Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson stands on the sidelines. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings changed course early Wednesday and decided in the middle of the night to put star running back Adrian Peterson on hiatus while he deals with a felony child-abuse charge in Texas. Vikings owners Zygi Wilf […]
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Fugitive Davon Wallace Arrested in 3-Year-Old Knijah Bibb’s Fatal Shooting in Md.
Fugitive Davon Wallace (left), and 3-year-old Knijah Amore Bibb (right). UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP)– Police in Prince George’s County say they’ve arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of a toddler in Landover in August. Police say they arrested Davon Wallace on Tuesday in connection with the shooting of 3-year-old Knijah Amore Bibb. […]
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Nats Beat Braves to Clinch Another NL East Title
Washington Nationals Jayson Werth, right, slides safely past Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero on a ball hit by Ian Desmond during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ATLANTA (AP) — The Washington Nationals are again champions of the NL East, wrapping up their second division […]
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Orioles Clinch AL East with 8-2 Win over Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles’ Steve Pearce rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles won their first AL East crown since 1997, using home runs by Steve Pearce […]
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Patti LaBelle Sued by Man over Incident Following Alleged Racial Insults Against Singer
Soul singer Patti LaBelle arrives at the federal courthouse for jury selection Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in Houston. A former West Point cadet is suing LaBelle saying she ordered her bodyguards to beat him up as he waited for a ride home outside a Houston airport terminal in 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) HOUSTON (AP) — […]
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UN: Nearly $1 Billion Needed Now to Stop Ebola
GENEVA (AP) — The number of Ebola cases could start doubling every three weeks in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, warning that the outbreak will cost nearly $1 billion to contain so it does not turn into a “human catastrophe.” Bruce Aylward, left, Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, is […]
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Obama: Ebola Outbreak a Threat to Global Security
President Barack Obama speaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Obama traveled to the CDC, to address the Ebola crisis and announced that he is sending 3,000 American troops to West Africa nations fight the spread of the Ebola epidemic. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ATLANTA (AP) […]
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Facing Death, Sudanese Woman Relied on Her Faith
On this July 31, 2014 file photo, Meriam Ibrahim is greeted by family and friends shortly after arriving at the airport in Manchester, N.H. In an interview to be aired Monday night, Sept. 15, 2014, on Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File,” Ibrahim said she refused to reject Christianity though she faced a death sentence […]
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Atlanta Rapper Gucci Mane Sentenced for Attacking a Fan in Nightclub
Rapper Gucci Mane after his arrest on aggravated assault charges for allegedly hitting a fan on the head with a champagne bottle. (Fulton County Jail/AP) ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors say rapper Gucci Mane has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for attacking a fan at an Atlanta nightclub. Fulton County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Yvette Jones says […]
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Vikings Reinstate Peterson Despite Abuse Charge
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson runs with the ball during the first quarter an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson) EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson is coming back to the Minnesota Vikings less than a week after he was charged […]
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Philadelphia Newborn Dies after Mother Killed by Stray Bullet
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A baby born to a woman fatally wounded by a stray bullet while sitting outside her home has died, police said Monday. 25 year-old Megan Doto. Megan Doto, 25, whose due date was next month, was struck in the face late Sunday morning by a bullet that had traveled several hundred yards […]
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Police Detain ‘Django Unchained’ Actress Daniele Watts in LA
Actress Daniele Watts and Brian Lucas speak during an interview with KABC-TV in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. The Los Angeles Police Department said Sunday that officers detained Watts and her companion last week after a complaint that two people were “involved in indecent exposure” in a silver Mercedes. Watts was detained until police […]