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Coroner still probing death of US student held by N. Korea
CINCINNATI - A cause of death hasn’t been determined for a 22-year-old college student who was detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea before being sent home in a coma, an Ohio coro...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
1944 Miss America who inspired WWII effort dies at 92
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A former Miss America who helped rally the nation during World War II by selling millions of dollars’ worth of war bonds has died. Venus Ramey was 92. A funeral home in Sci...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
Cosby alternate juror 'probably' would have voted to convict
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - An alternate juror in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case said Monday he “probably” would have voted to convict and was “ridiculously sick” when he found o...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin fears funding cuts for disabled
JERUSALEM - Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin says she is “extremely concerned” about funds being cut from services for the disabled. Matlin, who was the first deaf person to receive an ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
The Latest: Alex Jones interview draws 3.5 million viewers
HARTFORD, Conn. - The Latest on Megyn Kelly’s Sunday night interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones (all times local): 11:51 a.m. Megyn Kelly’s interview with conspiracy theorist Alex...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
Supreme Court strikes down sex offender social media ban
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina law Monday that bars convicted sex offenders from Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites. The justices ruled unanimously in favour of Nor...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
New book on bloody WWII battle inspired by NY veteran
ALBANY, N.Y. - When military history author Bill Sloan sought inspiration for his new book on World War II in the Pacific, he found it in a then-96-year-old combat veteran from upstate New York who su...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017

Coroner: Cocaine among drugs found in Carrie Fisher's system
LOS ANGELES - Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report shows the actress had cocaine in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year, but investigators could not determine what impact the cocaine and...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
NewsAlert: Carrie Fisher had cocaine, heroin and ecstasy in her system: autopsy
LOS ANGELES - Carrie Fisher had cocaine, heroin and ecstasy in her system when she became ill on a flight last year, autopsy shows. More to come. The Associated Press
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017
Science Says: DNA shows early spread of cats in human world
NEW YORK - Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and YouTube, they spread through the ancient human world. A DNA study reached back thousands of years to track that conquest and found evide...
Kayla Derkach Jun 19, 2017

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