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SAN FRANCISCO – A police chase ended in a fiery collision killing three people in San Francisco Saturday night, according to CHP official Vu Williams. A California Highway Patrol officer started to pursue a white Chevrolet sedan that later slammed into a taxicab at the intersection of Brannan and 9th streets just before 9:30 p.m. The CHP officer spotted the …

Blake Edward Fitzgerald and his girlfriend Brittany Nicole Harper were involved in a shootout in the early hours Friday morning after leading police on a car chase. Blake and Brittany apparently robbed a shoe store on Friday night and were spotted by witnesses, which sparked the pursuit. The hunt came to an end after the couple drove to a residential …

Benedict Cumberbatch, Emma Watson are adding a new role to their resumes. “The Imitation Game” actor and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” actress are among the 11 non-academics agreeing to the role of visiting fellows at University of Oxford.

Six people were found dead Thursday afternoon in a home in the Gage Park neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. A relative said they were members of the same family, and two children are among the dead. The victims—two men, two women and two boys ages 10 and 13, three generations of the same family—were found slain Thursday afternoon on the …

Diamond Princess, 150 passengers and crew sick with gastro on board cruise ship. The Diamond Princess arrived at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at 7am, with several of those on board believed to be battling norovirus gastroenteritis, which can cause severe diarrhoea and vomiting. Emdur spoke to his mum Faye who said staff on board the ship reacted well to the …

Woman Crashes Her Own Funeral After Husband Paid to Have Her Killed. Noela Rukundo was visiting her native country of Burundi in January 2015 for her stepmother’s funeral when she was kidnapped, the mother of eight recently told the BBC. The story is receiving worldwide attention after interview was posted online on Thursday. Rukundo’s husband called her while she was …

Kaylan Mahomes recently snapped a selfie of her twin sister and mom, and the Internet is flummoxed — who is who in this photo? Is that the mom on the right … or is that really Kaylan’s twin sister? Maybe it is Kaylan herself. The picture has since gone viral, receiving 30,628 likes and 19,211 shares. Twitter users struggled to …

A whooping cough booster vaccine recommended for middle school aged children loses effectiveness over time, a new study is reporting. A new study from Kaiser Permanente’s Vaccine Study Center found that the Tdap booster vaccine provides moderate protection against whooping cough during the first year after vaccination, but its effectiveness wanes to less than 9 percent after four years among …

With the Mobile World Congress 2016 coming up, Microsoft fans are expecting see the highly rumored Lumia 650. The device is rumored to make a debut during the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry. It was previously rumored to arrive on Feb. 1 but it did not happen, so many are pointing to a Feb. 25 launching.

Hsiu-Ying Tseng, convicted of murdering three of her patients by drug overdose, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison, making her the only US doctor ever convicted of murder for recklessly prescribing meds, the lead prosecutor said. The powerful painkillers Hsiu-Ying Tseng prescribed included oxycodone, sold as Percocet and other brand names, and hydrocodone, popularly known under the …

Rose McGowan has split from her husband. The 42-year-old actress has filed for divorce from artist Davey Detail. The actress filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Monday, and according to court documents, the couple separated last May. McGowan cited irreconcilable differences and asked the court to award neither her nor Detail the chance to receive spousal support. Seeing as …