Troy Police Department(NEW YORK) -- Two men have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of two women and two children in upstate New York this week.James White, 38, and Justin Mann, 24, both of Schenectady, New York, were arrested in the quadruple killing in Troy, New York, according to Troy Police Capt. Dan DeWolf.White and Mann were arraigned in Troy City Court on Saturday morning and remanded to […]
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) -- A 25-year-old man in California has been arrested over an alleged hoax 911 call that led to police killing an unarmed man in Kansas on Thursday night, authorities said.Tyler Barriss from South Los Angeles was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly making the so-called "swatting" call, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to ABC station KABC-TV.Barriss is the same man who allegedly called in a bomb threat to […]
Andrew Burton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Erica Garner, who became a nationally-known activist against police abuse following her father's death after he was put in a police chokehold, has died following a recent heart attack, her official Twitter site confirmed.Garner, 27, had been hospitalized following a heart attack on Dec. 24.She "suffered major brain damage from a lack of oxygen while in cardiac arrest," a family member wrote on Erica Garner's […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Another blast of even more frigid cold air is on the way for the Midwest and eastern U.S. after a week of already brutally cold temperatures for the eastern half of the nation.Wind chill warnings, advisories and watches have been issued for a large portion of the nation, including a stretch of the central Plains and Midwest. Wind chills in northern Minnesota and North Dakota Saturday morning […]
Barrington Lincoln(FERGUSON, Mo.) -- One ambitious high school student knew exactly how to reveal to his family that he got accepted into his dream college: by surprising them on Christmas Day.Barrington Lincoln, class president at Lutheran High School North in Ferguson, Missouri, got accepted into Morehouse College in Atlanta on Dec. 15. But for months, he knew he wanted to reveal the news in a big way to his mother […]
Many Iowans follow the rule of keeping their vehicles’ gas tanks at least half full during extremely cold weather as it can help engine performance, but be sure to choose the pump carefully. A new report finds paying for premium gas may not be worth the extra price. Gail Weinholzer, at AAA-Iowa, says the motor […]Powered by WPeMatico
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- The latest picks for award season come courtesy of the Online Film Critics Society, who just announced their 2017 award winners. Jordan Peele's sleeper hit Get Out was named Best Picture, while Christopher Nolan earned Best Director for his World War II film, Dunkirk. The organization has awarded Gary Oldman the Best Actor honor for his much-buzzed-about portrayal of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in The Darkest […]
Marvel Studios/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- As 2017 comes to a close, moviegoers are already looking forward to next year's movie releases -- especially superhero flicks. According to a Fandango poll, fans are most excited to see Avengers: Infinity War, while Marvel's Black Panther is the second most-anticipated release. In fact, nine of the top 10 movies are either superhero, sci-fi or fantasy films, including the Deadpool […]
ABC(NEW YORK) -- New Year's Eve in New York City's Times Square is predicted to be the coldest in decades, but Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy will be spending the night in those bone-chilling temperatures hosting ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. The two admit they're somewhat unprepared for Sunday night. "When we watched the show -- before we worked on the show -- the show was an hour, […]
