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Frank M. Robinson, Chicago-born author and Harvey Milk speechwriter

June 17, 2018 at 1:08 p.m.

Frank M. Robinson, a Chicago-born author of thrillers and science fiction who also helped slain San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk craft some of his most powerful speeches, has died. He...

Lee Marshall, voice of Tony the Tiger, dies at 64

June 17, 2018 at 3:11 p.m.

Lee Marshall wasn't born Tony the Tiger. With his magnificent basso profundo reverberating in wrestling arenas and radio newsrooms for decades, he had to earn his stripes. Marshall, who first...

Elizabeth Pena, who plays a recurring role on 'Modern Family' as the mother of Sophia Vergara, right, died Oct. 14 at 55.

Geoff Edwards dies at 83; L.A. radio and TV personality

June 17, 2018 at 4:31 p.m.

Geoff Edwards, a Los Angeles radio personality and TV game show host who for years flew weekly to Sacramento to emcee the California Lottery's "Big Spin," died Wednesday at St....

No more families in bedroom, Jackson attorney says

August 22, 2021 at 10:04 a.m.

Michael Jackson's attorney said Tuesday that the pop star will no longer "allow other families into his bedroom" because "it makes him vulnerable to false charges." Still groggy from a...

Family rallies to Jackson at court

August 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

As a white-suited Michael Jackson looked on, the prosecutor he once sang of as "a cold man" was grilled in court Monday by lawyers attempting to have key evidence suppressed...

Case against Jackson is laid out

August 22, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Prosecutors yesterday cast Michael Jackson as a bizarre schemer who held the family of his alleged molestation victim under virtual house arrest in order to tape...

Jackson faces new counts of conspiracy

August 19, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

Prosecutors increased Michael Jackson's legal jeopardy Friday with the unsealing of a grand jury indictment that accused him of conspiracy charges involving child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion in addition...

Jackson indicted by grand jury

August 22, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

SANTA BARBARA -- A grand jury examining child-molestation charges against Michael Jackson indicted the entertainer Wednesday, a source close to the case said. Details of the indictment remained sealed, and...

Arrest warrant issued for Michael Jackson

May 9, 2020 at 2:45 a.m.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Authorities said yesterday that they intend to arrest music star Michael Jackson, the self-described King of Pop, on suspicion of felony child molestation and urged the...

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