SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, Va. (AP) — Three members of a Virginia family have been found dead in their home in what authorities believe was a double murder-suicide. News outlets report Lt. C.A. Carey with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says deputies found 38-year-old Meghan Scully and her parents, 68-year-old Mary Scully and 69-year-old Robert Scully, dead …
By GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press SOMERSET WEST, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius’ prison sentence was more than doubled to 13 years and five months on Friday, a surprisingly dramatic intervention by South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal in the Olympic athlete’s fate after the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. In an announcement that took a …
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP) — An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country’s navy reported Thursday — an ominous development that prompted relatives of the 44 crew members to burst into tears, and some to say they had …
Nude photo of congressman circulates on social media
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean soldier races for the border in a jeep and then on foot before his former comrades shoot him at least five times as he limps into South Korea, where he collapses and is dragged to safety by southern soldiers on …
Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas are among the women who have publicly said they were among Nassar’s victims
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Cassidy of “The Partridge Family” fame has died at age 67. Publicist JoAnn Geffen released a statement Tuesday evening saying Cassidy had died “surrounded by those he loved.” No further details were immediately available, but Geffen said on Saturday that Cassidy was in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hospital suffering from …
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The lawyer for a former Connecticut college student accused of smearing body fluids on her roommate’s belongings said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect authorities to file hate crime charges. Attorney Tom Stevens’ comments came after former University of Hartford student Brianna Brochu appeared before a state judge in Hartford. The 18-year-old …
By DAVID BAUDER , AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Rose is the latest public figure to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, with PBS halting distribution of his nightly interview show and CBS News suspending him Monday following a Washington Post report with the accusations of eight women. The women, who all …
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cult leader Charles Manson, who directed his “family” to carry out a series of shocking murders in 1969 in a bid to start a race war he called “Helter Skelter,” died of natural causes at 83. He collected a band of young followers in California before orchestrating …
Manson Family victims include pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Authorities are searching Texas’ Big Bend area for potential suspects and witnesses after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was fatally injured responding to activity there. Border Patrol spokesmen said they could not provide any details Sunday on what caused the agent’s injuries or what led to them. Spokesman …
