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Actor Kevin Spacey apologized Sunday night for what he said “would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior” after actor Anthony Rapp accused him of making a sexual advance on him 31 years ago, when Mr. Rapp was 14 years old.  Spacey, who has long been private about his personal life, said in a statement that he did not remember any such encounter and also added that the accusation “has encouraged me to address other things about my life” and that he “choose now to live as a gay man.”. ...Read Full Story

More than 900,000 customers were without power in the Northeast on Monday as a major storm battered parts of the region with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain. The power outages spanned several states — including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.  . ...Read Full Story

Former Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling confirmed Thursday that his son, Eric Chase Bolling Jr., died of an overdose of opioids last month in Boulder.  The Boulder County Coroner’s Office had previously confirmed that the younger Bolling, who was 19 and a student at the University of Colorado-Boulder, was indeed found dead in early September.  The elder Bolling had said initially there was “no sign of self harm” on his son when he was found.. ...Read Full Story

On Thursday, October 26 a federal judge struck down two abortion restrictions in Alabama that limited how close clinics can be to public schools, as well as banning a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester.  U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson in the Middle District of Alabama found the laws unconstitutional and permanently enjoined the state from enforcing the measures.. ...Read Full Story

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration will release classified government documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Thursday, the deadline Congress set for making the files public. Congress mandated the release to the public of the documents, including FBI and CIA files, barring any action by the President to block the release of certain documents.. ...Read Full Story

Veteran political journalists Mark Halperin is “taking a step back” in the face of five sexual harassment accusations. The story broke as five women came forward and made the allegations to CNN.
Halperin co-wrote the best-selling book “Game Change,” about John McCain’s now infamous decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 against Barack Obama.. ...Read Full Story

President Donald Trump has allowed the resumption of refugee admissions into the U.S. under stricter screening rules, but ordered nationals from 11 countries believed to pose higher risk to U.S. national security to face even tougher scrutiny.. ...Read Full Story

Two men were fatally shot early Wednesday morning on the campus of Grambling State University in northern Louisiana, authorities said.  Grambling State University Director of University Communications Will Sutton said the victims were Earl Andrews, a senior at GSU, and Monquiarious Caldwell, who was not a student. Both men were 23 years old and from Farmerville, Louisiana.. ...Read Full Story

President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to a retired Army captain during a White House ceremony on Monday.   Gary Rose, 69, was awarded the honor for extraordinary heroism during a special forces secret mission in November 1970 against North Vietnamese forces in the Laotian jungle called “Operation Tailwind”.. ...Read Full Story

Fears of a serial killer have police in Tampa escorting children to school in one neighborhood near downtown, and a city bus changed its usual route.  Three people have been shot to death in the past two weeks within a 1-mile radius in the normally quiet Seminole Heights neighborhood. Police believe the shootings are linked by proximity and time frame, but they don’t have a motive or a suspect.. ...Read Full Story

Oscar-nominated Hollywood film-maker James Toback has been accused by nearly 40 women of sexual harassment.  Reports state that 31 of the women had spoken on the record about their experiences, which span over the last 30 years.  Toback has denied the allegations and said he had never met any of the women in question or, if he did, it “was for five minutes and have no recollection”.. ...Read Full Story

A military judge will decide how long U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will spend as a prisoner. Bergdahl pleaded guilty last week to desertion and endangering his fellow troops. He was captured in 2009 after he abandoned his post in Afghanistan.. ...Read Full Story

White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday afternoon to address the controversy stirred by President Trump about the contacts of presidents with the families of deceased soldiers.. ...Read Full Story

Former President Barack Obama made his much-anticipated first post-presidential appearance on the campaign trail Thursday, speaking at events for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia before elections there next month.. ...Read Full Story

Transgender people would be allowed to use public restrooms in North Carolina that match their gender identity under a settlement agreement filed on Wednesday that aims to resolve the federal lawsuit over the state’s widely criticized bathroom law.. ...Read Full Story

The suspected gunman who allegedly killed three people and wounded three others in shootings across two states was apprehended Wednesday night.  The suspected gunman, Radee Prince, 37, was apprehended by U.S. agents and others, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office saids. Prince was also being sought for a shooting in Delaware that took place after the Maryland shooting.. ...Read Full Story

President Trump accused a Democratic congresswoman of having “fabricated” an retelling of what he said to the widow of a fallen soldier — that her husband “knew what he signed up for”.. ...Read Full Story

Authorities say a house fire in eastern Texas has killed a woman and five children.  Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis said the fire was reported around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday north of Silsbee.  He says the home was fully engulfed when they arrived and was destroyed by the fire.. ...Read Full Story

Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray have reached a deal “in principle” to restore Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction payments for two years in exchange for more state flexibility in Obamacare.  The plan would also restore just over $100 million in funding for Obamacare outreach, and the deal would make it easier for states to obtain waivers to customize Obamacare rules to their needs. . ...Read Full Story

