A new lawsuit filed in California state court alleges country star Garth Brooks sexually assaulted and battered a hair and makeup artist working for him. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by a “Jane Roe,” alleges the incidents happened over the course of several years while Roe was working for Brooks, who has denied the accusations. In … Read more
Thousands of dockworkers on the East Coast and Gulf Coast will return to work after reaching a tentative agreement on wages, ending one of the biggest work stoppages in decades. In a joint statement, the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX, and the International Longshoreman’s Association said the two sides have an agreement to extend … Read more
Voting in Katmai National Park’s famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year’s competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day. Bear #469 attacked and killed bear #402 on Monday morning at Brooks River in the Alaska park, the National Park Service said in a release, pushing … Read more
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Nearly 70 people who belong to or are associated with a white supremacist gang in the San Fernando Valley were indicted on federal charges, authorities announced Wednesday, saying the multi-agency operation was Los Angeles’ largest ever takedown of an extremist group. The alleged criminal organization trafficked weapons and drugs, including fentanyl, while committing fraud and … Read more
NEW YORK — Long lines of container ships queued up outside major U.S. ports on Thursday as the biggest dockworker strike in nearly half a century entered its third day preventing unloading and threatening shortages of everything from bananas to auto parts. No negotiations were scheduled between the International Longshoremen’s Association and employers, but the … Read more
A California doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday in a deal with federal prosecutors over the fatal overdose of “Friends” star Matthew Perry last year. Mark Chavez, 54, appeared before U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in a Los Angeles court and pleaded to conspiring to distribute ketamine to Perry. Even with a plea deal, Chavez faces … Read more
Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died last month in Georgia from an accidental drug overdose, authorities said. The artist, who burst onto the hip-hop scene more than a decade ago, was killed by the “combined toxic effects of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine,” the Fulton County medical examiner said in a statement Wednesday. The manner … Read more
During Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican nominee, vowed to protect health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions while also doubling down on a proposal to place them in a so-called high-risk pool, separating them out from healthier individuals. To many policy experts watching the debate, the two … Read more
A judge on Tuesday granted a protective order to Olivia Nuzzi, the political writer sidelined due to her ties to fringe presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after she accused her ex-fiancé of harassing and blackmailing her. New York Magazine’s Washington correspondent was put on leave last month after admitting to a “personal relationship” with … Read more