From full March Madness coverage, to Donald Trump fearing for an arrest this week, here are the top national stories from the past seven days.
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A father came over to his daughter’s apartment after hearing that her ex-boyfriend had assaulted her and fled, according to Florida police.
When the ex-boyfriend tried to return, the woman’s father shot him in the chest with a handgun, according to a post on the Gainesville Police Department Facebook page.
Stacker compiled a list of 20 unusual and uniquely American foods that might raise eyebrows outside the U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said in a social media post that he expects to be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network early Saturday that “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney's office indicate that “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.”
Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the grocery items that saw the largest price decreases from January to February.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material.
Sara Hayden Parris says that whatever you want to call it, it's wrong for some parents to think a book shouldn't be readily available to any child if it isn't right for their own child.
The median price of a US home was lower this February than it was in February 2022, ending more than a decade of year-over-year increases, the longest on record, according to a National Association of Realtors report released Tuesday.
The median existing home price was $363,000 in February, down 0.2% from a year ago. This marks the first year-over-year price decline in 131 consecutive months of year-over-year increases that began in February 2012.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three men were found guilty Monday of the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside a South Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000.
Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery by a jury that deliberated a little more than seven days. They will receive mandatory life sentences at a later date.
Rick Hall, an Alabama record producer who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and '70s and helped develop the fabled "Muscle Shoals sound," died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, following a fight with cancer, his longtime friend Judy Hood said. He was 85.
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Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who struggled for decades to achieve his own stardom before clicking as the dim-witted sidekick in television's "Coach," died Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, in Arkansas, according to his manager. His wife, Shirley Ann Jones, was by his side. He was 86.
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Cyrille Regis, a pioneer for black soccer players in England who endured racist abuse while forging a career with West Bromwich Albion and defied threats of violence to represent England's national team, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. He was 59.
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Dan Gurney, the first driver with victories in each of the Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR Cup series, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, from complications of pneumonia. He was 86.
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Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. She was 46. Formed in Limerick, Ireland at the end of the 1980s, The Cranberries became international stars in the 90s with hits including "Zombie" and "Linger" that fused the alternative rock edge with Celtic-infused pop tunefulness.
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Dorothy Malone, who won hearts of 1960s television viewers as the long-suffering mother in the nighttime soap "Peyton Place," died Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, from natural causes in her hometown of Dallas. She was 93.
She's shown here with Anthony Quinn posing at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., March 27, 1957.
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Olivia Cole, who won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Matilda, wife to Chicken George in the landmark miniseries "Roots," died of a heart attack Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, at her home in San Miguel de Allende, a city in central Mexico. She was 75.
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Actor Mark Salling, one of the stars of the Fox musical comedy “Glee,” died, Tuesday Jan. 30, 2018. He was 35. Salling’s lawyer, Michael J. Proctor did not release the cause of death. Salling pleaded guilty in December to possession of child pornography.
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Dennis Edwards, a Grammy-winning former member of the famed Motown group The Temptations, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 in Chicago after a long illness. He was 74.
In photos from left are; Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin and Glenn Beonard. Back row from left, Richard Street and Dennis Edwards.
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John Mahoney, who as the cranky, blue-collar dad in "Frasier" played counterpoint to pompous sons Frasier and Niles, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Chicago after a brief hospitalization. He was 77.
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John Gavin, the tall, strikingly handsome actor who appeared in "Spartacus," "Psycho" and other hit films of the 1960s before forsaking acting to become President Ronald Reagan's ambassador to Mexico, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, at age 86.
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Emmy-winning actor Reg E. Cathey, best known for "House of Cards" and "The Wire," died Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. He was 59.
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Vic Damone, whose mellow baritone once earned praise from Frank Sinatra as "the best pipes in the business," died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at a Miami Beach hospital from complications of a respiratory illness. He was 89.
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Country singer Daryle Singletary, who sang songs like "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun," died Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, at his home in Lebanon, Tenn. He was 46.
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Actress Nanette Fabray, the vivacious, award-winning star of the stage, film and television, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. She was 97.
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Sridevi, Bollywood's leading lady of the 1980s and '90s who redefined stardom for actresses in India, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. She was 54.
The actress was described as the first female superstar in India's male-dominated film industry.
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French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Saturday, March 10, 2018. He was 91.
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Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, died at his home in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. He was 76.
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Actor and comedian Chuck McCann, who recorded the famous line "I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!" died Sunday, April 9, 2018. He was 83.
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R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," died Sunday, April 15, 2018. He was 74.
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Harry Anderson, the actor best known for playing an off-the-wall judge working the night shift of a Manhattan court room in the television comedy series "Night Court," died Monday, April 16, 2018. He was 65.
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Avicii, the Grammy-nominated electronic dance DJ who performed sold-out concerts for feverish fans around the world and also had massive success on U.S. pop radio, died Friday, April 20, 2018. He was 28.
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Verne Troyer, who played Dr. Evil's small, silent sidekick "Mini-Me" in the "Austin Powers" movie franchise, died Saturday, April 21, 2018. He was 49.
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Margot Kidder, who starred as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the "Superman" film franchise of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died Sunday, May 13, 2018. She was 69.
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Pop artist Robert Indiana, best known for his 1960s "LOVE" series, died Saturday, May 19, 2018, at his island home off the coast of Maine. He was 89.
The artist's "LOVE" sculpture, in which the "L'' and a leaning "O'' sit atop the "V'' and the "E," is instantly recognizable worldwide. But he has created other works as well, and fashioned a "HOPE" design, similar to "LOVE," in honor of former President Barack Obama.
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Kate Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found hanged in her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in an apparent suicide, law enforcement officials said.
