The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter during a trial that made spectators of some of the city’s sports heroes. Cardell Hayes was convicted of manslaughter Sunday night, ending… Read More

Bristol Palin is expecting her third child. The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced her pregnancy Friday on Entertainment Tonight. She and husband Dakota Meyer said they are excited and “blessed” to welcome a baby in the spring. A Palin family spokesman confirmed the 26-year-old is pregnant. Bristol… Read More

Snow, freezing rain and rain made for a messy commute Monday as a winter storm pushed eastward. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories for parts of the Great Lakes and the Northeast. Snow fell throughout northern New England, with speeds reduced on snow-packed… Read More

The Army football team and its fans around the world can finally rejoice. No longer will they have to listen to barbs from Navy or lament another missed opportunity in the biggest game of the year. At long last, The Streak is over. Army ended a 14-year run of frustration… Read More

A Christmas tree farmer has found and returned a wedding ring that slipped off a New Jersey man’s finger roughly 15 years ago. David Penner lost the ring during a visit with his wife to Wyckoff’s Tree Farm in White Township. He returned and searched, but the ring was nowhere… Read More

Actor Judge Reinhold has been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a confrontation with security agents at Dallas Love Field. A Dallas Police Department statement says the 59-year-old actor was arrested Thursday afternoon after Transportation Security Administration employees reported that he refused to submit to a screening at a… Read More

President Barack Obama promised to fix the health care system, but for the first time in decades, life expectancy is declining. It declined last year and it is no better than it was four years ago. In most of the years since World War II, life expectancy in the U.S…. Read More

Donald Trump is gone from the boardroom of NBC’s reboot of “Celebrity Apprentice” but he’s kept a business connection to the reality show. President-elect Trump has an executive producer credit on “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” said Clare Anne Darragh, a spokesman for “Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett. She declined further comment… Read More

The Navy’s most technologically advanced destroyer is arriving at its homeport after dealing with some glitches along the way. The stealthy USS Zumwalt arrives Thursday in San Diego, where it’ll begin installation of combat systems and further testing and evaluation. The ship was commissioned in October in Baltimore and encountered… Read More

John Glenn was the ultimate all-American hero. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, a war hero fighter pilot, a record-setting test pilot, a longtime senator, a presidential candidate and a man who defied age and gravity to go back into space at 77. But those were just… Read More