Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TCM(NEW YORK) -- Veteran actor Martin Landau, who rose to fame on the 1960's TV series Mission: Impossible and won an Oscar in 1994 for his portray of Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood, as died. He was 89. Landau's publicist confirmed to ABC News that the actor died from "unexpected complications during a short hospital stay" on Saturday. The Brooklyn, New York-born Landau, became […]
Laura Lezza/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- George A. Romero, whose 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, kicked off the modern zombie genre, has died. He was 77. Romero's producing partner, Peter Grunwald, told the Los Angeles Times in a statement that Romero died Sunday after a "brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer." Night of the Living Dead's low budget aesthetics -- it was made for $140,000 and filmed on […]
iStock/Thinkstock(PAYSON, Ariz.) -- A search-and-rescue operation is underway after nine people, including two children, died and several went missing in a flash flooding along the Verde River in Arizona on Saturday, according to the Gila County Sheriff’s Office.A large group was at the river swimming Saturday afternoon when the flash flood came from above them, police said. Three people, ranging from a 3-year-old to 60-year-old, are missing. Four people were […]
ABC News(CHICAGO) -- An anti-violence activist was among those killed in a weekend of shootings on the streets of Chicago, according to police.Ten people have been killed, and 37 wounded across Chicago since Friday evening, ABC Chicago station WLS-TV reported, with community activist William "Willie" Cooper, 58, and a 9-year-old boy among the dead.Cooper's nonprofit, Lilydale Outreach Workers for a Better Community, helps teens find jobs on Chicago's South Side, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LAND O' LAKES, Fla.) -- A massive sinkhole that appeared in Florida on Friday, destroying two homes and swallowing a boat, has stopped growing, officials said Saturday. It's the largest sinkhole in three decades in the county, which has a history of sinkholes. The sinkhole had resulted in a loss of power for about 100 other homes in the area after the local energy provider cut power for some residents […]
Bucks County District Attorney's Office(SOLEBURY, Pa.) -- The girlfriend of one of the four Pennsylvania men murdered by accused killer Cosmo DiNardo, 20, has written a lengthy Facebook post remembering her beau as "loyal, respectful, understanding and patient." Loralynn Ingreso begins her 443-word post by paying tribute to Thomas Meo, 21, writing, "Tom. My sweet, precious Tom. I am overwhelmed with all that has happened over the course of the […]
Police say a Bondurant man was drunk when the vehicle he was driving struck and killed a motorcyclist. The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday south of Ankeny. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies say a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Taylor Linse was northbound on Northeast 14th Street when it crossed into the southbound lane and hit an […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two Iowa casinos were assessed penalties this week by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations of the self-ban on gambling. The Rhythm City Casino in Davenport was fined $3,000 after a person who had signed a self-ban was allowed to sign up for a players club account. Mo Hyder, the casino’s general manager, […]Powered by WPeMatico
iStock/Thinkstock(HONOLULU) -- At least three people died and approximately another 12 were injured Friday in a massive four-alarm fire that swept through a Honolulu high-rise apartment building that lacks a sprinkler system, fire department officials said.At 6:47 p.m. local time, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell tweeted, "Fire at Marco Polo Building in Waikiki is officially 'under control.' Mahalo to all first responders." Firefighters responded to the blaze around 2:15 p.m. local […]
