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Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were taken into custody in rural Vermont on Friday night after attempting to cross the border from Canada into the United States, police said. The couple left the American soil in 2010 when they were facing felony vandalism charges for squatting in a guesthouse of a home they previously owned. They skipped several ... Read More »

Sad news to report as Steve Mackay, saxophonist with the legendary band the Stooges, has passed away at the age of 66 after being hospitalized recently in critical condition with sepsis, a complication from an infection that can cause multiple organs to fail. Mackay’s profile rose when he was recruited to work with The Stooges by lead singer Iggy Pop ... Read More »

McLaren is celebrating 50 years since the inaugural season of the Can-Am series with the new limited-production McLaren 650S Can-Am road car based on the 650S Spider. It pays tribute to five decades of the Can-Am motorsports series, which brought about racing greats such as Graham Hill, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart and Bruce McLaren – the man that started it ... Read More »

Two new reports assert that the white rookie Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice last November was justified in his actions. In reports prepared for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, the action taken against Rice, who was holding a pellet gun at the time of his death, has been labeled “objectively reasonable.” Read More »

US First Lady Michelle Obama has officially joined Spotify. She recently revealed her “girl power playlist” in celebration of the International Day of the Girl. According to ABC News, the purpose of International Day of the Girl is to promote gender equality around the world and was designated by the United Nations as an annual event. In addition, Mrs. Obama ... Read More »

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, CA – In 1962, brothers John and Clarence Anglin and fellow Alcatraz inmate Frank Morris grabbed makeshift paddles and set off on an escape raft made of stolen raincoats into the waters of San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz officials maintain the men drowned during the escape, which gives the prison claim to zero successful escapes during its 29 years ... Read More »

Jerry Parr, the Secret Service agent in charge of Ronald Reagan’s detail who was credited with saving the president’s life during the 1981 assassination attempt, has died in Washington at 85. Jerry Parr was pictured in news footage bundling the President into his limousine following the attack by John Hinckley Jr outside a Washington hotel on 30 March 1981. Read More »

A new study in the US’s ‘fracking capital’ Pennsylvania has found that pregnant women who live near gas fracking wells are far more likely to give birth prematurely or develop problems during their pregnancies. The findings, published online last week in the journal Epidemiology, shed light on some of the possible adverse health outcomes associated with the fracking industry, which ... Read More »

A Florida woman’s eye was glued shut after someone accidentally poured glue into her eye instead of eye drops, instantly gluing her eye shut. Katherine Gaydos, of Lantana, told WPBF that a piece of debris landed in her eye while a friend was blowing leaves with a leaf blower. The friend grabbed what they thought was Visine and handed it ... Read More »

Memphis rapper Robert Phillips aka “Koopsta Knicca,” who was a member of Three 6 Mafia, has died. Born Robert Phillips, the rapper suffered a stroke this past Sunday (October 4). The Commercial Appeal reports that he passed away this morning (October 9) at a Memphis hospital due to complications stemming from the stroke. Read More »

Two missing boys found alive after search in rugged terrain of Kentucky’s Red River Gorge area. Kentucky State Police Trooper Joe Veeneman says the boys disappeared Thursday evening at the Koomer Ridge campground in rugged terrain in that area of eastern Kentucky. Veeneman says 5-year-old Michael Esposito is from Batavia, Ohio, and his 7-year-old cousin, Adrian Ross, is from Bloomington, ... Read More »