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Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef and citizen of the world who inspired millions to share his delight in food and the bonds it created, was found dead in his hotel room Friday, June 8, 2018, in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions. He was 61.
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Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from "Great Society" Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, died Thursday, June 21, 2018. He was 68.
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"Pawn Stars" patriarch, Richard Benjamin Harrison, who was known as "The Old Man," died Monday, June 25, 2018, at age 77. Gold & Silver Pawn's Facebook page posted Monday that Harrison was surrounded by "loving family" this past weekend and died peacefully.
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Joseph Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musical dynasty, died Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 89.
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Harlan Ellison, the prolific, pugnacious author of "A Boy and His Dog," and countless other stories that blasted society with their nightmarish, sometimes darkly humorous scenarios died Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 84.
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Tab Hunter, the blond actor and singer who was a heartthrob for millions of teenage girls in the 1950s with such films as "Battle Cry" and "Damn Yankees!" and received new attention decades later when he revealed that he was gay, died Sunday, July 8, 2018. He was 86.
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Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and patient housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom "The Facts of Life" during a career that encompassed many other TV roles as well as stage and film appearances, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. She was 92.
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Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. She was 76.
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Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of the group's hits including "Sweet Home Alabama," died in Nashville, Tennessee, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. He was 68.
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Robin Leach, whose voice crystallized the opulent 1980s on TV's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," died Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. He was 76.
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Bill Daily, the comic sidekick to leading men on the sitcoms “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Bob Newhart Show,” died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, of natural causes in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 91.
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Burt Reynolds, who starred in films including "Deliverance," "Boogie Nights," and the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. He was 82.
He's shown in this March 15, 1987 photo with Loni Anderson at a polo match in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Mac Miller, the platinum hip-hop star whose rhymes vacillated from party raps to lyrics about depression and drug use, and earned kudos from the likes of Jay-Z and Chance the Rapper, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. He was 26.
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Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s "San Francisco Sound" both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other bands performed, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. He was 76.
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Scott Wilson, who played the murderer Richard Hickock in 1967's "In Cold Blood" and was a series regular on "The Walking Dead," died Saturday, Oct. 6. He was 76.
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James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in "Poltergeist" and "The Return of the Living Dead," died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. He was 94.
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Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. He was 95.
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Canadian actor Douglas Rain, who played some of Shakespeare's most intriguing characters onstage but perhaps is best known for supplying the creepily calm voice of the computer HAL in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. He was 90.
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Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show "Hee Haw" for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as "Yesterday When I was Young" and "Honeymoon Feeling," died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. He was 85.
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Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor" and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris" enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. He was 77.
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Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of "SpongeBob SquarePants," died Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, of Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as ALS. He was 57.
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Philip Bosco, the Tony Award-winning actor known for his roles in films "Working Girl" and "The Savages," died Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. He was 88.
The actor's daughter, Celia Bosco, said her father had complications with dementia, which is commonly caused by Alzheimer's disease.
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Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and went on to co-star in six films with Clint Eastwood, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at her Los Angeles home of cardiac arrest stemming from breast and bone cancer. She was 74.
Authorities were promptly notified at the time, but her death was not publicized until RadarOnline first reported it Thursday, Dec 13. It is not clear why it took nearly six weeks to come to light.
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Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. She was 81.
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Penny Marshall, who starred in "Laverne & Shirley" before becoming one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. She was 75.
Marshall's publicist, Michelle Bega, said Marshall died in her Los Angeles home due to complications from diabetes. "Our family is heartbroken," the Marshall family said in a statement.
Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, FileNATHROP, Colorado — A man’s decision to soak outside in a hot tub was not the relaxing experience he expected.
A mountain lion clawed the man in the head as he sat in the in-ground hot tub late Saturday night at a rental home in a heavily wooded area, according to a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Hiking with a buddy is an easy way to deter would-be assailants. Remember — strength in numbers.
While hiking on a crowded trail can be a drag, having more people around could limit the risk of an attack. Avoiding early morning and late day hikes can help you avoid hiking in an isolated situation.
Blasting music or a podcast through your headphones can limit your awareness of what’s going on around you. Keep your ears open to send a signal to a would-be attacker that you’re able to fully hear them coming.
DreamstimeConsider carrying a GPS device that lets you report an emergency situation. Reporting a dangerous situation quickly and accurately is important for search and rescue crews that may be needed.
By carrying a loud whistle, you’re able to quickly and efficiently alert those in the area to a dangerous situation that’s unfolding. Many hikers prefer to keep their whistle around their neck for easy access.
Take a few self-defense classes at a local martial arts studio to learn a few basic techniques. These skills can be crucial to stopping an attack and escaping the situation safely.
Research a trail beforehand and consult others that have been along the route. This will often tip you off to general sketchiness or other hazards that may be present.
Not only can pepper spray be used to prevent an animal attack, it can also be used to ward off dangerous humans. Obviously, pepper spray should only be used in the direst of situations when using it is legal. It’s also a smart idea to practice using the pepper spray on a mock target prior to carrying it so that one knows how to use it and what the experience of using it is like.
Proper gear will allow you to keep moving regardless of inclement weather that rolls through. Don’t put yourself at a disadvantage by wearing shoes that are hard to walk or run in if things get muddy.
Whether you’re hiking alone or with someone else, a trusted individual who’s not there should know where you’re headed and when you’re expecting to be back. This will allow them to alert authorities in a timely manner if you don’t return.
It can be easy to get lost in the moment of enjoying a natural scene, but remember to stay alert and aware of your surroundings. Take note of people that might be following you and other occurrences that just seem a bit off.
If you’ve got a dog, bring it on the hike as a safety measure when you can. Dogs are often a deterrence for crime when they’re large enough to protect their handlers if need be.
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