Day: May 17, 2024

An unusual autumn freeze grips parts of South America, giving Chile its coldest May in 74 years

11:54 pm May 17, 2024

Chileans are bundling up for their coldest autumn in more than 70 years mere days after sunning in T-shirts — a dramatic change of wardrobe brought on this week by a sudden cold front gripping portions of South America unaccustomed to bitter wind chills this time of year. CHILE SHUTS DOWN A POPULAR GLACIER, SPARKING […]

Special Counsel urges judge to reject Hunter Biden’s request to delay tax trial

11:50 pm May 17, 2024

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to deny Hunter Biden‘s request to delay his upcoming California tax trial in what is expected to be a busy summer for the president’s son, who also faces a separate criminal trial in Delaware. In his motion, Special Counsel David Weiss said Biden’s attorney, who is representing him in […]

California reparations payouts on hold, but state moves toward apology for slavery

11:00 pm May 17, 2024

The California Senate held up plans to dole out reparations payouts to its citizens, but the Assembly voted to formally apologize for the state’s role in slavery. The California Assembly passed a bill Thursday that will accept responsibility for “all of the harms and atrocities committed by the state” and will head to the Senate, […]

‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Tootsie’ star Dabney Coleman dead at 92

10:29 pm May 17, 2024

Dabney Coleman, who starred in the hit series “Yellowstone” and the classic 1980s movies “9 to 5” and “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman’s daughter, Quincy Coleman, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the actor died on Thursday at his Santa Monica, California home. “My Father, Dabney Wharton Coleman, took his last earthly breath […]

Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender

10:02 pm May 17, 2024

Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now-deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Dave Hall said Friday that Gary Allen Srery might also be linked to unsolved murders and […]

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