Bill Cosby, one of the most prominent comedians and actors of the last century, was sentenced on Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman […]
Cosby sentenced to 3-to-10 in prison
Kavanaugh, accuser testify Monday?
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hear testimony on Monday, Sept. 24 from both Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of a sexual assault […]
Arizona Sen. John McCain dead at 81
John S. McCain, a U.S. Senator who was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008, is dead at the age of 81. The cause was brain cancer. A […]
Paul Manafort is guilty on eight charges
Paul Manafort, who served as manager of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was found guilty on Tuesday by a federal jury in Alexandria, Va. of eight counts of financial crimes. He was […]
“Queen of Soul” is dead at age of 76
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died at age 76 in her home in Detroit on Thursday. Her publicist made the announcement, saying the cause of death was advanced pancreatic cancer. Franklin […]
Grand jury report tells of ‘predator priests’
Over 300 Catholic priests sexually assaulted 1,000 or more children in Pennsylvania over a period of decades, while church officials covered up the attacks. That’s is the report of a special grand […]
Monsanto hit with $289 million judgment
Monsanto, one of the nation’s biggest chemical and agribusiness corporations, was ordered Friday by a San Francisco jury to pay $289 million to a man dying of cancer. The jury concluded that […]
Gov. Brown to ask Trump for fire help
Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday announced he would be asking President Donald Trump for help in fighting the many wildfires across the state, and assistance in recovery. “The president has been pretty […]
U.S. unemployment kept falling in July
Unemployment in the United States dropped again in July, although job growth was not quite as robust as in the previous month. According to a Labor Department announcement on Friday, the jobless […]
Trump: Border wall $$ or govt. shutdown
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened a shutdown of the federal government if Congress didn’t approve funding for the increased border security, including a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. “If we […]
