A former employee of celebrated chef Thomas Keller is suing him and his three-star Michelin restaurants — Per Se in New York and the French Laundry in California — for discrimination, saying she was denied a job transfer and ultimately let go because she was pregnant. Vanessa Scott-Allen is seeking… Read More

U.S. Air Force officials say their pilots did not intentionally draw male anatomy with aircraft contrails in the skies above the Phoenix area. Photos taken of a series of sky ovals near Luke Air Force Base have circulated on social media and some say the shapes resemble male genitals. Base… Read More

A West Virginia principal accused of plagiarizing Ashton Kutcher in an address to his school’s graduating class says he didn’t mean to use someone else’s work. Parkersburg High School Principal Kenny DeMoss has issued a statement saying he should have cited his sources in the May 23 speech, but asserted… Read More

Authorities say an 11-foot (3.4-meter) alligator busted through a kitchen window and broke several bottles of red wine in a Florida home before it was captured. Police tweeted that the gator was removed from Mary Wischhusen’s Clearwater condominium early Friday. No one was injured. Wischhusen uses a walker. She told… Read More

Reality TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has welcomed her third child into the world. The 31-year-old “Jersey Shore” cast member tells People magazine she gave birth early Thursday morning to a boy named Angelo James LaValle. He weighs 7½ pounds. Polizzi and husband Jionni LaValle were already parents of a… Read More

Prince’s former bodyguard answered questions from attorneys for seven hours as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the late rock star. Kirk Johnson’s attorney told KSTP-TV that Wednesday’s deposition at the Carver County Courthouse was difficult for his client, who considered Prince a good friend. Prince… Read More

A ride-hailing driver shot and killed a New Mexico passenger earlier this year during an argument over “a large amount of vomit” in his Uber vehicle, prosecutors said in new documents. Court documents submitted by the Bernalillo County district attorney last week said the vomit and an argument over a… Read More

A stolen sport utility vehicle struck two pedestrians and injured five other people Wednesday afternoon as it drove on a San Francisco sidewalk and smashed into other cars while fleeing police, authorities said. A person struck in a crosswalk was treated for life-threatening injuries and was listed in stable condition,… Read More

The finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have begun, with 50 kids on stage competing for more than $50,000 in cash and prizes and a new, custom-designed trophy. This year’s bee had the biggest field ever, with 562 spellers, more than half of whom got in through Scripps’ wild-card… Read More

A man who gained internet fame as “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” was sentenced to 57 years in prison Thursday for the beating death of a New Jersey man he had met in Times Square. Caleb McGillvary will have to serve at least 85% of his sentence under terms imposed in… Read More