JACKSON, Miss. — A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school’s prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was found in a smoke-filled apartment Sunday afternoon.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The United States pulled off its biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating actor Andrew Koenig, who had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains.” Vancouver police say Koenig was visiting friends in West Vancouver when he went missing. He was last seen on Feb. 14.
LOS ANGELES — Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s voyage to “Shutter Island” has landed them at No. 1 at the weekend box office. Their creepy crime thriller set at a remote insane asylum opened with $40.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. A Paramount Pictures release, “Shutter Island” is the fourth collaboration for Scorsese and DiCaprio and the best opening yet for both the director and star.
WHISTLER, British Columbia — Bode Miller finally won his elusive gold medal, using a blistering slalom run Sunday to complete one of the most unlikely Olympic comebacks ever. Four years after bombing out amid lofty expectations at the Turin Games and a year after practically walking away from the sport, Miller won the super-combined for his third medal in as many events at Vancouver.
The Clark County School District is the latest entity to prove that going green doesn’t necessarily save you green.
Venus Williams successfully defended her Dubai Championships title Saturday, beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 7-5 in the final in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
One of the loudest cheers at Friday’s presidential town hall meeting at Green Valley High School came when President Barack Obama gave a shout out to principal Jeff Horn.
Rachel Morris has waited patiently for the time she spends working on free throws in practice to pay off in games.
The name of a technology provider company, Anexeon, was spelled incorrectly in Jane Ann Morrison’s column on Saturday.