Year: 2017

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Jurors hear Cosby’s side of alleged sexual assault for first time

iStock/Thinkstock(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Bill Cosby's 2005 deposition in the Andrea Constand civil suit was read aloud at his sexual assault trial Thursday, giving jurors his side of the alleged attack for the first time. That 2005 suit was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Cosby told Pennsylvania authorities in 2005 that Constand was never unconscious or incapacitated the night he gave her what he said were one-and-a-half Benadryl […]

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“The Mummy” and “It Comes at Night” top this week’s new releases

Universal Pictures - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- Here's a look at the new movies opening nationwide Friday: * The Mummy -- In this reboot of the horror-adventure film, Tom Cruise, as an American mercenary who robs ancient artifacts and sells them, accidentally awakens a mummy -- played by Sofia Boutella -- who wreaks havoc in the streets of London. Also starring Russell Crowe, New Girl's Jake Johnson and Annabelle Wallis. Rated PG-13. * It Comes at Night -- A man -- played by Joel Edgerton -- […]

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Defense begins calling witnesses in texting suicide case after judge denies motion to dismiss

iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) -- After a Massachusetts judge on Friday denied a motion to dismiss charges against Michelle Carter, a 20-year-old charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly urging her then-boyfriend to commit suicide, the defense began calling witnesses.Conrad Roy was 18 when he died in July 2014 of carbon monoxide poisoning after locking himself in his truck.The prosecution claims Carter, then 17, was reckless and caused his death by telling him to […]

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Police link man in fatal grocery store shooting to Twitter account

moodboard/Thinkstock(DALLAS, Pa.) -- Authorities in Pennsylvania have confirmed Friday that the "Andrew Blaze" (@EGSAndrew) Twitter account belongs to the man who fatally shot three grocery store coworkers in Wyoming County this week, before turning the gun on himself.Randy Robert Stair, 24, of Dallas, Pennsylvania, is believed by authorities to have created "different alter egos" in social media and his various accounts may have been following one another, according to Jeff […]

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Formerly homeless teen is accepted to Stanford University

Courtesy Megan Faircloth(WENDELL, N.C.) -- Starting in November 2015, Megan Faircloth bounced around from relatives' homes, hotels, a shelter and even her family's car with her two sisters and mother.The 17-year-old would turn to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and read books about others who had triumphed over adversity to help get her out of a funk.Even though she was homeless, she was completing her junior year at East Wake […]

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Tulsa police fatally shoot 29-year-old man armed with knives

iStock/Thinkstock(TULSA, Okla.) -- A 29-year-old man armed with knives was killed Friday after three law enforcement officers fired at him as he was entering a convenience store, police said.Police had earlier confronted Joshua Barre at his home, according to Leland Ashley, public information officer for the Tulsa Police Department. He was armed with two knives at the time he was shot.The man's mother, Etta Jones Barre, told ABC affiliate KTUL-TV […]

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DC officer critically injured when pickup truck strikes 2 officers, city worker

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Two police officers and a transportation worker were hospitalized after being struck by a pickup truck Thursday night in Washington, D.C.Peter Newsham, chief of the city's Metropolitan Police Department, said the truck was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when it hit two bicycle-patrol officers and a traffic-control aide on a busy road in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of northwest Washington, D.C. The truck then proceeded through […]

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Florida flooding leads to surfing in the streets

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Surf’s up in South Florida and not just at the beach.Record levels of heavy rainfall in the Sunshine State have left streets and parking lots flooded, leading some to grab a board and hit the water.In a video posted on Twitter, Florida resident Destra Benoit can be seen slowly being towed by an SUV while standing atop a surfboard.“I can finally say I accomplished one of my […]

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Chelsea Manning explains why she leaked secret military documents

Heidi Gutman/ABC(NEW YORK) -- Chelsea Manning has been called a hero by some, a traitor by others, but when asked how she sees herself, she said, "I'm just me." "It's as simple as that," Manning told ABC News' Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang in an exclusive interview that will air in an upcoming special edition of Nightline.Manning, a transgender U.S. Army soldier, was in prison for seven years at the U.S. […]

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