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U.S. Associated Press
Actress arrested in sex trafficking in 'guru to stars' case
NEW YORK (AP) - A television actress best known for playing a young Superman's close friend pleaded not guilty Friday to sex trafficking after federal prosecutors said she worked as a slave "master" recruiting unsuspecting women to a cult-like group led by a man who sold himself as a self-improvement guru to the stars.
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Politics The Cheat Sheet
The Sad Truth Behind How Long John McCain Is Actually Expected to Live With Brain Cancer
John McCain was at the center of politics in 2008, when he ran as the Republican presidential candidate against Obama. And with Trump’s many controversial policies, the spotlight comes back to McCain’s opposition from time to time. Since July, however, reporters have been focusing on McCain for a different reason: his cancer diagnosis. He doesn’t talk about it much, but his rare and deadly form of brain cancer is leaving many wondering how much longer he has to live. Here are the details regarding his prognosis. 1. McCain has glioblastoma, a very rare cancer McCain publicly announced his diagnosis in July 2017, and his hospitalization in December caused quite a stir amongst the media, AARP notes.
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Politics Newsweek
Hillary Clinton to Campaign Staff: 'I Am Getting Pretty Tired of Hearing About How Nobody Likes Me'
In a new book on the Clinton campaign, Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling, New York Times reporter-at-large Amy Chozick recalled the Democratic nominee brushing off her staff's reminders about her foundering favorability. "A week earlier, she’d cut off Joel [Benenson] and the pollster John Anzalone, as they walked her through the almost daily reminder that half the country disliked her,” Chozick wrote, according to the Daily Beast, noting that the conversation had happened around the time of the Republican National Convention. According to Chozick, Clinton went on to wonder: "'Oh, what's the point?
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Health CNN
Woman loses 2 sons in one night to opioids
Nick, her eldest son, was downstairs sleeping in the basement with friends. The first responders arrived and tried to resuscitate Jack, and then Savage noticed one of them going downstairs to the basement. "I had no idea at that point what they were doing in our basement. And then I remember one of them coming up and asking for a coroner. That's the last thing that I remember that day." A tragic consequence The boys were pronounced dead. Both had accidentally overdosed on hydrocodone and alcohol. Someone at one of the graduation parties had passed around the prescription pills. Savage says the boys had never been in trouble with drinking or drugs. They just happened to make "a bad choice that
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U.S.PopSugar
Lauren Bush Welcomes Her Second Child Just 2 Days After Grandmother Barbara Bush's Death
It's been a bittersweet week for Lauren Bush Lauren. On Thursday, just two days after the death of her grandmother, former first lady Barbara Bush, the Feed Projects founder gave birth to her second child. Lauren's husband, David, who is the son of fashion designer Ralph Lauren, shared the exciting news via Instagram on Friday. "We feel lucky and blessed to introduce our son Max Walker Lauren!" he captioned the snap, which shows the little one snoozing in a blue cap. On April 17, Barbara Bush passed away at the age of 92. Lauren paid tribute to her "Ganny" by sharing a sweet family photo on her Instagram and adding, "My love of reading, puzzles, and travel are just a few things she helped foster
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Business Good Morning America
Men arrested at Starbucks were there for business meeting hoping to change 'our lives’
The two black men who were arrested at a Starbucks in downtown Philadelphia last week and accused of trespassing say they were there for a business meeting that they had hoped would change their lives. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson came forward this morning on ABC News' "Good Morning America" to publicly share their story for the first time. The 23-year-old entrepreneurs and longtime friends said they were waiting to meet a potential business partner at the Starbucks in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood April 12 when a barista asked them whether they wanted to order anything.
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World Yahoo Lifestyle
How this Midwestern mom ended up married to an ISIS sniper
The Indiana native thought she was moving to her second husband's home of Morocco - only to end up in Syria so he could join ISIS.
