family’s Halloween display that includes a guillotine chopping off the heads of baby dolls. However, the city attorney for Brigham City, Michael Christiansen, said the display isn’t a public nuisance under the city code even… Read More

The Big Ten has reprimanded Penn State defensive tackle Antonio Shelton for spitting on a Michigan State player during a game. The conference also said Tuesday it supports the one-game suspension Shelton was given by Penn State. Sponsored: Widen Your Arteries 32% In Just 21 Days Shelton will be out… Read More

All it took for one fugitive in Illinois to turn himself in was a little photo manipulation. WBBM-TV in Chicago reports that the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department posts notices about fugitives on its Facebook page each Wednesday. Sponsored: Gray Salt Destroys Cancer Cells On Contact This week, the department posted a picture… Read More

 American filmmaker Oliver Stone on Wednesday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “stabilizing force” in the Middle East, particularly in Syria as Moscow fills a void left by U.S. forces pulling out and leaving behind their Kurdish allies. Stone, the 73-year-old director of “JFK,” ″Platoon” and “Wall Street,” long… Read More

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has a tiny new namesake. London’s Natural History Museum said Friday that a minute species of beetle is being named “Nelloptodes gretae” in honor of the 16-year-old Swede who has pressed the world to do a better job fighting climate change. Sponsored: 9 out of 10… Read More