A podcast host and her husband were shot and killed in a home invasion in Redmond, Washington, early Friday morning by a man who had been stalking the woman, police said. The suspect was also found dead in the home. According to Redmond police, at about 1:45 a.m. local time, …
Read More »To address lack of youth mental health services, one school district tries a radical new solution
Amid the growing crisis in youth mental health services, Cherry Creek School District in Greenwood Village, Colorado, is trying something new: constructing a new building that will be part mental health medical facility, part school. The district teamed up with the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado to …
Read More »Movie producer Dillon Jordan sentenced to 5 years in prison for operating prostitution ring: “The party is over”
A California movie producer was sentenced in New York City to the maximum five years in prison Thursday after he admitted operating a high-end prostitution service for seven years, providing women to wealthy clients for up to $15,000 and organizing sex parties in the U.S. and abroad. Dillon Jordan, of …
Read More »Suspect in custody for throwing Molotov cocktail at New Jersey synagogue
Police have arrested a man who they say was caught on surveillance video launching a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue over the weekend. Prosecutors on Wednesday said 26-year-old Nicholas Malindretos, of Clifton, New Jersey, is facing a charge of attempted use of fire to damage and destroy a …
Read More »People in Alabama can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, state attorney general says
People in Alabama who use abortion pills to end pregnancies can be prosecuted by the state, even if those pills were prescribed remotely from somewhere else in the country, said state Attorney General Steve Marshall. The statement comes shortly after the federal government made it easier to prescribe the pills …
Read More »Justin Bieber slams H&M, says he didn’t give “approval” to new clothing line
Pop superstar Justin Bieber spoke out this week against H&M, claiming that the retail giant started selling a clothing line using his name and image without his approval. “The H&M merch they made of me is trash,” Bieber wrote to his fans in an Instagram story on Monday. “All without …
Read More »Robert Clary, last of the “Hogan’s Heroes” stars, dies at 96
Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 96. Clary died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in the Los Angeles area, niece Brenda Hancock said …
Read More »Texas executes man who murdered pregnant ex
A Texas inmate who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago was executed on Wednesday, after courts rejected his appeals over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs. Stephen Barbee, 55, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in …
Read More »Former Maryland mayor who died in January accused of embezzling $2.2 million from DC charter school system
Kevin Ward, the former Maryland mayor who died by apparent suicide in January, has been accused of embezzling millions in public funds from one of the largest charter school systems in Washington, D.C., prior to his death, according to a new lawsuit. The civil complaint, filed on Monday in D.C. federal …
Read More »Building at the Catskills’ famed Grossinger’s resort, an inspiration for “Dirty Dancing,” burns down in massive fire
The 1987 film “Dirty Dancing” has been revered for its iconic setting in the Catskills. On Tuesday night, a building at the famed New York resort that once hosted idyllic family summers and served as inspiration for the film’s backdrop burned down. The Liberty, New York, fire department said Wednesday …
Read More »