When Col. Bruce Hampton slowly fell to his knees during the finale of his star-studded birthday concert, fans and musicians alike thought it was another one of his quirky performance acts. As 14-year-old guitar phenom Brandon “Taz” Niederauer tore into a blistering solo, the 70-year-old man lay motionless just feet… Read More

A Cleveland police dispatcher heard snoring on a recorded 911 call has been suspended for six days for sleeping on the job. WJW-TV reports Jasmin Thomas pleaded no contest to internal charges from the department’s investigation. The local police union president, Steve Loomis, says Thomas is a single mother who was… Read More

President Donald Trump is adopting his own definition of “Loyalty Day,” telling Americans to mark Monday by celebrating their individual liberties, limited government, and human dignity. It’s a designation made by his predecessors for decades. Workers elsewhere in the U.S. call May 1 “May Day” and were protesting Trump’s immigration… Read More

A new monument at Arlington National Cemetery, near the U.S. capital, will honor American helicopter crews who flew during the Vietnam War. The Military Times reports Congress has approved the monument, which will be near the Tomb of the Unknowns. Spearheading the memorial campaign is retired Air Force Lt. Col. Bob… Read More

Ryan Seacrest was named co-host of the morning chat show “Live” with Kelly Ripa on Monday, ending a yearlong search for a marquee name as Michael Strahan’s successor. “Nice to see you, partner,” Seacrest said as he walked onto the New York set of the show made famous by Regis… Read More

SpaceX has launched a top-secret spy satellite for the U.S. government. The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Monday morning from its NASA-leased pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It hoisted a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Several minutes into the flight, the first stage booster —… Read More

Police say an Ohio man called 911 to request a police dog to help track down heroin allegedly stolen from him. WEWS-TV reports a 20-year-old man in Bath Township, near Akron, made the call in January. The recording was released this week. When the call operator asks why the caller needs… Read More

A man suspected of fatally shooting a Delaware state trooper has been shot and killed by officers after an overnight standoff, state police said Thursday. The man, who has not been identified, walked out of the home where he had been holed up since the fatal shooting of the trooper… Read More

An eastern Iowa man accused of padlocking a weighted chain around his 14-year-old nephew’s waist has pleaded not guilty. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that Jeffrey Merfeld and the boy’s parents are charged with child endangerment causing injury. Merfeld’s plea was submitted Tuesday. Court records don’t show whether Michael and Cynthia… Read More