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Jury finds parents of Texas student accused in deadly 2018 school shooting not negligent
GALVESTON, Texas — The parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston cannot be held responsible for what happened, a jury decided Monday. The victims’ lawsuit sought to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May
Former NFL player Gosder Cherilus arrested and accused of urinating on elderly woman during Delta flight
A former NFL lineman urinated on an elderly woman — “emptying his entire bladder for approximately 20 seconds” — during a Boston-to-Ireland flight, forcing the plane to turn around, officials said Monday. Former Detroit Lions offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus, 40, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, appeared Monday in East Boston District Court, where he pleaded not guilty to
Michael Oher says ‘The Blind Side’ felt like a ‘comedy about someone else’ in first interview since filing lawsuit
Former NFL star Michael Oher has broken his silence about the lawsuit he filed last year accusing Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy of deceiving him into a conservatorship and unfairly profiting from the book and movie "The Blind Side," which centered on the couple's relationship with him. I n an in terview published in The
Dinosaur killer was a rare asteroid from unusually far away, study shows
The asteroid responsible for our last mass extinction 66 million years ago — wiping out the dinosaurs — originated from the far reaches of our solar system, unlike most asteroids that have struck Earth, a new study reveals. Researchers in Europe and the U.S. have discovered that the dino-killing asteroid formed beyond the orbit of
Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to fraud charges
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman whose political career unraveled after he admitted having fabricated key elements of his background, pleaded guilty Monday to a pair of felony fraud charges. Santos, who was expelled from Congress on Dec. 1, was facing a 23-count superseding indictment in U.S. District Court in New York, including charges of wire fraud, aggravated
Ron DeSantis-backed law barring Chinese from owning land in Florida galvanizes Asian Americans
Wen Raiti, a Chinese American community leader in Jacksonville, Florida, has been a Republican for more than a decade. As a small business owner, she said, the party’s fiscal conservatism and small government ethos resonated with her. But last May, when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning Chinese citizens from buying property in Florida, Raiti
Harris proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, rolling back a Trump law
CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, her first major proposal to raise revenues and finance expensive plans she wants to pursue as president. Harris campaign spokesman James Singer told NBC News that she would push for a 28% corporate tax rate, calling it “a fiscally
Charli xcx Cools Down Her Crazy Hot Brat Summer with a Soaking Wet SKIMS Campaign — Co-Starring Puppies!
Charli xcx might just be having her best (brat) summer ever. The "Apple" singer, 32, just partnered with Kim Kardashian's SKIMS brand for a steamy campaign that's both sexy and playful — and even has puppies. In one of the photos, Charli gets doused in rain while wearing her Cotton Rib Split Neck Bralette and
Kesha Says She’s ‘Bored of Wearing Clothes’ as She Shares Daring Nude Photo of Herself Eating a Salad
Kesha is baring it all! On Saturday, Aug. 17, the singer, 37, posted two nude photos of herself on Instagram, including one which shows her eating a salad while sitting in a chair as another shows her sitting in a bed with a white sheet draped over her chest. "But…. I’m bored of wearing clothes,"
Fact-checking night 1 of the Democratic National Convention
CNN — Night one of the Democratic National Convention is underway in Chicago. Here is a list of fact checks from CNN’s Facts First team. We will update this list throughout the night. Garcia’s misleading claim about Trump’s comments about Covid-19 and disinfectant Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California claimed, among other things, that former