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Kevin Spacey to host 71st annual Tony Awards

CBS/Kathleen Holloway(NEW YORK) -- Oscar, Emmy, and Tony winner actor Kevin Spacey has been named the host of the 71st Annual Tony Awards, CBS announced Tuesday.  “I was their second choice for Usual Suspects, fourth choice for American Beauty and 15th choice to host this year’s Tony Awards. I think my career is definitely going in the right direction,” the Lost in Yonkers Tony winner joked in a statement. "Maybe I can get shortlisted to host the Oscars if […]

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Fresno police chief releases new details in ‘hate crime’ shooting rampage that killed three

JANIFEST/iStock/Thinkstock(FRESNO, Calif.) -- Police in Fresno, California revealed new details Wednesday on the "hate crime" shooting that killed three people in just minutes on Tuesday morning and what allegedly inspired the suspect to commit the murders.Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said in a press conference Wednesday that suspect Kori Ali Muhammad -- born Kori McDonald -- was inspired to carry out the attack after learning on local news that he […]

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Fresno police chief releases new details in 'hate crime' shooting rampage that killed three

JANIFEST/iStock/Thinkstock(FRESNO, Calif.) -- Police in Fresno, California revealed new details Wednesday on the "hate crime" shooting that killed three people in just minutes on Tuesday morning and what allegedly inspired the suspect to commit the murders.Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said in a press conference Wednesday that suspect Kori Ali Muhammad -- born Kori McDonald -- was inspired to carry out the attack after learning on local news that he […]

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Eric Frein found guilty on all counts in 2014 shooting that killed Pennsylvania state trooper

ABC News(MILFORD, Pa.) -- A jury convicted Eric Frein on 12 counts Wednesday, including first degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting of a pair of Pennsylvania State Troopers in 2014.Frein shot the two officers in September 2014 before fleeing into the woods. He was captured about seven weeks later by U.S. Marshals outside an abandoned hangar in the Pocono Mountains. The 34-year-old survivalist killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and […]

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Interior Department: 331 million visitors at National Parks in 2016 brought $34.9 billion to US economy

julof90/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Visits to National Parks brought in more than $34.9 billion to the U.S. economy last year, the Interior Department announced Wednesday, an increase of nearly $3 billion from the previous year.According to the Interior Department release, 331 million people visited America's 417 National Park Service sites in 2016. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the figures while at San Francisco's Presidio at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. […]

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Suspects caught on camera snatching purses off chairs in Manhattan restaurants

artolympic/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- If you’re dining out in Manhattan, be sure to keep your belongings close.Police on the Upper East Side are searching for two suspects who have stolen purses at multiple New York City restaurants.On April 18, the NYPD 19th precinct tweeted out a video showing two male suspects sitting behind a woman as one gently slides the woman’s purse off the back of her chair, under the table […]

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Ex-girlfriend of accused ‘Facebook killer’ meets with victim’s daughters

Cleveland Police(NEW YORK) -- The ex-girlfriend of Steve Stephens, the suspect in the Cleveland, Ohio, Facebook killing, said she is trying to “pick up the pieces of my world” after Stephens used her name in a video of a murder he uploaded to Facebook.“I don’t know if I know how to be Joy Lane anymore. I don’t know how to pick up all the pieces of my world at the […]

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Ex-girlfriend of accused 'Facebook killer' meets with victim's daughters

Cleveland Police(NEW YORK) -- The ex-girlfriend of Steve Stephens, the suspect in the Cleveland, Ohio, Facebook killing, said she is trying to “pick up the pieces of my world” after Stephens used her name in a video of a murder he uploaded to Facebook.“I don’t know if I know how to be Joy Lane anymore. I don’t know how to pick up all the pieces of my world at the […]

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Death of New York judge found dead in river is suspicious, police say

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) --  The New York Police department said Tuesday that the death of a New York Court of Appeals judge whose body was found on the banks of the Hudson River in Manhattan last week is suspicious.The NYPD said it would treat the death of Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first black woman to serve on New York’s top court, as suspicious because there was no immediate indication of suicide […]

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