Two bodies recovered after Amazon cargo plane crashes into Texas bay
Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that nosedived into a bay outside Houston on Saturday, and a search was ongoing for a third victim, authorities said.
California man who spent 39 years in prison gets $21 million for wrongful conviction
A California man who was wrongfully convicted for killing an ex-girlfriend and her son four decades ago has reached a $21 million settlement with the city of Simi Valley, officials said.
Trading places: Unauthorized immigrant arrested after seeking detained son’s release
The U.S. immigration agents who arrested Armando outside his Ohio home last fall would have had little trouble finding him: He had provided his address and fingerprints weeks earlier in a bid to get his 15-year old son out of government custody.
Alabama newspaper at center of KKK outrage gets black female editor
A small town Alabama newspaper that drew condemnation for an editorial this month calling for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” has named an African-American woman as its new editor and publisher, the paper said in a statement.
U.S.-born scholar of Japanese literature Donald Keene dies at 96
Donald Keene, a scholar of Japanese literature who became the first foreigner to receive the country’s highest cultural award, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Sunday.
Cargo jet with three on board crashes near Houston airport
A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner with three people on board crashed into a bay near Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday, police and officials said.
R. Kelly bond on sexual assault charges set at $1 million, due back in court Monday
Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly, who has faced years of sexual abuse allegations, was ordered held on a $1 million bond on Saturday on charges that he sexually assaulted three teenagers and a woman, as prosecutors offered new details in the case.
Cargo jet with three on board crashes near Houston airport: FAA
A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner with three people on board crashed into a bay near Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Singer R. Kelly faces new sex abuse charges in #MeToo era
More than a decade ago, the singer R. Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges after a trial in which the alleged underage victim did not testify against him.
Judge sets $1 million bail for singer R. Kelly on sexual assault charges
Grammy-winning R&B singer R. Kelly, who for years has faced allegations that he abused women and underage girls, appeared in court in Chicago on Saturday to face charges that he sexually assaulted four people, including three teenagers.
