LOS ANGELES (AP) — Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mike Myers’ comical sidekick “Mini-Me” in the “Austin Powers” movie franchise, died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported Wednesday. Troyer had a potentially fatal level of alcohol in his system and was saying repeatedly that …
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Relatives of the limousine driver involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York said Tuesday they believe he was unwittingly assigned an unsafe vehicle. The family of Scott Lisinicchia released a statement through a lawyer shortly after another attorney representing the limousine company, …
LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on a crash in upstate New York that killed 20 people (all times local): 7 p.m. The manager of the upstate New York store where a limousine crash killed 20 people says the site is a dangerous intersection that’s been plagued by accidents. The Apple Barrel Country Store and …
By The Associated Press A limousine carrying 18 people crashed over the weekend in upstate New York, killing all the occupants and two pedestrians, making it among the nation’s deadliest ground-traffic accidents. A look at some others: — Sept. 23, 2005: A bus ferrying nursing home residents away from Hurricane Rita caught fire and exploded …
By MICHAEL HILL and BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in almost a decade, officials and a relative of …
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a hired driver during an argument about taking him and his dog from the Portland, Oregon, airport to a performance in the city. Williams, who was in jail Sunday, came to Portland to perform in Nick Cannon’s …
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers have asked a Pennsylvania court to overturn the actor’s conviction and three- to 10-year prison sentence because of what they call a string of errors in his sex assault case. The defense motion argued that trial Judge Steven O’Neill erred in declaring Cosby a sexually …
By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine blew a stop sign at the end of a highway and plowed into a parked and unoccupied SUV, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in almost a decade, officials …
BERLIN (AP) — Police in northern Germany have started to pump dry a lake hoping they’ll find the remains of a woman who disappeared 25 years ago. The German news agency dpa reported Sunday that emptying Tietjensee Lake near the city of Bremen would take several days. After that, investigators will look through the muddy …
PHOENIX (AP) — A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has been sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in suburban Phoenix. Maricopa County Superior Court officials said 22-year-old Nicholas Francois Van Varenberg was sentenced Wednesday. Tempe police said Van Varenberg …
By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country’s cultural, gender and political …
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). In an Instagram post Saturday, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making. …
