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At Impasse, Cosby Jury Goes Back to Work on Verdict

A new round of deliberations is raising the prospects that Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial will end with a verdict instead of a hung jury.

Man Serving Life Sentence for Murder of Michael Jordan's Father Claims Evidence Tampering

Attorneys for a man serving a life sentence for the murder of Michael Jordan's father are requesting a new trial, claiming evidence tampering.

About 4,000 More U.S. Troops to Go to Afghanistan

The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said Thursday, hoping to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to a third U.S. commander in chief. The deployment will be the largest of American manpower under Donald Trump’s young presidency.

Deadlocked Jury In Cosby Trial Wraps Up For The Night

Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial struggled to end their impasse Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, the prospect of a mistrial growing larger even as the judge directed them to keep talking.

Doctors Say US Student Freed By North Korea Has Brain Damage

An American college student who emerged from prison in North Korea in a coma has severe brain damage, but doctors don’t know what caused it, a medical team treating him in Ohio said Thursday.

Scalise Has More Surgery As Authorities Track Shooter’s Path

In critical condition and undergoing repeated surgery, GOP House Whip Steve Scalise faces a “much more difficult” struggle to recover from his gunshot wound than first thought, President Donald Trump said Thursday. The House lurched back to business in a somber mood as law enforcement tracked the path the shooter traveled to his ballfield carnage.

Jury Deadlocks In Cosby Trial; Judge Says Keep Deliberating

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial told a judge Thursday they’re deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004, but the judge told them to keep trying to reach a unanimous…

Blimp Crashes At US Open

A blimp flying over the U.S. Open has gone down and the aircraft’s operator says he doesn’t know if the pilot is alive.

North Carolina Man Burned After Fall Into Yellowstone Hot Spring

A 21-year-old North Carolina man has suffered severe burns after falling into a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.

Sheriff: Escaped Inmates Still On Run With Dead Guards’ Guns

Two Georgia inmates who killed their guards and escaped from a prison bus have stolen a second vehicle as they try to stay ahead of a massive manhunt, a sheriff said Wednesday.

Death Toll Rises To 12 In London Apartment Building Inferno

They banged on windows, screamed for help, dropped children from smoky floors in a desperate attempt to save them.

UPS Employee Kills Four, Including Self, At San Francisco Center

A UPS employee opened fire at a San Francisco package delivery facility on Wednesday, injuring four and prompting a massive police response in a neighborhood near downtown, officials said.

Health Chief, 4 Others Charged With Manslaughter In Flint

Five people, including the head of Michigan’s health department, were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease.

President Trump Speaks After Shooting Of Congressman, Two Capitol Police Officers

President Donald Trump made a statement from the White House following the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and two Capitol Police Officers at a baseball field in Virginia.

Officials Release Name Of Suspect Accused Of Shooting Congressman, Two Officers

Government officials say the suspect in the shooting of congressman in Virginia has been identified as 66-year-old Illinois man named James T. Hodgkinson.

Sessions Heatedly Denies Improper Russia Contacts

Attorney General Jeff Sessions heatedly denied on Tuesday having an undisclosed meeting with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. and declared it was a “detestable and appalling lie” to suggest he was aware of or took part in any collusion between Russia and the election campaign that sent Donald Trump to the White House.