Two former casino dealers and two friends are accused of siphoning more than $1 million off craps tables over two years, using phantom bets at a posh Las Vegas Strip resort. James Russell Cooper Jr. and Mark William Branco were fired by the Bellagio after the scheme came to light and they were arrested in […] More
Aerial bombardments blew apart a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the battleground Afghan city of Kunduz about the time of a U.S. airstrike early Saturday, killing at least 19 people, officials said. The blasts left part of the hospital in flames and rubble, killing 12 staffers and seven patients — including three children — and […] More
Texas authorities have issued a murder warrant for a woman who allegedly orchestrated the slaying of a 35-year-old children’s dentist, Dr. Kendra Hatcher. Police are looking for 33-year-old Brenda Delgado of Dallas, who had previously dated Hatcher’s boyfriend, Ricardo Paniagua, and is accused of hiring a hitman to kill Hatcher out of jealousy. According to […] More
Watch video as a driver is swept away after trying to cross a flooded South Carolina road. More
A mountain Lion showed its climbing prowess by climbing atop a 35-foot utility pole in the California desert. It was reported that the big cat apparently got “spooked” by a school bus and ran up the wooden power pole in rural Lucerne Valley. The cougar stayed atop the pole all afternoon but was gone the […] More
A new study has discovered a link between staying up late at night and having a higher body mass index (BMI) in teenagers. Specifically, the findings show that teens who go to bed late on weeknights are more likely to gain weight compared to those who go to sleep earlier. This late-bedtime link remained consistent […] More
A keyless ignition is that push button in your car that starts the engine instead of turning a key. It’s a feature that’s standard equipment on many new vehicles, but consumer safety advocates say keyless ignitions could pose a danger if you walk away with the fob and forget to turn off the car. Most […] More
Barack Obama put words to the desperation of millions of Americans – and the despair of the rest of the world – following the aftermath of another mass shooting that occurred at a school in Oregon on Thursday, the latest of nearly 1,000 since his re-election in 2012. According to President Obama, “This is a […] More
Hours after Pope Francis left New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for Philadelphia, a man armed with a knife breached security hoping to “give the pope his business card,” prosecutors said. Chris Cannella, 39, a retired New York City firefighter, was driving a black Chevy Tahoe — similar to Secret Service cars — and […] More
Twenty-four people from the arts and sciences have won this year’s “genius grant” awards from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The prize comes with $625,000 over the next five years that can be used any way the recipient likes. The winners are: —— Patrick Awuah, 50, Accra, Ghana. An educator and entrepreneur […] More