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Stormy Daniels’ lawyer gets the boot

Porn star Stormy Daniels was scheduled to meet with federal prosecutors in New York on Monday as part of a controversial investigation into President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen, but the meeting was abruptly cancelled late Sunday after it was reported by news organizations, her attorney said. Daniels,… Read More

National Zoo closes panda habitat for possible pregnancy

Paws are crossed at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, where a panda baby watch is underway. Officials closed the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat on Sunday to give Mei Xiang some quiet time because she’s exhibiting behaviors that are in line with both a pregnancy and false… Read More

Senator cracks colleague’s rib with Heimlich maneuver

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has cracked a rib of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill while performing the Heimlich maneuver on the fellow Democrat when she began choking. A spokesman for Manchin tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that McCaskill began choking during a luncheon for Senate Democrats on Thursday. Manchin used the… Read More

Beauty queen found dead in family home

Sophie Gradon, a former pageant queen and reality TV star, was found dead in her parents’ home late Wednesday night. She was 32. Grandon died of an apparent suicide, although the official cause of death has yet to be released. The former Miss Great Britain rose to superstar level fame… Read More

Bank robber tricked into showing ID, easily tracked by police

Police say a quick-thinking bank teller in Ohio convinced a suspected robber to hand over his own license. Authorities say the man walked into a Huntington Bank in Columbus on June 4 and gave the teller a note saying he was armed and demanding money. The teller gave the man… Read More

92-year-old WWII hero surprised with diploma

A New Jersey township high school has surprised a 92-year-old World War II veteran with the high school diploma he would have earned if he hadn’t dropped out to join the Army. Vito Trause was presented with his “East Rutherford High School” diploma Wednesday, in a nod to Becton Regional… Read More

Report: Viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s

Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer’s, scientists reported Thursday in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theories about what triggers the mind-robbing disease. A team led by researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Health System found that certain viruses —… Read More

Trump supporters rally behind president

Cincinnati resident Andrew Pappas supported President Donald Trump’s decision to separate children from parents who crossed the border illegally because, he said, it got Congress talking about immigration reform. Niurka Lopez of Michigan said Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy made sense because her family came to the U.S. legally from Cuba and… Read More

Archaeologists search Woodstock concert field for signs of an era

Archaeologists scouring the grassy hillside famously trampled during the 1969 Woodstock music festival carefully sifted through the dirt from a time of peace, love, protest and good vibes. Perhaps they would find an old peace symbol? Or a strand of hippie beads? Or Jimi Hendrix’s guitar pick? The five-day excavation… Read More

Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies at 46

Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, has died. The Gorilla Foundation says the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla died in its sleep at the foundation’s preserve in California’s Sana Cruz mountains on Tuesday. Koko was born at the San Francisco Zoo, and Dr. Francine Patterson began teaching the gorilla sign language that… Read More