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency in Alachua County three days ahead of a scheduled speech at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville by the white nationalist Richard Spencer, in order to free up resources to prepare for possible violence.  Scott said in the order there was a need to implement a coordinated security plan among local and state agencies.  . ...Read Full Story

US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.  Bergdahl disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in June 2009 and was held in captivity by the Taliban until May 2014.. ...Read Full Story

On Saturday, Hurricane Ophelia attained Category 3 strength farther east than any storm in recorded history. The storm has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, but it is set to affect Ireland and the northern United Kingdom with damaging winds and torrential rain on Monday.. ...Read Full Story

At least seven people are injured and one person is missing after an oil rig exploded Sunday night in Louisiana.  Kenner Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Kriss Fortunato said that at least seven people were injured and authorities were actively searching for one missing person.  . ...Read Full Story

Two prison employees were killed and 14 other people injured on Thursday when inmates at the Pasquotank Correctional Institution in North Carolina tried to escape, officials said.  The escape attempt began around 3:30 p.m., when inmates set fire to the prison’s sewing plant.  In addition to the 2 employees killed, three prison employees remained hospitalized in critical condition early Friday, and seven others were treated and released. Four inmates were also treated for injuries.. ...Read Full Story

A New Orleans police officer was shot and killed early Friday, October 13, according to the NOPD.  The incident took place near an apartment complex about 12:14 a.m., when four officers who were on routine patrol were fired upon and one of the officers collapsed, he said.  The officers returned fire and the suspect was also struck. The officer was taken to University Medical Center, where he died.  . ...Read Full Story

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at expanding access to loosely regulated health insurance plans, which could give consumers more coverage options but also destabilize Obamacare.  The President stated that the health care executive order will allow coverage to be sold across state lines.. ...Read Full Story

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve $36.5 billion in emergency relief for areas such as Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands which suffered severe hurricane damage, as well as California which has been struck by devastating wildfires.. ...Read Full Story

The U.S. Navy is dismissing the top two officers of the USS John S. McCain following an accident that left ten sailors dead.  The ship’s commanding officer and executive officer, Commander Alfredo J. Sánchez and Commander Jessie L. Sánchez respectively were relieved of their duties because of a loss of confidence.  . ...Read Full Story

More than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California well into Tuesday evening, with the largest ones killing at least 17 people as they continued through the state’s wine country region. As of Tuesday evening already 20,000 people had been ordered to leave the area and other parts of Northern California, including Sonoma County and Santa Rosa.. ...Read Full Story

Authorities in Northern California late Monday said there were at least 11 dead and more than 100 reported missing in wildfires raging through much of the state’s wine country.  Reports are saying that the fire has grown over 2,000 acres since Monday afternoon and is now at 27,000 acres.  The 14 fires destroyed at least 1,500 homes.  . ...Read Full Story

Police apprehended a student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station Monday night.  University officials issued an alert saying the suspect, Hollis Daniels, 19, was taken into custody and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted.. ...Read Full Story

Several wildfires in northern California have prompted mass evacuations in the Napa Valley, fire officials say. The Atlas Peak fire was the largest, quickly growing to more than 200 acres near Napa, and a fire near Calistoga had burned several buildings and prompted mandatory evacuations along several roads.  Early Monday morning, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department said fires had also erupted in Santa Rosa, Windsor and Sebastopol.. ...Read Full Story

On Friday, 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson has a hearing scheduled in front of a Davidson County general sessions judge.  Samson is the man charged in a shooting that killed one person and wounded six others at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee.  He’s being held without bond.. ...Read Full Story

Tropical Storm Nate formed Thursday is expected to reach the US Gulf Coast over the weekend as a hurricane.  Nate is forecast to gain force as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula late Friday and turn into a Category 1 hurricane when it makes landfall in the US Gulf Coast on Sunday.  Parts of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastlines are under hurricane and tropical storm watches.. ...Read Full Story

Victims from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are now being airlifted to hospitals to receive care for critical medical conditions.  The National Disaster Medical System, N.D.M.S, and Federal Coordination Center, F.C.C, which were activated in cities within the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina in an effort to provide free medical assistance to those suffering from life threatening issues.. ...Read Full Story

Rebecca Bredow has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated.  Bredow reneged on agreements with her former husband dating back to November 2016 to have the boy immunized.  Her ex-husband has now been awarded temporary primary custody.  The mother-of-two was sentenced on Wednesday for contempt of court.  She and her attorney plan to appeal.. ...Read Full Story

Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday evening, a law enforcement source told CNN. She is being accompanied by the FBI in Los Angeles, where Las Vegas police plan to question her, according to sources.   Las Vegas shooter Paddock encouraged his girlfriend Marilou Danley to leave the country before his attack that left 58 people dead, her sisters have said in a statement.  . ...Read Full Story

President Trump will land in Las Vegas on Wednesday to console a city still reeling from the deadliest shooting spree in modern U.S. history.  The president will meet with first responders and local officials as well as visit victims’ families.  This visit will mark the first time Trump is traveling to a city in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting.. ...Read Full Story

