Veteran actor Bill Cobbs, known for more than five decades of character work in films such as "The Bodyguard," "Night at the Museum" and "Air Bud," has died at the age of 90. Charges filed against 79 pro-Palestinian protesters, who were arrested in April at the University of Texas at Austin campus, will be dismissed, prosecutors said. Texas executed convicted murderer Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection Wednesday night after he apologized to his victim's family, saying "I owe all of you my life." NCAA Division I college athletes will no longer face penalties for marijuana use during postseason championships after the National Collegiate Athletic Association voted to remove cannabis from its banned substances list Late Wednesday, Bolivian President Luis Arce announced an attempted military coup by a recently dismissed general had failed. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez must serve 45 years in a U.S. federal prison and pay an $8 million fine for drug trafficking offenses. Reality television star-turned-advocate Paris Hilton was on Capitol Hill calling for better oversight of for-profit youth treatment facilities as she recalled her own horrific time as a teenage girl in such facilities. Brazil's highest court voted Tuesday to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use after nearly 10 years of deliberating, but more decisions still need to be made. Country music star Randy Travis appeared Wednesday before a House Judiciary subcommittee, urging lawmakers to pass the American Music Fairness Act and force radio stations to pay royalties to performing artists. The U.S. Department of State is offering a $5 million reward for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of alleged cryptocurrency fraudster Ruja Ignatova. The Justice Department announced Wednesday it will provide technical assistance to the Uvalde Police Department more than two years after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School killed 19 students and two teachers. AMC has ordered a third season of its horror romance, "Interview with the Vampire." New Jersey mother Naomi Elkins is accused of killing her two toddlers Tuesday afternoon. One child was stabbed, and both were drowned. Kenyan President William Ruto said he'll withdraw a controversial tax bill a day after police shot and killed 22 tax protesters who stormed the nation's Parliament building. Traffic was snarled for several hours on a California highway when a truck overturned and spilled its load of avocados into the road. A Massachusetts man learned the value of loyalty when he won a $1 million lottery prize at the same store where he has bought tickets for 20 years. A Maryland man's lost dog turned up two years later after somehow ending up 1,000 miles from home. Even though plant-based meat alternatives are ultra-processed, they still may be healthier for your heart than traditional meat is, a new review finds. The Department of Justice said Wednesday an agreement was reached in the alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from Malaysia's sovereign investment fund known as 1Malaysia Development Berhad. "Downton Abbey 3" is in production and will open in theaters in September 2025. A tough-to-treat, drug-resistant fungal infection may be as close as your local garden center, new research shows. Accused mass murderer Robert Crimo III on Wednesday refused a plea deal that would have imprisoned him for the rest of his life and instead will go to trial next year. Distributor Unobstructed View announced Wednesday that "Caligula: The Ultimate Cut" will come to DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD Sept. 17 with a VOD release following on Oct. 18. "Here," a new film directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on the Richard McGuire graphic novel, opens in November. |
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