CHICAGO, July 9 (UPI) — A woman in Chicago is dead after being shot in the head while driving southbound on Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway Wednesday. “I really think — my heart, my gut — it was some gang-banging crap.
WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) — Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for his February conviction on 20 counts of corruption. Judge Ginger Berrigan, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
LONDON, July 9 (UPI) –Kirsten Dunst dismissed the criticism that ensued her remarks that “sometimes, you need your knight in shining armor” during an interview for Flaunt magazine unveiled Monday. Dunst, 32, came under fire in April for the seemingly
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, July 9 (UPI) — A Malaysian politician took to Twitter after Germany’s 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinal, but instead of offering up his praise to a scorer on the winning squad, he chose
NEW YORK, July 8 (UPI)–Halle Berry says she believes in aliens. The 47-year-old actress discussed the possibility of extraterrestrial life Monday on The Late Show. Berry appeared on the program to promote her new sci-fi series Extant, and admitted to
LONDON, July 8 (UPI)–Hillary Clinton said in an interview that if she had her choice of actresses to portray her in a biographical film, it would be Oscar winner Meryl Streep. In her media blitz for her new book, Hard
Tokyo, July 08 (QNA) – Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday that any attempt to seize power illegally in Afghanistan would lead to the cessation of US financial and security support. During his stopover in Tokyo en route to
Two British men who travelled Syria to join rebel fighters have this afternoon admitted to preparing to carry out terrorist acts, Press Association reports. Mohammed Nahin Ahmed and Yusuf Zubair Sarwar, childhood friends who are both 22, spent eight months
REDINGTON BEACH, Fla., July 7 (UPI) — Florida beach-goers looking to relax in the sun and surf and celebrate America’s Independence Day last week had to momentarily don their animal rescue caps as they found themselves helping a stranded and
WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) — The U.S. Library of Congress will publicly display years of love letters between former President Warren G. Harding and his longtime mistress Carrie Phillips. In 1913, seven years before serving as the 29th president, Harding
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 7 (UPI) — A 3-year-old boy in North Carolina died Sunday, four days after being discovered unconscious in his family’s car. According to investigators, on Wednesday Logan left his home and got into the car with the
LOS ANGELES, July 7 (UPI)–Mila Kunis says Ashton Kutcher was her first real kiss. The 30-year-old actress recently opened up to W magazine about her relationship with her fiance and former That ’70s Show co-star. Kunis and Kutcher were just
PARIS, July 5 (UPI)–Scarlett Johansson won a defamation lawsuit she filed against French author Gregoire Delacourt over a book featuring her doppelganger. The Her actress filed the lawsuit last year against the author and French publisher Jean Claude Lattes saying
TOPSFIELD, Mass., July 6 (UPI) —A herd of about 14 sheep camped out in the middle of a road in Topsfield, Mass., Sunday morning in a likely attempt to escape from a coyote. The herd was discovered blocking Rowley Bridge
Sunni Muslim religious scholar Yusef al-Qaradawi said on Saturday that the declaration of an Islamic caliphate by jihadists fighting the governments in Syria and Iraq violates sharia law. Last Sunday, the jihadists declared an “Islamic caliphate” in areas they control
Islamist terrorist groups may try to “out-jihad” each other with spectacular attacks on the West, according to an article by Quilliam think-tank member Charlie Cooper. Writing for the Left Foot Forward website, Cooper – who works for the counter-extremism think
LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) — Nicholas Cage is grandfather at 50. The Ghost Rider star’s 23-year-old son, Weston Coppola Cage, welcomed a boy with his wife, Danielle, on July 1. “Lucian Augustus Coppola Cage was born on July 1,
HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 3 (UPI) — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, infamous for his strongman tactics, called on white farmers to turn over their land to black farmers. Speaking at a rally with Zanu-PF supporters in Mashonaland West province on Wednesday,
LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) — Chris Colfer announced on Twitter Thursday that he had been “let go” from Fox’s hit series, Glee. “Due to personal issues, I have been let go from the cast of GLEE. Explanations will come
LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI)–Olympic runner and World War II prisoner of war Louis Zamperini has died at 97 from complications due to pneumonia. Zamperini’s life inspired the upcoming collaboration between Angelina Jolie and Joel and Ethan Coen. “[Louis] recently
LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI)–Grand Theft Auto V’s Lacey Jonas is a blond celebrity who lives at the Chateau Marment on West Hollywood and is trying to escape the paparazzi. Lindsay Lohan, 28, has filed a lawsuit against the game
LONDON, July 3 (UPI) — No hydraulic fracturing will be allowed if it poses a threat to groundwater and drinking water supplies, a British environmental director said Thursday. The British Geological Survey and the nation’s Environment Agency published mapping data
NEWARK, N.J., July 2 (UPI) — Authorities in Newark are searching for witnesses and offering a $12,000 reward for any information about the Sunday shooting death of a local teenager. Cheyanne Bond, 17, and an unidentified 17-year-old male were shot
UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (UPI)–Russia used its informal veto power to block the hit Netflix series House of Cards from filming scenes at the U.N. Security Council in New York. In a series of confidential emails obtained by Foreign Policy,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 2 (UPI) –Florida Republican congressional candidate Gloreatha “Glo” Scurry-Smith tweeted a picture of one of her campaign signs Sunday that had been subject to racist vandalism. The vandal spray-painted Smith’s face white. Smith, who discovered the sign
