NILES, Ohio — Gabriel Mejia hit a sacrifice fly and drove in Hosea Nelson with the winning run in the 10th inning, as the Mahoning Valley Scrappers […]
Author: The Associated Press
MUSIC: Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — D.J. Fontana, a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana to the heights of musical history […]
CELEBS: Celebrity deaths force media to examine suicide reporting
NEW YORK (AP) — The deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have caused media organizations to look at how they cover suicide and […]
LIFE: Clinton-Patterson novel sells 250,000 copies its first week
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Clinton’s debut novel had the year’s biggest opening so far for a work of fiction. “The President is Missing,” the thriller he […]
CELEBS: Actor John Schneider released from jail in alimony dispute
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Dukes of Hazard” star John Schneider is free hours after he was jailed for an alimony dispute. The 58-year-old Schneider was released from […]
MUSIC: U2 dedicates song to Anthony Bourdain at Apollo show
NEW YORK (AP) — U2 frontman Bono honored the late Anthony Bourdain toward the end of the band’s special performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Bono […]
CELEBS: Actress Rose McGowan indicted on cocaine charge in Virginia
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A grand jury in Virginia has indicted actress and activist Rose McGowan on one felony count of cocaine possession. News outlets report a […]
LIFE: Opioids crisis is backdrop to new play about Betty Ford
BOSTON (AP) — It’s no exaggeration to say Betty Ford changed the national conversation about addiction. The former U.S. first lady, who died in 2011, established drug […]
CELEBS: Robert De Niro bleeped at Tony Awards for Trump F-bomb
NEW YORK (AP) — With a bleep on live television and double fists raised in the air, Robert De Niro got the theater crowd on its feet […]
CELEBS: Bourdain’s death means loss of a voice for immigrant workers
Anthony Bourdain’s culinary passions went far beyond the cuisine he put on a plate. He also was committed to the immigrant workers who toil in his and […]
