Australian Olympic authorities say they want greater security for athletes in Rio immediately, after a gold-medal winning paralympian was mugged in the city at gunpoint. Six-time Australian Paralympics athlete 47-year-old Liesl Tesch had her bike stolen at a bus stop near her hotel on Sunday morning by two men, who threatened her and sailing team […]
District of Columbia police have arrested a man in the fatal shooting of a church employee inside her home in southeast Washington. Police said in a news release Sunday that they’ve arrested 49-year-old Donald Hairston of District Heights, Maryland. He’s been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 40-year-old Stephanie Goodloe. Police were called […]
When LeBron James decided to return to Cleveland after four years in Miami, he wrote “what’s most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio” in Sports Illustrated. That’s exactly what he did Sunday. The Cleveland Cavaliers went on the road for Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals and beat the 73-win […]
It’s an unwritten rule for Florida residents: Keep your kids away from ponds and lakes because alligators are everywhere. But after a gator killed a 2-year-old Nebraska boy at a Walt Disney World resort, attention soon turned to tourists. In a state with an estimated 1 million alligators, how should theme parks and other attractions […]
Exactly one year after the Golden State Warriors dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Game 6 at Quicken Loans Arena, the Eastern Conference champions flipped the script and kept their season alive Thursday. Behind another masterful display from LeBron James, the Cavaliers fended off the Warriors, 115-101, to even the NBA Finals at 3-3 and force […]
A 2-year-old boy pulled by an alligator into a lagoon near a Walt Disney World hotel has been found dead, authorities said. An Orange County dive team found Lane Graves’ body intact about 1:45 p.m., not far from where he was grabbed Tuesday night, Sheriff Jerry Demings said Wednesday. His body had only a few […]
President Barack Obama is angrily denouncing Donald Trump‘s anti-Muslim rhetoric, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security and a menacing echo of some of the most shameful moments in U.S. history. Obama’s rebuke Tuesday was his most searing yet of the man seeking to take his seat […]
An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon Tuesday night at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him. A frantic overnight search to find the boy was unsuccessful, authorities said Wednesday morning, but search efforts will continue with “fresh eyes.” “This is still a […]
The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers exchanged verbal jabs in advance of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday, and the Eastern Conference champions backed their words up with a serious counterpunch while facing elimination. On the heels of a 108-97 loss in Game 4 on Friday, the Cavaliers rode signature performances from […]
President Barack Obama will travel to Orlando Thursday. Reports say the Orlando shooter visited the club where the massacre took place “multiple times.” Names of all 49 victims have now been released. Here’s a rundown of the latest developments, and where to find details: The investigation Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen visited Orlando’s Pulse nightclub […]