Emerald City Comic Con marks 20 years in new Convention Center building
Nerds, geeks and dweebs…ASSEMBLE! The 20th annual Emerald City Comic Con is now open as the first event to truly take over the Seattle Convention Center’s new Summit building. I took some time to talk to one
Court overturns California man’s murder conviction, citing state’s new ‘rap lyrics’ law
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — An appellate court in Riverside, California, overturned the murder conviction of a man who was sentenced to 129 years to life in prison, ruling in part that the use of a rap video as evidence in this…
Why some big-name Republicans are skipping CPAC, even as Trump, 2024 hopefuls gather
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — The famed Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) touts itself as “the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world,” but its attendance list this year — and the president…
World class musician returns to Easter Island to help save its culture
GMA(NEW YORK) — Mahani Teave was 19-years-old when she left her home on Easter Island to pursue a career as a pianist. Now, she’s returned home, bringing instruments with her to spread music across the island and help preserve its culture.
Teave said…
Gabby Petito’s family contends in lawsuit Utah cops treated Laundrie like victim
Georgeta Olaru / 500px / Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Gabby Petito’s family revealed more details in the police encounter over a domestic violence incident, two weeks before he strangled her to death.
Laundrie “seemed like a mental and emotional bully” t…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized with shingles but expects ‘full recovery’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been hospitalized in her home state with shingles.
A spokesperson for her office on Thursday confirmed her hospitalization, which was first reported by The San Francisco Ch…
Station manager in deadly head-on train collision in Greece faces manslaughter charges
Dimitris Lampropoulos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(TEMPI, Greece) — A station manager faces manslaughter charges following a deadly high-speed train collision that killed dozens of people in central Greece, his attorney said Thursday.
At least 57…
Loved ones pay tribute to former championship swimmer found dead in US Virgin Islands
Al Bello/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As investigators in the U.S. Virgin Islands await results of an autopsy on former American championship swimmer Jamie Cail, who died after being found unresponsive at her home last month, friends and loved ones are pa…
Alex Murdaugh found guilty in murder of wife, son
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A jury has found disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son at the family’s property in 2021.
The jury reached the verdict after deliberating for n…
‘We don’t know’ what apparently poisoned Iranian schoolgirls, White House says
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday said the Biden administration does not know what is causing the apparent poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran and called for the Iranian government to conduct a thorough and transparent in…