Gene Shalit, longtime ‘Today’ show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100
Gene Shalit, the beloved movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show, has passed away.
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Ronnie Schell, ‘Gomer Pyle’ best friend and ‘slowest rising comedian,’ dies at 94
He was best known for his role on the 1960s sitcom “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”
Boston lemonade stand robbed at gunpoint, police say
Boston Police are investigating two pint-sized hoodlums suspected of putting the squeeze on a children’s lemonade stand in Southie — at gunpoint.
Chicago police investigating burning cross in Grant Park
“I think we need to handle it just like we do a swastika,” said the Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church. “This is a hate crime because it is a symbol of hate.”
Former Raider Henry Ruggs denied parole nearly 5 years after deadly car crash
The Nevada parole board denied release for former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs, who is serving time for a fatal 2021 DUI car crash in Las Vegas.
Judge acquits Democratic congressional candidate arrested at New York immigration court protest
A federal magistrate judge has acquitted Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander on a misdemeanor obstruction charge stemming from a protest at a New York City federal building last September.
El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
Meteorologists say an El Nino is likely to be a major factor in extreme and deadly weather across the planet for the next year or so.
FBI seizes 13 websites that officials say were used by China to target and recruit US workers
The companies were all fakes and the job postings were a sham, officials said.
Feds won’t seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing top Minnesota Democrat
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Vance Boelter in the 2025 shooting deaths of Minnesota political figures and their spouses.
OB-GYN group makes vaccine recommendations for the first time
A major OB-GYN group has released independent immunization recommendations for pregnant women, diverging from current government guidance.