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Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas rapper who performed as Tay-K and was best known for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man. Taymor McIntyre faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to know about Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations — plus one that hasn’t been tried before. It isn’t double jeopardy, but rather a legal redo ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas rapper found guilty of San Antonio man’s death, second murder conviction since 2019
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas rapper on Monday was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man in 2017. Taymor McIntyre faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the killing of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar. Prosecutors said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutor says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks. The latest version of the indictment against Combs, 55, added two new charges this month but he still hadn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Mark Synnott heads ‘Into the Ice’ to chase the maritime mystery of Sir John Franklin
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that I really am.” While not exactly poetry, it’s a good summary of the best parts of “Into the Ice,” Synnott’s third ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury selected for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear a retrial of Sarah Palin’s claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago. Opening statements were scheduled for Tuesday as the onetime Republican vice presidential candidate and ex-governor of Alaska gets another chance to prove to a federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King. It was the latest wave in space tourism, where more of the rich and famous than ever before — or lucky and well-connected — can enter the zero-gravity realm traditionally dominated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: ‘Golden Girls’ inspired ‘cozy mystery’ is no comedy, but still a nostalgic nugget
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
In 1985, a sitcom about four women who were considered past their prime debuted in prime time. “The Golden Girls” turned out to be a ratings hit for NBC for seven seasons. After 40 years, people of all ages are still thanking Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty and Betty White for being their friend. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 20-26
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 20-26: April 20: Actor George Takei (“Star Trek”) is 88. Bluegrass musician Doyle Lawson of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver is 81. Keyboardist Craig Frost of Grand Funk Railroad is 77. Actor Veronica Cartwright (TV’s “24: Legacy, film’s “Aliens”) is 76. Actor Jessica Lange is 76. Actor Clint Howard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leslie Odom Jr. to reprise his Tony-winning role in ‘Hamilton’ this fall
By Canadian Press on April 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” is coming back for another shot, a role he says “gave me life.” Odom, who played Aaron Burr opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Alexander Hamilton, will return to his Tony Award-winning role at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on ... Read More »
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