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Isaiah Austin wipes a tear from his eye after being selected as an honorary draft pick by the NBA during the 2014 NBA Draft.

Player denied NBA career by disease recognized at draft in moving gesture

May 12, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Chants of "I-sai-ah," calling in unison for former Baylor center Isaiah Austin, filled the Barclays Center Thursday night. It was a dream the NBA hopeful had just days earlier been...

Prolific character actor Eli Wallach dies at 98

June 17, 2018 at 12:29 p.m.

Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of method acting who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", died on Tuesday at...

Man dies at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas

August 22, 2019 at 9:14 a.m.

A California man died while attending a large electronic music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, authorities said on Sunday. Montgomery Tsang, 24, of San Leandro, was pronounced dead on Saturday...

Benghazi suspect was planning more attacks, U.S. tells U.N.

June 17, 2018 at 1:39 p.m.

The United States told the U.N. Security Council that the suspected ringleader of a deadly 2012 attack on its diplomatic compound in Benghazi planned to target more Americans and that...

Arrest of Benghazi suspect condemned by Libyan government

December 23, 2018 at 6:16 p.m.

Libya on Wednesday condemned U.S. special forces' arrest of a man on its soil suspected of masterminding a deadly Islamist militant attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, describing the...

Casey Kasem broadcasts on radio station KIQQ in 1981.

Casey Kasem, legendary DJ, dead at 82

June 20, 2019 at 5:09 a.m.

Casey Kasem, the longtime radio host of "American Top 40," died Sunday at 82, according to his daughter Kerri. "Early this Father's Day morning, our dad Casey Kasem passed away...

One winner in $260 million Powerball jackpot

June 18, 2018 at 9:16 a.m.

One person in Tennessee is about $259.8 million richer after picking the winning numbers in the Powerball lottery drawing. The winning numbers drawn for the multi-state lottery's jackpot are 14,...

One winner in $260 million Powerball jackpot

December 23, 2018 at 6:10 p.m.

One person in Tennessee is about $259.8 million richer after picking the winning numbers in the Powerball lottery drawing. The winning numbers drawn for the multi-state lottery's jackpot are 14,...

British actor and comedian Rik Mayall dead at 56

December 23, 2018 at 6:08 p.m.

Rik Mayall, the comic actor who pioneered a new wave of British television comedy in the 1980s, died on Monday, aged 56, his management company said. Famed for his anarchic...

Wisconsin girl stabbed in ‘Slenderman’ case leaves hospital

August 22, 2019 at 9:13 a.m.

A Wisconsin girl stabbed 19 times in a murder plot allegedly hatched by two 12-year-old classmates to win favor with a fictional Internet character known as Slenderman, was released from...

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