Wire Reports – Page 17

Ex-Rep. Reynolds denies pornography charges in Zimbabwe

December 23, 2018 at 3:56 p.m.

Former congressman Mel Reynolds pleaded not guilty today to charges of possessing pornographic images and videos, two days after his arrest at a hotel in Zimbabwe. The state-owned newspaper The...

Deja zoo: Another Danish giraffe named Marius could die

August 22, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

What do Danish zoos have against giraffes named Marius? The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said on Wednesday it might put down one of its giraffes, which by coincidence is also...

Sid Caesar, comedian, dead at age 91

December 23, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.

Veteran comedian Sid Caesar, star of the 1950s television classic "Your Show of Shows," died on Wednesday at age 91. Caesar died at his home in Beverly Hills after a...

NBC pulls Costas from prime-time Olympics coverage

December 23, 2018 at 3:44 p.m.

Bob Costas' eye infection has become one of the more prevailing stories at the Sochi Games. Now, with the conjunctivitis having spread to both eyes, NBC Sports has pulled the...

Drunken driving suspected in California wrong-way crash that killed 6

August 22, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

Six people were killed and two injured on Sunday in a crash caused by a suspected drunken driver who drove the wrong way on a highway east of Los Angeles,...

Stolen Stradivarius recovered after arrests

December 23, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

A 300-year-old Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars that was stolen last week from a concert violinist has been found in good condition in Milwaukee, local media reported on Thursday....

Yahoo email account hack: What users can do

December 23, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.

Yahoo acknowledged late Thursday that its email service has been compromised by a "coordinated effort" to gain usernames and passwords to Yahoo Mail accounts. The company said on its official...

Folk legend, activist Pete Seeger dead at 94

December 17, 2018 at 9:38 p.m.

Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement and co-wrote some of its most enduring songs such as "If I Had a Hammer," died on Monday at...

Trent Reznor curses out Grammys after cutting off his performance

December 23, 2018 at 3:28 p.m.

Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age had one of the most coveted Grammy performance slots. Immediately after the unveiling of album of the year, the Grammys were...

‘Grown Ups 2’ leads in Razzie nominations

December 23, 2018 at 3:16 p.m.

Adam Sandler dominated the Razzie Awards Wednesday, as voters for Hollywood's most dubious honor, showered "Grown Ups 2? with eight nominations. The annual awards recognize the worst movies and performances....

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