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Joy Behar is expected back at “The View” by midweek after dislocating her shoulder in a backstage fall. The 83-year-old comedian missed Thursday’s broadcast when she caught her heel backstage and injured herself, her representative said in a statement. The…
Frances Lopez is speaking out after an attacker doused her in gasoline and set her ablaze at a Kern County encampment. Lopez, 33, of Oildale, spent two months in a Fresno burn center following the July 11 assault, which left…
New York Attorney General Letitia James has opened a civil review of Cornell University’s handling of an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house. James, 66, announced the move Wednesday evening during an interview with Spectrum News, confirming her office…
Leslie Denise Wilson, 35, has been charged with murder after her disabled 12-year-old daughter was found dead from sepsis in their Gadsden, Alabama home. The girl, who had cerebral palsy and relied on a feeding tube, weighed only 32 pounds…
The alleged victim in the Cornell fraternity gang rape case told police that several Chi Phi members were bragging about having an “eightsome” with her, according to newly revealed documents from a university review. Jane Doe, a now-former Cornell student,…
Donald Trump has appeared to doze off during an Oval Office meeting on diesel fuel exports, the latest in a string of incidents that have earned him the nickname “Dozy Don.” The 80-year-old president was seated at the Resolute Desk…
Four underground electrical vaults erupted in flames beneath downtown San Francisco early Thursday, forcing emergency officials to order a mass shelter-in-place directive and cutting power across a swath of the city. Crews raced to California Street around 6 a.m. After…
Kevin Reddington defended his courtroom tactics after critics called his latest move a stunning reversal. The veteran defense attorney, 75, faced backlash when he argued at a Tuesday hearing that prosecutors lacked proof his client Lindsay Clancy, 36, strangled her…
A Los Angeles high school student leaped to his death from a four-story campus building moments after a classmate punched him in the face and chased him, newly surfaced video shows. The fatal confrontation unfolded around 1 p.m. Wednesday at…
Pete Hegseth is facing fierce backlash after using a transphobic slur during his State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Wednesday. The defense secretary, 44, delivered the speech to hundreds of junior officers and…
Renee Good’s family has filed two federal civil lawsuits against the U.S. Government and top immigration officials, nine months after an ICE agent fatally shot the 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis. Becca Good, Renee’s partner, and Brent Ganger, her…
Stephanie Mullaley has been denied unemployment benefits after an Iowa judge ruled her GoFundMe scheme showed “wilful or wanton disregard” for her school district. Mullaley, a long-term substitute teacher at Clinton Community School District, was fired on May 29 following…
Christa Pike’s legal team says the Tennessee death row inmate likely suffered brain damage after state officials botched her lethal injection execution. Pike, 50, was strapped to a gurney in the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution’s death chamber just before 7:30…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called off the state’s final scheduled execution for 2026 and ordered an independent review after Christa Pike survived two lethal injection attempts. Pike, 50, remained conscious and was heard “snoring” after receiving two doses of…
May Martinez says Tennessee officials “f—– up” after watching Christa Pike survive two lethal injections. Martinez, the mother of Pike’s 1995 murder victim Colleen Slemmer, had traveled from Florida to Nashville expecting to witness the execution of her daughter’s killer.…
Witnesses who watched Christa Pike’s botched execution have described prolonged agony inside the Tennessee death chamber after two doses of lethal drugs failed to kill her. Pike, 49, spent three decades on death row before the state attempted to execute…