Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — An Illinois grand jury has indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, according to the Cook County State Attorney’s Office. The grand jury returned two separate sets of charges, Robert Foley, a senior advisor in the state attorney’s office told …
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Mar 08
Elon Musk, SpaceX complete historic test flight to International Space Station
Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Elon Musk and his aerospace company SpaceX made history on Friday morning when its Dragon spacecraft splashed into the Atlantic Ocean after a successful five-day trip to the International Space Station. There were no people on board the capsule, but its re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere marked the …
Mar 08
DNA leads to arrest of woman who allegedly left baby in a ditch to die 38 years ago: Police
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — New DNA technology has led to the arrest on Friday of a South Dakota woman who is being charged with murder for allegedly leaving her newborn in a ditch 38 years ago, according to police. On Feb. 28, 1981, a full-term baby boy was found in a blanket in the …
Mar 08
City of Mitchell is seeking community cooperation regarding snow removal
The City of Mitchell is aware of the limited space for snow removal. With the forecast for snow for this weekend and early next week please refrain from placing additional snow in the street areas after the plows have cleared the streets. Cul De Sac areas will have the snow placed in a pile in …
Mar 08
Charges dropped against ex-NYPD officers accused of raping a teen in custody
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — On Wednesday, Brooklyn prosecutors dismissed sex-related charges against two former New York City police officers who a teenager claimed wrongfully arrested her for drug possession and raped her in the back of an NYPD vehicle. Instead, prosecutors refiled a new case against Richard Hall and Eddie Martins for two counts of third-degree …
Mar 08
Trump surveys Alabama tornado damage, residents hope visit brings more resources
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(AUBURN, Ala.) — President Trumpwas in Alabama Friday to survey areas devastated by deadly tornadoes earlier in the week. The president and first lady took an aerial helicopter tour of the destruction and were greeted on the ground in Auburn, Ala., by the state’s governor and local officials. In addition to touring the …
Mar 08
Trump to survey Alabama tornado damage, residents hope it brings more resources
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(BEAUREGARD, Ala.) — President Trump is expected to visit Alabama on Friday to survey the areas devastated by deadly tornadoes. “FEMA has been told directly by me to give the A Plus treatment to the Great State of Alabama and the wonderful people who have been so devastated by the Tornadoes,” President Trump …
Mar 08
Chelsea Manning taken into custody for refusing to testify before secret grand jury
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Chelsea Manning, an anti-secrecy activist and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst whose release of classified information to WikiLeaks in 2010 sparked worldwide controversy over transparency in the military and whistleblower protections, was taken into custody at a federal court on Friday after a federal judge found her in contempt of court …
Mar 08
Unemployment rate drops to 3.8% as 20,000 jobs added in February
PeopleImages/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added just 20,000 jobs to their payrolls in February, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, a sharp drop from the 311,000 jobs added the previous month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said employment in professional and business services, health care and wholesale trade continued to rise while employment in construction went …
Mar 08
Barbie turns 60: From teen model to diverse go-getter, how she’s inspired girls since 1959
Mattel / ABC Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) — She arrived at the 1959 New York Toy Fair in a striped bathing suit donning red lipstick and her trademark blonde pony tail. And after 60 years, it is Barbie who continues to touch the lives of young girls as the doll befriends children in households across the …