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Don Griffin, Guitarist With the Miracles and Anita Baker, Dies in Crash. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was a child prodigy who joined the Peabody Conservatory of Music at 17.

John Kerry speaks about the Syrian refugee crisis and how the U.S. plans to help, “We are committed to increasing the number of refugees we can take.” Following closed-door congressional meetings, Kerry said President Barack Obama has made it clear that the US wants to take a leadership role on humanitarian issues. “We are looking hard at the number that …

Tom Cruise reunites with Doug Liman to develop the director’s “Luna Park,” a sci-fic film about a group of scientists who plan a trip to the outer space to obtain an energy source. The Wrap reports that Cruise is developing Luna Park alongside Liman, and will possibly (likely) star in the film as well. Liman has been working on Luna …

Psychedelic drugs, including LSD and MDMA, could help some patients struggling with addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, according to a new analysis that urges. A paper published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal notes a resurgence of such work around the world, which was discredited in the 1970s by governments who called psychedelics “drugs of abuse with no …

The California Assembly approved legislation Wednesday that would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, sending the proposal to the state Senate, which is expected to endorse it. The measure, which passed by a vote of 42-33, would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication. The bill now heads to the state Senate where it is expected to pass.

Brad Anderson, the cartoonist behind the beloved comic ‘Marmaduke’, died last week at the age of 91. Brad Anderson, who lived in Montgomery, near Houston, died Aug. 30, according to a statement from Universal Uclick, which syndicated the comic strip.

Three children between the ages of 8 and 12 were found stabbed to death in the back of an SUV parked outside an elementary school in South Los Angeles. A man suspected to be their father has been hospitalized in critical condition after he was found seated in the front of the vehicle with stab wounds, according to a KTLA …

Less than half a year following its acquisition of Israel-based security company WatchDox, BlackBerry is at it again. This time, the Canadian smartphone maker has acquired former rival Good Technology, which offers secure applications and containerization. The deal worth $425 million in cash was announced this weekend.

Dex Osama died after a shooting early Monday morning outside a gentlemen’s club on Detroit’s south side. Reports said rapper Dex Osama was killed outside the Crazy Horse strip club on Detroit’s south-west side. WXYZ-TV said the shooting followed an argument inside the club.

Passengers have spoken of the “mad dash” and “panic” to evacuate a British Airways plane that caught fire on the runway of a Las Vegas airway on Tuesday evening. A tense conversation between officials at air traffic control and the captain of the BA2276 flight – which was engulfed by fire on a Las Vegas airport runway yesterday – has …

Judy Carne, the British actress who crossed the pond to make her name in American television during the 1960s and ’70s, died last Thursday following a bout of pneumonia. She was 76. Judy Carne was born near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, and trained at the Bush Davies Theatrical School for Girls at East Grinstead, according to Variety. In the early 1960s, …