A 12th former NFL player has admitted to participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league’s health care benefit program. Sponsored: How-to slash your risk of memory loss 65% Former Washington Football Team and San Francisco 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Lexington, Kentucky, to one charge of conspiring […]
Dem leader arrested late Tuesday
From White Castle to the big house. A small-town Democratic Kentucky mayor was in search of a late night snack when she made a serious mistake that led to her arrest. According to authorities Beverly Chester-Burton, mayor of Shively, Kentucky, fell asleep in the drive-thru line at popular fast food chain White Castle, before slamming […]
Culprits admit removing mysterious Utah monolith (not who you think)
A gleaming monolith found deep in the Utah desert was striking, a mysterious beacon that immediately captured the attention of a world grappling with a punishing pandemic casting a pall over the holiday season. Revealed publicly shortly before Thanksgiving, it drew hundreds of people to remote, red-rock country to see and touch the otherworldly edifice […]
Judge makes ruling on President William Harding exhuming
U.S. President Warren G. Harding’s remains will stay right where they have lain since 1927 after a judge rejected a request to exhume them. The grandson of the nation’s 29th president and his lover, Nan Britton, went to court in an effort to get the Republican’s remains dug up from his presidential memorial in Marion, […]
Missed this midday “fireball” meteor in the sky? — here’s what happened
A noontime boom that was heard and felt from southern Ontario to Virginia was likely caused by a disintegrating meteor, according to an organization in western New York that keeps track of such phenomena. Witnesses across the area reported hearing the boom or seeing a fireball in the sky shortly after noon on Wednesday, said […]
Neighborhood serial attacks leave residents on edge
The attacks come after dark, without warning, usually from behind. The victims, all men, are hit so hard on the head with some sort of blunt object that they are often knocked to the ground and require medical attention. The apparently random string of at least 10 attacks in the Boston suburb of Waltham has […]
GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel makes re-election announcement
Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National Committee chairwoman, is launching her bid for a third two-year term heading the GOP’s governing organization after the party’s stronger-than-anticipated showing in November’s election. In a letter Wednesday to the 168 members of the RNC announcing her candidacy, McDaniel said she has the support of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority […]
People Magazine announces “2020 People of the Year”
People magazine has named George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King as the “2020 People of the Year.” Unlock Perfect Sleep With Your TONGUE? [Sponsored] The magazine revealed its list Wednesday morning as part of a year-end double issue with four covers. The four will be celebrated for their positive impact in […]
Star musician linked to murder, drug and firearms charges (yikes)
Authorities on Tuesday announced the indictment of 18 people, including New York City rapper Casanova, in connection to a litany of gang-related crimes including racketeering, murder, drugs, firearms, and fraud offenses. Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss and other law enforcement officials issued a statement accusing those named in the indictment of being part of the […]
Hollywood star actor comes out as transgender
Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of “Juno,” “Inception” and “The Umbrella Academy,” came out as transgender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans community in Hollywood. “I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer,” Page said in a statement on social media. Sponsored: Senior […]
