Pilot OK after burning blimp crashes near US Open course

An advertising blimp at the U.S. Open golf tournament in Wisconsin deflated and crashed on Thursday, burning as it fell and injuring the pilot, authorities said.

Judge to hear challenge to DC-area sniper’s 2003 life sentence

An attorney for a man convicted as a teenager of taking part in deadly sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area will argue before a Maryland judge that his young client’s life sentence is unconstitutional and should be thrown out.

 
Wounded congressman undergoes 3rd surgery since shooting

President Donald Trump said Thursday that wounded GOP Congressman Steve Scalise is “in some trouble” but “he’s going to be OK, we hope,” offering the assessment as a shaken U.S. House gaveled back into session a day after the shooting of Scalise and others at a baseball field.

 
Judge rejects request for lesser charge in Ohio cop retrial

An Ohio judge has rejected a prosecution request to allow jurors to consider a lesser charge in the murder retrial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer.

 
KISS frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark hand symbol

Numerous historians long ago agreed that rock ‘n’ roll emerged from Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88,” but who invented the “rock on” hand gesture so associated with the genre?

A look at Day 16 of the World Series of Poker

Professional poker player Faraz Jaka has the chip lead with 56 players remaining in the $2,620 buy-in “The Marathon” No-limit Hold ’em event.

Cosby jury deadlocked; judge tells them to keep deliberating

Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial have told a judge they’re deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004.

Louisville will appeal NCAA penalties, Rick Pitino says

The NCAA didn’t feel Louisville went far enough with its self-imposed sanctions following a sex scandal investigation, so the governing body Thursday handed down a few more.

Excessive heat warning extended for Las Vegas Valley

The National Weather Service has extended its excessive heat warning for the Las Vegas Valley, as high temperatures are forecast to exceed 110 degrees next week.

Ohio student freed by N. Korea has severe neurological injury

An American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea and returned to his home state of Ohio in a coma suffered a “severe neurological injury,” a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

Bat-Signal to light up Los Angeles in tribute to Adam West

In Batman comics, movies and TV shows, the Bat-Signal is a spotlight with the shadow of Batman’s winged emblem that is shown on the night sky to call for Batman’s help.

Phil Mickelson withdraws from US Open

Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, realizing there was no chance to get from his daughter’s high school graduation in California to make his tee time in Wisconsin.

 
Wallenda hangs by teeth over Niagara Falls from helicopter

Erendira Wallenda, the aerialist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda, successfully hung by her teeth from a helicopter over Niagara Falls on Thursday, pulling off the stunt five years to the day her husband walked a tight rope over the falls.

Death toll in London fire at 17, ‘miracle’ if any more survivors

British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 17 people in London amid growing public anxiety about whether similar blazes could occur in other housing blocks around the country.

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