Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s case have asked the court for legal clarifications, to repeat testimony from key witnesses, to provide apartment blueprints and more since deliberations began on Tuesday. In all, jurors have sent in five notes, each with multiple questions and requests. Their specific questions showed a focus on testimony from Miriam Haley, whose…… MORE
Do you have this water bottle? Take it away from your kids immediately, the company that produces them says. Contigo announced a recall of about 5.7 million of its kids water bottles over fears its spout can detach and cause a child to choke. This marks the second time these water bottles were recalled and…… MORE
When Kanji Sahara remembers 1942, he pictures throwing paper airplanes from his makeshift classroom in the Santa Anita Park grandstand. He was eight years old when he was uprooted from his home and interned in the racetrack with about 18,000 Americans of Japanese descent, he told CNN. About 10,000 were in barracks set up in…… MORE
The Census Bureau is ramping up recruiting in a push to hire up to half a million temporary workers for this year’s count. Census Director Steven Dillingham said this week that his agency is hoping hundreds of thousands more people will submit applications. So far, about 2.4 million have applied. “We would still like to…… MORE
Every day for a week, the strange, happy visitor would drop to play with her Great Pyrenees. She thought Ruth Bader, the dog, had made a new dog companion. Nope, it was a coyote. And the animal was on the lam. Researchers with the Atlanta Coyote Project told Vanessa Prior, Ruth Bader’s human, that they…… MORE
If your favorite team didn’t make the playoffs last year, this could be your year. NFL owners are considering expanding the playoffs to include more teams. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox…… MORE
Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested after US Border Patrol agents found 157 pounds of marijuana in a car, officials said. Robinson, 27, and Jaquan Bray, 26, were charged in a federal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and possession intent to distribute, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western…… MORE
Former sex therapist Amie Harwick appears to have been strangled before she was thrown from a third-floor balcony at her Hollywood Hills apartment, officials said Thursday. Autopsy results show the primary cause of death as blunt force injuries to the head and torso from a fall after an altercation, said Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the…… MORE
New Orleans authorities are investigating after a woman was hit by a parade float Wednesday night at the Krewe of Nyx parade, the New Orleans Police Department said in a news release. The woman, police said, died at the scene. Not much is known about what happened before the incident, police chief Shaun Ferguson said…… MORE
A small New Hampshire town’s only lawman was let go Tuesday night. Richard Lee, the now-former Chief of Police of Croydon, was asked to turn in his patrol car and his uniform. He did – and then headed for the snowy walk home in only boots, a hat, and his underwear. Lee says at the…… MORE
