Death of Whitey Bulger investigated as homicide

James Whitey Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of Americas most wanted men, was slain in federal prison. He was 89.

Caesars signs promotional betting partnership with NBA, NHL teams

The gaming giant announced Tuesday morning the partnership with Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment, whose portfolio includes the NBA and NHL team as well as the Prudential Center. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

 
3 siblings killed after being hit by truck at Indiana bus stop

A 9-year-old girl and her twin 6-year-old brothers were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they crossed a northern Indiana road to board a school bus before sunrise Tuesday, police said.

Journalists in local markets experience hostility from public

The hostility she’s felt from the public recently wasn’t necessarily the last straw in television news photographer Lori Bentley-Law’s decision to quit the business after 24 years, but it was one of them.

Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to US-Mexico border

The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 troops to America’s southwest border in an extraordinary military operation a week before nationwide elections in which President Donald Trump wants voters to focus on a slow-moving “invasion” of Central American migrants.

Trump wants to end automatic citizenship for some US-born babies

President Donald Trump says he wants to order the end of the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of noncitizens and unauthorized immigrants born in the United States.

 
Geoffrey Rush accuser says Oscar-winner’s power ‘intimidating’

The actress at the center of Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush’s defamation trial told a Sydney court on Tuesday that he deliberately touched the side of her breast in a Shakespearean stage scene in which her character lay dead on the ground.

 
Deadly NC high school hallway shooting blamed on bullying

A North Carolina high school student shot and killed a fellow student during a fight in a crowded school hallway Monday, officials said, calling the incident a case of bullying.

College Football Playoff early rankings count, history shows

The College Football Playoff selection committee has begun its fifth season ranking teams. After meeting for a day and a half in Texas, the committee will reveal its first top 25 Tuesday night.