McCain says ‘I’ll be back’ after brain cancer diagnosis

Battling brain cancer, Sen. John McCain on Thursday promised to return to work, leveling fresh criticism at the Trump administration and aiming a good-natured dig at Republican and Democratic colleagues who were jolted by news of the six-term lawmaker’s diagnosis.

There’s no place like Indy for Kyle Busch

NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 isn’t the big deal it used to be. But with two consecutive victories, Kyle Busch of Las Vegas is the man to beat this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Georgia girl says mom asked for forgiveness before stabbing her

Everyone was asleep when Isabel Martinez began stabbing her children and then fatally stabbed her husband as he tried seek help, her daughter told a child welfare caseworker.

YouTube redirecting terror-related searches to anti-hate videos

YouTube, launching a new way to fight the spread of terrorist propaganda, said it has begun rolling out a feature that will redirect searches for specific terrorism-related keywords to a playlist of videos “debunking violent extremist recruiting narratives.”

 
O.J. Simpson granted parole

The parole hearing for O.J. Simpson has ended and the four members of the state Board of Parole Commissioners have reached a decision. Simpson was granted parole Thursday.

 
AG Sessions says he’s staying despite Trump’s comments

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he has no immediate plans to resign after President Donald Trump excoriated the nation’s top prosecutor for recusing himself from the probe of suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. political campaign.

Madonna successfully blocks auction of intimate items

Madonna persuaded a New York state judge to halt the auction of 22 personal items including a pair of worn satin panties, a hairbrush containing her hair, and a break-up letter from a former boyfriend, the late rapper Tupac Shakur.

 
Flash flood tragedy tears hole in Arizona community

In mere seconds, Mother Nature had ravaged the extended family with roots in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, leaving nine confirmed dead. Authorities say they believe a body found Wednesday is that of her husband, Hector Miguel Garnica.

Altering lifestyle may boost brain power, hold off Alzheimer’s

There are no proven ways to prevent Alzheimer’s, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine key risks starting in childhood just might delay or even prevent about a third of dementia cases around the world.

Wildfire rages near Yosemite forcing thousands to flee

A blaze burning in foothills west of Yosemite National Park destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee Gold Rush-era towns but fire crews have been able to stop it from reaching a threatened community on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

Politicians put bickering aside, unite to support John McCain

President Donald Trump, former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, members of Congress and other Washington officials put aside bickering and partisan gridlock Wednesday night in a show of support for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who announced he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

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