Several actresses, a production assistant and a scriptwriter are expected to face Harvey Weinstein in court. At least 100 women have publicly accused the disgraced media mogul of sexual abuse but the vast majority will have no part in the trial. Jurors at a New York state court will only hear six of them. Harvey…… MORE
A former Maryland police officer was indicted Tuesday on 11 charges, including rape and attempting to infect a woman with HIV. Martique Vanderpool, a 30-year-old who police say is HIV-positive, is accused of raping a woman after a traffic stop, when he was an officer of the Fairmount Heights Police, according to the Prince George’s…… MORE
Detail by detail, the Democrats prosecuting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump laid out their arguments on Wednesday. They included: How Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential Democratic rival in 2020; How Trump held up about $400 million in US military and security aid, breaking…… MORE
Everyone complains about high drug prices. But hospitals — and now insurers — are trying to lower costs by manufacturing their own generic medications. A consortium of seven hospital systems and three philanthropies came together to found Civica Rx in the fall of 2018. The non-profit venture works with generic drug companies to manufacture medications…… MORE
Can’t get a new witness? Call Donald J. Trump. Republicans might be blocking new testimony in the Senate trial but Democratic impeachment managers keep returning to the person who makes their case better than anyone: the President himself. Trump, of course, is not literally in the Senate chamber — though he said Wednesday he’d love…… MORE
It’s been more than three months since the Hard Rock Hotel construction site collapsed in New Orleans. The crumbled building sticks out as an eyesore on the edge of the city’s historic French Quarter as Mardi Gras celebrations approach. But what’s even more horrific is that the bodies of two workers killed in the collapse…… MORE
A photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Winnipeg-based doughnut shop has proved to be a lightning rod among pastry-enthusiastic onlookers online. The confectionery controversy began when Trudeau tweeted a photo of himself carrying boxes out of the Oh Doughnuts shop in Winnipeg. “Picked up some of Winnipeg’s best to keep us going…… MORE
A Florida man has been arrested in a cold case 1983 rape — and law enforcement sources have told the Miami Herald that authorities believe he’s responsible for much more: a notorious string of 1980s South Florida assaults collectively known as the “Pillowcase Rapist” cases. Reacting to the Herald report about the arrest and its…… MORE
A Utah teen has been charged as an adult in the shooting deaths of his mother and three of his siblings at their home in Grantsville. Colin Jeffery Haynie, 16, faces four counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted aggravated murder in the January 17 attack. He also faces firearms charges. The boy…… MORE
Voters stuck in lines for hours have long dreamed of a future where they could cast their votes with a few simple taps of their phone. That time has arrived, at least for one district that covers Greater Seattle. The new voting technology, called OmniBallot, will be used to elect a board supervisor for the…… MORE
