At least 15 times this year, masked men invaded valley homes through unlocked doors and windows, held residents at gunpoint, and robbed them of their possessions.
LOS ANGELES — U.S. regulators have approved the creation of a market for movie industry participants and speculators to trade on predicted box office receipts, despite its denouncement by Hollywood studios as “legalized gambling.”
The troubled and bankrupt Privé Nightclub and its adjacent Living Room ultralounge inside Planet Hollywood Resort have closed, most likely for good, sources said Friday.
Budget cuts might still claim Las Vegas’ extreme sports program, but supporters are trying to rally people for one last effort to save it from the chopping block.
PHILADELPHIA — A meeting is set Friday between lawyers for a Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams and lawyers for several families involved in a related lawsuit.
ATLANTA — A Georgia officer who took the first report from the woman who accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault has resigned. Milledgeville police Chief Woodrow Blue on Friday confirmed that Sgt. Jerry Blash resigned Wednesday. That’s one day before the Georgia Bureau of Investigation made public all documents related to its investigation of a 20-year-old woman’s claim that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her.
MILWAUKEE — A large meteor streaked across the Midwestern sky momentarily turning night into day, rattling houses and causing trees and the ground to shake, authorities said Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Witnesses say the meteor lit up the sky Wednesday about 10:10 p.m. National Weather Service offices across the Midwest said it was visible from southwestern Wisconsin and northern Iowa to central Missouri.
