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Missing boy’s body found – 27 years later

The mother of a Minnesota boy who was abducted nearly 27 years ago and whose buried remains were identified this weekend said Monday that her family is grieving. “The Wetterlings are deeply grieving and are pulling our family together. We will be eager to talk to media as soon as… Read More

TV Western actor dies at 91

Hugh O’Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television’s first adult Western, has died. He was 91. A representative from HOBY, a philanthropic organization O’Brian founded, says he died at home Monday morning in Beverly Hills. Until “The Life and Legend of Wyatt… Read More

Legendary movie star enters rehab

Chevy Chase has checked into a rehab facility in Minnesota for treatment for an alcohol problem. Chase’s publicist Heidi Schaeffer said Monday that Chase is at Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center for what she calls a “tuneup” in his recovery. Chase has had struggles with substances during his career. He checked… Read More

There she is – Miss America competition to begin

The process of picking a new Miss America gets underway Tuesday night in Atlantic City. The first night of preliminary competition is to begin at Boardwalk Hall in the city where the pageant began in 1921 as a way to extend the summer tourist season beyond Labor Day weekend. The… Read More

Hurricane Hermine SLAMS Florida

Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area early Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, bringing soaking rain, high winds and thousands of power outages. The Category 1 storm hit just east of St. Marks around 1:30 a.m. EDT with winds… Read More

Justice for Melania! Daily Mail retracts escort story

The Daily Mail newspaper has retracted a story about Melania Trump after her lawyers filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing the newspaper and a Maryland blogger of publishing false statements about her alleged involvement with an escort agency. The retraction published Friday said the newspaper and its popular… Read More

Madman pleads guilty to holding vet hostage

A man accused of holding an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in a Hudson Valley motel for at least four years in order to steal his benefits has pleaded guilty. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown, New York, reports 43-year-old Perry Coniglio entered the plea Thursday to endangering the welfare of an… Read More

Day care worker accused of abusing kids

A day care worker at a private charter school in Miami Beach has been arrested after officers reviewed video surveillance footage that appears to show her slapping, elbowing and twisting the arms of four toddlers. Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez tells news outlets that Lincoln Marti Daycare worker Clara… Read More

Second Amendment trampled! Judge rules guns can be banned in public

A judge has ruled that the Atlanta Botanical Garden has the right to bar its visitors from bringing in firearms, even though the garden operates on public property. News outlets report that Fulton County Judge Gail Tusan ruled Thursday that despite the public ownership of the land, the botanical garden… Read More