LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 (UPI)–Rafi Gavron, who acted alongside Michael Cera in “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” was recently arrested twice in 12 hours, authorities said. Gavron was first arrested by Los Angeles Police Department for drunk driving on Dec.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Emergency surgery to repair the broken left leg of former UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva has been successful, the organization said Sunday. Silva broke the leg in a gruesome incident that ended his attempt
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Investigators have found no solid evidence that al-Qaida plotted the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, the New York Times said. An extensive report on the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2012,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) —Police in Jacksonville, Fla., say made five arrests after more than 600 people got into a brawl in the parking lot of a movie theater. The fight broke out in the Regal River City Marketplace
PARIS, Dec. 26 (UPI) — An Italian man was arrested in Paris after he allegedly drove a vehicle into the gates of the French president’s Elysee Palace on Thursday, officials said. The man drove his vehicle at a low speed
ADAIR, Okla., Dec. 26 (UPI) —An Oklahoma hunter said he captured video footage of a kangaroo hopping near him while he was out hunting in an open field. Andrew Rice said in a Monday posting on his Facebook page he
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (UPI)–Film and TV director-producer Jeff Pollack collapsed and died, apparently while jogging, in Hermosa Beach, Calif., People.com reported Thursday. He was 54. Pollack died Monday morning, the report said. Authorities told the magazine they do not
ATLANTA, Dec. 26 (UPI) —Two of the top U.S. package delivery companies are blaming a double-whammy of bad weather and heavy volume for a backlog of undelivered packages. Some packages were not delivered by Christmas Day because of shipping problems
DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 25 (UPI) —A Virginia science center said visitors can take in the splendor of a “natural Christmas tree” decorated with taxidermied animals. Mack Williams, natural history educator at the Danville Science Center’s Science Station, said he first
DELTONA, Fla., Dec. 25 (UPI) —Police in Florida said they arrested a woman accused of flinging peanut butter at her brother during an argument about a urinating dog. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Rachel Byrd, 29, of Deltona, was
CHICAGO, Dec. 25 (UPI) —Police in Chicago arrested a teenager early Wednesday after a decapitated body was found in an apartment in the city’s Belmont Gardens neighborhood. Officers were called to the basement apartment at about 2:05 a.m. local time
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, Dec. 24 (UPI) —A King Balthazar statue stolen from a nativity scene in a Spanish city turned up with a note protesting the use of razor wire on the Moroccan border. The life-sized figurine, stolen from
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Dec. 23 (UPI) —Colorado State defensive line coach Greg Lupfer was suspended for two weeks Monday after uttering an anti-gay slur during the New Mexico Bowl. Lupfer said in a statement obtained by the Denver Post he
WINDSOR, Conn., Dec. 24 (UPI) —An 87-year-old man who was known for his 6 million light Christmas display was found shot to death in his Windsor, Conn., home, police said. A family member found John Chakalos dead in his home
USTRZYKACH DOLNYCH, Poland, Dec. 23 (UPI) —Police in Poland said a Santa and his helper could face drunken driving charges after they were thrown from their sleigh on a busy street. Witnesses said the 51-year-old Santa and his 31-year-old female
MOSCOW, Dec. 24 (UPI) — Edward Snowden said when he released classified secret NSA documents, his intention was to “give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.” In an exclusive interview with the Washington Post, Snowden said
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 23 (UPI)–Country music legend Bobby Bare said he decided to cancel an appearance at a Tennessee elementary school instead of removing the word “beer” from a song. Bare, who had been scheduled to perform for a third-grade
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman left North Korea Monday praising the local basketball players he trained but he did not meet the country’s leader, officials said. Rodman spent four days in North Korea —
YAKUTSK, Russia, Dec. 23 (UPI) —A man dressed as Santa Claus was found dead in the Russian city of Yakutsk, investigators said Monday. The man had been at a business holiday party and threatened two fellow party-goers with a knife,
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 23 (UPI) —A Texas man said he wants to end life support for his pregnant wife, but state law puts the rights of their 18-week-old fetus above the desires of the mother. Marlise Munoz, 33, became
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) —The delay on the part of the uninsured to buy health insurance may be because 60 percent struggle with insurance concepts, a U.S. survey indicates. The Urban Institute’s Health Reform Monitoring Survey, a new initiative that
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Washington flouts its own rules and spends more than $1.5 billion a year at overseas factories that have a history of legal violations, the New York Times said. Violations in countries including Bangladesh, the Dominican
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) — U.S. actress Kim Basinger signed a contract with IMG Models, where her daughter, Ireland Basinger Baldwin, signed earlier this year. Basinger, 60, is joining her daughter, 18, at the modeling agency to teach by
LOUDI CITY, China, Dec. 21 (UPI) — Chinese authorities said the woman accused of delivering poisoned yogurt to an elementary school likely has a mental disorder. The woman was arrested Friday in Hunan Province after 19 students became ill and
Mexico, December 21 (QNA) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has signed a controversial law that allows foreign companies to drill for oil for the first time since the sector was nationalised in 1938. The legislation was passed by Congress
