A Texas judge on Wednesday upheld his April order of a nearly two-year jail term for the Texas “affluenza” teenager, who killed four people while driving drunk, a local prosecutor’s office said. Judge Wayne Salvant reaffirmed the four consecutive jail terms of 180 days for each of the four people killed by...
A stabbing rampage that left two victims dead and several others injured ended when an off-duty police officer fatally shot the suspect. Plymouth County Sheriff's Deputy Jimmy Creed was off-duty "with his bride, just having dinner," when the chaos unfolded, police sources told ABC News. They were dining at...
Republican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday, in a dramatic early sign that the Nov. 8 presidential election might be more hotly contested than first thought. While much can change in the six months until the election, the results of the online...
The rich world has got used to health and longevity getting better, and death rates falling for everyone. But over the past few years, data has been accumulating which suggests that this trend has stopped for poorly-educated, white Americans. And for one group in particular — middle-aged women — death rates are...
Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination, US media project. The Vermont senator still trails Hillary Clinton in the overall contest for delegates but this win keeps his slim hopes alive. "We are going to fight for every last vote," he said in a victory...
Now that Donald Trump has cleared the Republican presidential field and is poised to be his party's nominee, the next major piece of news out of his campaign could be whom he chooses as his running mate. The vice-presidential selection is closely watched in part because it's one of the first opportunities for...
Ben Carson was assigned to Trump's VP vetting team just last week. The Hill reported: stepped away from a selection committee tasked with finding Donald Trump’s running mate, a new report says. Carson is instead focusing his energy on Trump’s meeting with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday, according...
Ben Carson was assigned to Trump's VP vetting team just last week. The Hill reported: stepped away from a selection committee tasked with finding Donald Trump’s running mate, a new report says. Carson is instead focusing his energy on Trump’s meeting with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday, according...
A man who was shot and killed in an attempted robbery in New Orleans over the weekend had come to the city to plan his wedding, officials said Monday at a press conference. Orleans Parish Coroner Jeffrey Rouse identified the man as 25-year-old Thomas Rolfes. New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison said Rolfes had marks...
It should really only take a single viewing of “Dirrty” to make you realize that Christina Aguilera is a natural born risk-taker that’s truly living up to her nickname Xtina. After all, the pop star pretty much pioneered the whole dip-dyed ends hair trend and swimsuits being considered as legitimate pieces of...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested on Monday he would make an exception for London’s newly elected Muslim mayor, the New York Times reported. “There will always be exceptions,” the Times quoted the real...
Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as brimming inventories and a looming refined products glut offset supply disruptions in Canada and elsewhere that have taken more than 2 million barrels a day of production out of the market. International Brent crude futures <LCOc1> were trading at $43.70 per barrel at 0315 GMT, up 7...