9 dead, 16 injured after van ploughs into pedestrians in Toronto
MONTREAL -- Nine people were killed Monday and 16 injured when a van deliberately ploughed into pedestrians along a busy street in Toronto in the latest such incident in a major Western city.
Police spokesman Peter Yuen ...Read more
Southern California home prices jump to a new record high
Southern California's median home price jumped 8.4 percent in March from a year earlier, setting a new all-time high, as hopeful buyers engaged in bidding wars over a limited supply of homes on the market.
The six-county ...Read more
Censorship? Amazon limiting reviews of James Comey's book
Former FBI Director James Comey's new book, "A Higher Loyalty," is highly critical of President Trump, the man who fired him.
The book might as well double as a magnet -- an online troll magnet.
But on Amazon, Comey's ...Read more
Man who sued Seattle's ex-mayor, alleging sex abuse, dies from accidental overdose
SEATTLE -- The man who last year sued Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for alleged sexual abuse -- prompting similar allegations that eventually led to Murray's resignation -- died due to an accidental overdose of illegal and ...Read more
Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he never went to rehab as widely believed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In 2007, when he was mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom said he quit drinking and would seek professional help for "problems with alcohol."
Though he didn't say explicitly at the time that he went ...Read more
Southwest cancels another 26 Dallas flights, tracker says. How long will this go on?
DALLAS -- The day after Southwest Airlines canceled 40 flights coming in or out of Dallas Love Field, the airline canceled 26 flights and delayed another 35, according to Flightaware.com.
Southwest says the delays are due...Read more
Parkland school shooter can keep publicly funded defense team
MIAMI -- Faced with a massive criminal case against him and the possibility of the death penalty, mass shooter Nikolas Cruz can keep his taxpayer-funded defense team, a judge ruled this week.
That means the Broward Public...Read more
Energy Sec. Rick Perry's son owns an energy investment company. Is that a problem?
WASHINGTON -- A private investment firm led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry's son has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it's seeking investors for a new energy fund, raising concerns about the potential ...Read more
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<...Michael Hiltzik: In the name of scientific 'transparency,' Pruitt's EPA hobbles its own ability to regulate polluters
Say this for Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: He's immune to irony.
Pruitt demonstrated that quality Tuesday by announcing a rule to enhance "transparency" at the EPA at a ...Read more
3 missing Mexican students were slain, their bodies dissolved in acid
MEXICO CITY -- Three Mexican film students whose disappearance last month sparked large-scale protests in the city of Guadalajara were beaten, killed and their bodies dissolved in acid, Mexican authorities said Monday.
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Cosby lawyers push back against #MeToo, paint Constand as 'pathological'
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Bill Cosby's lawyers likened the legal woes and sex scandals that have dogged their client for years to "witch hunts" and "lynchings" and urged jurors Tuesday to reject Andrea Constand's claims that she ...Read more
Trump's EPA proposes to block regulators from considering a wide range of scientific studies
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration launched an attack on the science behind many of the nation's clean air and clean water rules, announcing a proposal Tuesday that would effectively prevent regulators from considering...Read more
Parkland shooter researched Columbine as he planned attack, state commission reveals
MIAMI -- Radios were so badly jammed as police responded to the worst school shooting in Florida history that sheriff's deputies and Coral Springs police clearing buildings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had to ...Read more
'Schoolhouse Rock' composer and performer Bob Dorough dies in Pa. home at 94
Musician Bob Dorough, 94, best known as a composer and performer for ABC's educational series of short cartoons "Schoolhouse Rock!," died of natural causes at his Mount Bethel, Pa., home on Monday, his son, Chris, said. ...Read more
Verne Troyer was heavily intoxicated, suicidal at time of death: report
Verne Troyer, the actor best known for his role as Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" franchise, had a blood alcohol level three times the legal driving limit hen he died on Saturday, according to a report.
TMZ says Troyer ...Read more
Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child on what it was like to be part of Beychella
INDIO, Calif. -- About the only secret that got out ahead of Beyonce's tightly guarded performances at the just-wrapped Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was the fact that the singer planned to reunite her era-...Read more
Beyoncé's refusal to shrink her blackness made her Coachella showing revolutionary
INDIO, Calif. -- A quarter into Beyonce's triumphant, charged showing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival came a particularly poignant moment.
With the pop star floating high above the crowd via a hydraulic ...Read more
Why Facebook took down your post, and other community standards revealed
Facebook, which has faced many a high-profile controversy over policing content on its massive platform, has revealed its internal community standards for the first time.
The company gives a glimpse into how it decides ...Read more
Amazon wants to unlock your car for Prime deliveries
Remember those halcyon days of six months ago, when Amazon introduced a feature for its Prime customers called Amazon Key, which lets a delivery courier use the cloud to unlock your front door and put your packages inside ...Read more
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