Year: 2017

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Bill Cosby won't take the stand at his trial, says racism may be behind sexual assault allegations

Getty Images/Gilbert Carrasquillo(NEW YORK) -- Bill Cosby suggested that racism may be partly responsible for the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations that have been lodged against him. In a 30-minute interview with Sirius XM radio host Michael Smerconish, the embattled comedian also revealed that he will not take the stand in his own defense when he faces one of his accusers in court next month. Jury selection in his trial is set to […]

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Entertainment

Sorry, Gladiators: ABC confirms the end of “Scandal”

ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Olivia Pope and Associates will officially be closing for business in 2018.ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey confirmed on Tuesday that the Kerry Washington-led ABC drama, Scandal, will come to a close after its seventh season.According to the ABC executive, the decision came straight from Scandal's creator and executive producer, Shonda Rhimes.“I had conversations with Shonda where she has had, for awhile, a sense of how she wanted […]

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‘Likely’ expansion of ‘laptop ban’ not impacted by Trump’s sharing of classified intel

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The United States Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that department leaders will meet in Europe this week to discuss expanding the current ban on laptops aboard international flights to the U.S. -- a move unaffected by the report President Donald Trump shared classified intelligence related to the ban with Russian officials last week. In March, DHS issued a directive restricting electronic devices larger than a cellphone on […]

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'Likely' expansion of 'laptop ban' not impacted by Trump's sharing of classified intel

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The United States Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that department leaders will meet in Europe this week to discuss expanding the current ban on laptops aboard international flights to the U.S. -- a move unaffected by the report President Donald Trump shared classified intelligence related to the ban with Russian officials last week. In March, DHS issued a directive restricting electronic devices larger than a cellphone on […]

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At least 1 dead, dozens injured after tornado hits northwestern Wisconsin

iStock/Thinkstock(CHETEK, Wisc.) -- At least one person is dead and 25 injured after a suspected tornado caused massive damage to a mobile home park in northwestern Wisconsin on Tuesday.Injuries ranged from minor to major and about forty mobile homes were destroyed at the Prairie Lake Estates in Barren County, Wisconsin, according to Tod Pritchard of Wisconsin Emergency Management."We've been very fortunate over the last couple of years to not have […]

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Secret Service detains bike rack jumper outside White House

Trey Yingst/OANN(WASHINGTON) -- The United States Secret Service apprehended an individual who jumped a bike rack outside the White House Tuesday afternoon, the agency tweeted. Secret Service responding to an individual who jumped the bike rack along the North Fence Line of Penn Ave. Suspect in custody.— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) May 16, 2017 The White House immediately went into a brief lockdown and reporters were ushered into the press […]

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A look back at Baruch College student’s hazing death

Handout(NEW YORK) -- Four former fraternity members from New York City's Baruch College pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter for their roles in the hazing death of pledge Chun "Michael" Deng.Deng, a 19-year-old Baruch College freshman, was pledging the Pi Delta Psi fraternity in 2013 when he died after a hazing ritual at a home the fraternity rented in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains.The Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department said Deng was […]

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A look back at Baruch College student's hazing death

Handout(NEW YORK) -- Four former fraternity members from New York City's Baruch College pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter for their roles in the hazing death of pledge Chun "Michael" Deng.Deng, a 19-year-old Baruch College freshman, was pledging the Pi Delta Psi fraternity in 2013 when he died after a hazing ritual at a home the fraternity rented in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains.The Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department said Deng was […]

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Suspect who set fire to Florida mosque seen in surveillance video, police say

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office(THONOTOSASSA, Fla.) -- Deputies in Hillsborough County, Florida, are searching for a male suspect seen in a newly released surveillance video setting fire to a local mosque.The incident occurred on February 27, 2017 at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time at the Islamic Society of New Tampa in Thonotosassa. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue received a call just a few minutes later, around 2:09 a.m., about the fire. Firefighters […]

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