Author Archives:
Sheriff: Man stirs the pot by lighting joint in court
LEBANON, Tenn. - The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in...
Jan 28, 2020
Kobe Bryant and daughter among those killed in chopper crash
CALABASAS, Calif. - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles La...
Jan 28, 2020
Canada's basketball community mourns Kobe Bryant after helicopter crash
Jay Triano remembers the day Kobe Bryant explained why he wore No. 24. "It represented the number of hours in a day, and that's what it would take to be the best," Triano said. Triano reminisced with ...
Jan 28, 2020
Vince Carter, who turned 43 on the day Kobe died, says playing after was cathartic
TORONTO - The Atlanta Hawks gathered around Vince Carter after Tuesday morning's shootaround at Scotiabank Arena and sang "Happy Birthday" to the NBA's oldest player. Carter had actuall...
Jan 28, 2020
Trump backs Pompeo against NPR, criticizes CNN and Fox News
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pompeo's battle with National Public Radio and tweeted out more media criticism, one target familiar and the other...
Jan 28, 2020
Sanders' Social Security 'adjustments' undercut Biden attack
DES MOINES, Iowa - As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making "adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the s...
Jan 28, 2020
AP Exclusive: Feds backtrack on transfer of Epstein warden
NEW YORK - The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on transferring the warden who was in charge of the New York City jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. The agency said Tuesday it would defer the ...
Jan 28, 2020
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties
BOSTON - A Harvard University professor has been charged with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research, fe...
Jan 28, 2020
Ed Belfour arrested in Kentucky hotel on mischief, alcohol charges
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Former NHL star goaltender Ed Belfour has been arrested for criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place after an incident in a hotel early Tuesday morning. Bowlin...
Jan 28, 2020
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica
HAVANA - A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday. Witnesses reported strong shaking but there was no immediate word of casualties or...
Jan 28, 2020