Deputies in Washington state had an unusual road hazard call on Sunday — a 500-pound sea lion. The massive mammal was spotted in Cowlitz County, a few miles from a water source big enough for it, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). “While it isn’t uncommon for sea lions to be…… MORE
Lamonte McIntyre spent 23 years behind bars for a double murder he didn’t commit. On Monday, he was awarded $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit for his wrongful conviction, the Kansas Sate Attorney General’s office announced. McIntyre was 17 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1994 murders of…… MORE
For the second time in as many weeks, a professor at the University of Oklahoma has been accused of using the N-word. A history professor issued a “trigger warning” before reading a “historical document that used the ‘N-word’ repeatedly,” the university’s interim president, Joseph Harroz, Jr. wrote in an apology. “It is common sense to…… MORE
A pair of cheetah cubs have been born from in vitro fertilization to a surrogate cheetah mother for the first time, and experts are hailing it a “huge scientific breakthrough.” The cubs were born February 19 at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio to their surrogate mother Izzy, a 3-year-old cheetah, according to Smithsonian’s National Zoo.…… MORE
A former tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin who accepted $100,000 in bribes in the college admissions scam was sentenced to six months in prison Monday, prosecutors said. Michael Center, 55, last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud. In exchange for the bribes, Center agreed with the mastermind of the…… MORE
Harvey Weinstein, facing at least five years in prison after a New York jury found him guilty of sex crimes, still has more charges to deal with in California. Prosecutors in Los Angeles charged Weinstein in early January with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.…… MORE
The widow of Kobe Bryant is suing Island Express Helicopters for the January crash that killed the NBA legend and their daughter, alleging in part that the pilot failed to safely operate the aircraft. Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the same day a memorial celebration for Kobe and…… MORE
A New York City firefighter who helped recover his brother’s body after 9/11 died on Saturday from pancreatic cancer caused by his rescue efforts at Ground Zero. Daniel Foley joined the Fire Department of New York in 1998, FDNY spokesperson Jim Long told CNN. On September 11, 2001, Foley watched his older brother, fellow firefighter…… MORE
Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s widow and mother of 13-year-old Gigi, spoke at their memorial in Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Read the full transcript of her speech below. Thank you all so much for being here. It means so much to us. [someone shouts ‘Love you.’] Love you too. First I’d like to thank everyone for…… MORE
A 13-year-old from New Jersey has embarked on the cutest mission ever. He sews tiny bow ties for cats and dogs to help them get adopted. Sir Darius Brown came up with the idea in 2017. He wanted to help draw attention to dogs that were displaced by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, according to…… MORE
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