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Ingram County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina isn’t just a hero to countless Americans for the way she stood up for victims of sexual violence. She’s also a celebrity. The Michigan jurist, who this week sentenced serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison, was profiled Tuesday in The New York Times as an “advocate” for the hundreds of Nassar’s victims. The Washington Post went further, calling her a “media master” for the way she manipulated coverage during the course of the case. Читать дальше...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Police in Panama City Beach, Florida, have charged two 12-year-old middle-school students with cyberstalking after the suicide of another student. Police said Tuesday in a statement that 12-year-old Gabriella Green, known as Gabbie, was found unresponsive at her home on January 10 and was pronounced dead at a hospital. The medical examiner told CNN that the girl died from hanging. During the investigation, family and friends alerted police that Gabbie had been a victim of... Читать дальше...

While a transgender man’s groundbreaking Oscar nomination is certainly a cause for celebration, this achievement is steeped in pain.

By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

Behold the glorious panache of the Guggenheim's chief curator after the Trumps made the tacky request to “borrow” a Vincent Van Gogh painting for use in their living quarters. No can do, she politely responded, but we can offer an "alternative": an 18-karat, fully functioning, solid gold toilet, an interactive satirical work by artist Maurizio Cattelan entitled "America." Because, notes one pundit, "Nothing says Trump's America like a solid gold toilet." Well-played, all. Читать дальше...

The club will be celebrating its 50th season

The Kansas City Royals will be celebrating their 50th season with anniversary themes throughout the season. Although it doesn’t look like they will have some of the same familiar faces this year, there are still a number of fun promotions for fans. You can find the complete promotional schedule here.

The team will give out a replica of Municipal Stadium, the original home of the Royals at 22nd and Brooklyn, before the April 14 game against the Angels. Читать дальше...

Do you enjoy sipping wine or spirits, but find the cost of your go-to cocktail hard to swallow? Just as there are savvy ways to save on groceries, home furnishings and apparel, it's entirely possible to raise a glass while corking high costs, short of crushing and fermenting your own grapes or making homegrown hootch. Here are some tips to help you drink up while keeping your budget sober. Rebates: They exist and they are valuable. I've received anywhere from $5 to $15 back via mail-in rebate on booze. Читать дальше...

At long last, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff has a name. The firehouse-set drama, starring “Grey’s” vet Jason George, is officially titled “Station 19.” The announcement title comes not a moment too soon, as the series is set to premiere with a two-hour episode on Thursday, March 22. Earlier this month, ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey explained that the network had a difficult time coming up with the right title. “The truth of the matter is coming up with a title is one of the most challenging things that we do... Читать дальше...

Affleck would have presented the award for Best Actress but has instead opted to step aside.

It seems players on Club America wanted to play a joke on ESPN's Marcelino Fernandez by making a 'bad pass' during his segment. Herculez Gomez gives his early impressions of Miguel Herrera at Club America. MEXICO CITY -- In the last few days in Liga MX, the piece of news that stole most of the headlines was the fact that four weekend games ended in scoreless draws -- Queretaro-Tigres, Cruz Azul-Leon, Monterrey-Tijuana and America-Pumas. The explanation for this unlikely event might be due... Читать дальше...

The Doomsday Clock is now two minutes to midnight, as close as it’s ever been to the hour standing in for the apocalypse because of threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, and fake news. So, should we take the Doomsday Clock seriously?

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A circus that owns four elephants that were briefly stranded this week along an Oklahoma roadway also had a pachyderm escape its enclosure and roam free through a Wisconsin residential neighborhood last summer, federal records show. A female Carson & Barnes Circus elephant named Kelly got loose in July at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report. Circus World spokesman Dave Saloutos told The Associated Press at the time that another female elephant... Читать дальше...

BRIEF: Supernova Wannabe Dies With a Supersonic Quiver

New theoretical model predicts stars that fail to go supernovae may still not go gentle into that good night.

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Composite image by Yuen Yiu, source images by Dave Gandy (speaker icon) /NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (Artist impression of supernova 1993J.)

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Devin L. Hill, 21, was standing on the sidewalk about 6 a.m. when someone fired shots at him from a sedan in the 400 block of South Pulaski.

Cities, states, and other jurisdictions are now treating opioid manufacturers and distributors like Big Tobacco.

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• Vince McMahon announced the return of the XFL at a press conference on Thursday.
• Taking questions from reporters, McMahon outlined the basics of what the league would look like, and how it would distinguish itself from the NFL.
• The league is scheduled to start in 2020, and has been billed by McMahon as "football reimagined."

Vince McMahon announced the return of the XFL at a press conference on Thursday, claiming that the league... Читать дальше...

College football has cruised into the offseason, meaning there are no games to watch. But there is still plenty to talk about.

Another company is cribbing off Snapchat. And for once, it's not Facebook.

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