U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to San Juan on Tuesday to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria.  The president is expected to spend more than five hours on the island, meeting with first responders, local officials and some of the residents struggling to recover from the hurricane.. ...Read Full Story

The Nobel Physics Prize 2017 has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in faint ripples flying through the universe called gravitational waves.  Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that the winners are Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology.. ...Read Full Story

O.J. Simpson headed to Las Vegas upon his release from a Nevada prison early on Sunday.  After spending nine years in prison for a Las Vegas robbery, the former NFL player walked out of Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Institute at 12:08 a.m. local time Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.  . ...Read Full Story

More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured when what appears to be a lone gunman opened fire from a perch high up in the the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, police said.  Las Vegas Police Department said the suspected gunman was believed to be a local and was on 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay hotel. Police responded to the scene, engaged him and he is now dead. Officials said they did not believe there were any more shooters.. ...Read Full Story

Puerto Rico is under a flash flood watch as the ongoing wait for food and supplies continues in the US island after Hurricane Maria hit more than a week ago.  Heavy rain is expected through the weekend, which “will aggravate the ongoing recovery and relief efforts,” the National Weather Service said.  Federal officials say aid has been delivered across the island, however millions of residents are still without electricity, water or gas.. ...Read Full Story

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 35 injured during a rush-hour stampede in a Mumbai railway station, according to local authorities.  Officials believe the stampede was triggered by overcrowding and people seeking shelter from monsoon rains . Officials warn that the death toll is likely to rise.. ...Read Full Story

Pitbull has sent his private jet to Puerto Rico to bring cancer patients in need of chemotherapy treatment to the U.S mainland.  The gesture from the 36-year-old musician (real name is Armando Christian Pérez,) comes in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, which left the island without power.. ...Read Full Story

After coming under fire for a delay in donating its remaining funds to charity, President Trump’s inaugural committee plans to give $3 million to three organizations involved in hurricane rescue efforts, officials said on Tuesday.  Chairman of the private Presidential Inaugural Committee, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., said the money will be divided equally among three groups — the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical group.. ...Read Full Story

Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September 2016, is set to stand trial in federal court in Manhattan.  The selection of jurors to hear the case against Rahimi is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning before U.S. District Judge Richard Berman. The trial itself is expected to begin next Monday.. ...Read Full Story

​As officials got a clearer picture of the destruction Hurricane Maria wrought in Puerto Rico, federal and military aid increased with the news that the hospital ship USNS Comfort would be deployed.  In addition, The US Air Force is also sending additional aircraft to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to help in relief and aid missions.. ...Read Full Story

About 300 demonstrators gathered peacefully outside a St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs game in St. Louis, to protest the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing of a black suspect.  Various demonstrations have been ongoing since Sept. 15, when Jason Stockley was ruled not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith.. ...Read Full Story

On Tuesday, China urged North Korea and the United States to stop their escalating war of words and sit down for talks on cooling the recent spike in tensions.  Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang reinforce his country’s position that all sides should avoid provoking each other following the exchange of threats between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.. ...Read Full Story

The East Coast is bracing for high winds from Hurricane Maria, days after the storm caused devastation in the Caribbean.. ...Read Full Story

Police confirm that 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, who immigrated from Sudan two decades ago, was identified as the suspect in connection with the Tennessee church shooting that left one woman killed and seven other people injured. ...Read Full Story

Hawaiian officials reportedly are preparing for the possibility of a nuclear attack.   According to Hawaii state Rep. Gene Ward, emergency officials met on the topic of such an attack from North Korea, in order to work to educate and prepare residents for the occurrence of such an attack.  . ...Read Full Story

Hurricane Maria knocked out power across the island of Puerto Rico, and flash flood warnings cover the entire island, which continues to be lashed by heavy rain in the storm’s wake.  The island’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló said that Maria had hit the island’s electricity grid so badly that it could take months to restore power.. ...Read Full Story

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the construction of a U.S./Mexico border wall.  Amongst other things, the lawsuit says the border wall “threatens the state of California’s economic, procedural and sovereign interests and will harm the state’s natural resources.”. ...Read Full Story

Heavy rain and high winds hit the Dominican Republic on Thursday as Hurricane Maria continued to head northwest in the Caribbean. This comes after Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico that has caused severe damage and cut power to the entire island.. ...Read Full Story

At least 217 people are dead after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Mexico Tuesday afternoon.  It has been 32 years since an earthquake this devastating has stuck the country’s capital.. ...Read Full Story

Toys R Us filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced on Monday.  The company said it will continue to operate as usual its approximately 1,600 Toy R Us and Babies R Us stores around the world. . ...Read Full Story

According to a White House official who briefed reporters on the President’s first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump will urge other countries to do their part in confronting threats such as North Korea.  This will be President Trump’s first United Nations speech, and will occur on Tuesday.. ...Read Full Story

A peaceful vigil turned violent and caused 3 arrests on the campus of Georgia Tech University Monday night.   The protest comes in the wake of the death of Scout Schultz, 21, a student activist at Georgia Tech University who was shot and killed outside a campus dormitory in Atlanta.  . ...Read Full Story