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Ker’Sean Ramey was executed Wednesday evening in Texas for a triple killing committed during an attempted robbery at a rural home, one week after the other man convicted in the case was also put to death.

Lionel Richie is taking a break from touring as he recovers from a heart procedure, a representative for the singer said.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas, best known for playing Randy Taylor on “Home Improvement,” was arrested Monday during a traffic stop, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner stood at a podium at a televised public hearing in April 2024 to highlight the importance of supporting crime victims.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday, more than a year after a jury found the former Hollywood mogul guilty of sexually assaulting former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam Haley in a high-stakes retrial.

Dolly Parton’s estate accused the country music icon’s nephew of threatening to commit violence and destroy his aunt’s legacy and business empire in court filings submitted Tuesday.

Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades, and it was expected to skirt Mexico’s southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm.

Camp Mystic faces a criminal investigation that could include manslaughter or negligent homicide charges in the deaths of 27 girls amid devastating flooding in Texas last year, court documents show.

The Southern California facility where the 27-year-old son of supermodel Cindy Crawford died Sunday following a suspected overdose appeared to operate as a sober living home and was not required to be licensed by the state agency that regulates substance-use treatment centers.

Two University of Mississippi students died this week and packaged kratom was found during the separate death investigations, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.