1 arrested after fight aboard Southwest flight

One person was arrested after a brawl erupted aboard a Southwest Airlines jet deplaning in Burbank after arriving from Dallas.

Diddy reigns as wealthiest hip hop artist; Jay Z’s fortune jumps

Jay Z’s fortunes jumped 30 percent last year to give him an estimated net worth of $810 million, but it was not enough to dethrone Sean “Diddy” Combs from the top of Forbes annual list on Wednesday of the world’s wealthiest hip hop artists.

Walt Disney drafted Disneyland map could fetch $1M in auction

Tomorrowland was originally going to be called World of Tomorrow. Frontierland was Frontier Country. Lilliputian Land never became a reality at Disneyland. And no one could have foreseen a “Star Wars” land opening in 2019.

Senate blocks bid to revoke Obama-era methane rule

Congressional Republicans had targeted regulation to limit leaks and flaring of methane from oil and gas production on federal lands.

 
Trump says Comey ‘wasn’t doing a good job’

President Donald Trump defended his firing of FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, asserting in a flurry of tweets that both Democrats and Republicans “will be thanking me.”

Associated Press struck secret deal with Nazis for pictures

At the height of World War II, The Associated Press made secret arrangements to obtain pictures taken by Nazi photographers that were distributed to American newspapers. U.S. counterintelligence agents found “definite proof” that The Associated Press was “engaged in operations coming within the purview of the Trading with the Enemy Act.”

Descendants of syphilis study subjects emerging from shadows

Decades later, it’s still hard to grasp what the federal government did to hundreds of black men in rural Alabama — even if you’re among their descendants, lighting candles in their memory.

Peter Dinklage gets lead role in Villechaize movie

HBO says it’s green-lighted a movie about Herve Villechaize. He’s the late actor who played Mr. Tattoo on TV’s “Fantasy Island.”

 
Trump, Russian diplomat discuss Syrian war

President Donald Trump discussed the Syrian civil war with Russia’s foreign minister in the Oval Office on Wednesday, at a time when alleged ties to Moscow are overshadowing the Republican’s administration.

Phoenix police unsure what motivated accused serial shooter

Police on Monday said 23-year-old Aaron Juan Saucedo is responsible for killing nine people in a l in a total of 12 shootings. Saucedo said in court he was innocent.

UFC officially adds women’s flyweight division

One week after the UFC backtracked from a news release announcing the formation of a 125-pound weight class for females, officials have confirmed the news again.

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