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Former Vanderbilt football player found guilty of rape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A grand jury found a former Vanderbilt University football player of raping an unconscious female student in a teammate's dorm room back stemming from a 2013 incident in a Nashville courtroom Friday. The jury, after 15 hours of deliberations, found 23-year-old Brandon Banks guilty on charges of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual assault. The case against Banks stoked simmering concerns about sexual assault on college campuses by student-athletes. Sentencing will take place on August 18, where Banks […]

todayJune 24, 2017 109

Business & Lifestyle

Same-sex marriage rate lower than rate for straight couples, poll shows

Eric DuVall United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Two years after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage, a smaller percentage of gay and lesbian couples are married compared to straight couples, a new survey shows. Gallup's poll showed 10.6 percent of adult same-sex couples are married, compared to 13.6 percent of adult heterosexual couples. Conversely, the percentage of same-sex couples who live with their partner but are not married is larger, at 6.6 percent, than that of […]

todayJune 23, 2017 41

Business & Lifestyle

Watchdog groups sue Trump for violating Presidential Records Act

Ray Downs United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Governmental watchdog groups Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive have filed a lawsuit against President Trump for allegedly violating the Presidential Records Act. The PRA requires that a president and his office maintains presidential records for eventual public access. But the watchdog groups suspect Trump has not done so based on his own conflicting statements about whether there are recordings of conversations between himself and former FBI […]

todayJune 22, 2017 34

Decision 2017

House Democrats call for Pelosi to step down as minority leader

Ray Downs United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Many Democrats are calling for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to step down from her leadership role after a bruising -- and expensive -- House race loss in Georgia's 6th District. The Democratic Party boosted 30-year-old political newcomer Jon Ossoff with a campaign war chest of more than $40 million and a team of Democratic strategists to take on Republican Karen Handel in the suburban Atlanta district. Some Democrats believed that Ossoff […]

todayJune 22, 2017 38

Business & Lifestyle

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns after series of scandals

Ray Downs United Press International SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Uber founder Travis Kalanick has resigned as the company's chief executive officer after months of scandal saw investors lose faith in the controversial tech mogul. The sudden departure comes after investors in the multi-billion dollar ride-sharing app demanded the resignation of Kalanick, who then agreed to step down. "I love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors request […]

todayJune 21, 2017 110

Business & Lifestyle

Handel defeats Ossoff in most expensive House race in history

Ray Downs United Press International ROSWELL, Ga. (UPI) -- Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the most expensive congressional election in U.S. history to replace former Georgia Rep. Tom Price, who joined the Trump administration. Together, the campaigns spent more than $55 million, with Ossoff outspending Handel by roughly $25 million. But despite his vast support from the Democratic Party and online popularity, including celebrity endorsements from people like actress Alyssa Milano, Ossoff did not beat Handel in Georgia's […]

todayJune 21, 2017 46

Business & Lifestyle

UPDATE: Matt Hughes Awake and Responsive One Day Following Truck-Train Collision

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A report from former UFC welterweight champion and Hall of Famer Matt Hughes' long-time manager confirms that Hughes has improved since his truck-train collision Friday. Monte Cox, a long-time manager, confirmed in a report that Hughes, 43, is awake and responsive less than 24 hours following the collision after reportedly being in a coma. Cox had been getting updates via text message from Hughes' twin brother Mark Hughes - the biggest update being that "his eyes […]

todayJune 18, 2017 119

Business & Lifestyle

UFC Hall of Famer & Former Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes Airlifted To HSHS St. John’s Hospital After Morning Accident With Train

RAYMOND/SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A UFC Hall of Famer and former UFC Welterweight Champion was airlifted to HSHS St. John's Hospital in Springfield following an accident that involved his vehicle's collision with a train Friday morning near Raymond. According to a press release from the Illinois State Police, 43-year-old Matt Hughes of Hillsboro drove his pickup truck eastbound on Beelers Trail across a railroad grade "directly in front of a train" and was struck on the passenger side of the […]

todayJune 16, 2017 102

Business & Lifestyle

U.S. lawsuit: Malaysian PM used stolen funds for Leonardo DiCaprio gifts

Elizabeth Shim United Press International WASHINGTON/KUALA LAMPUR (UPI) -- A Picasso painting, a luxury apartment in Manhattan and the movie rights to Dumb and Dumber To are at the center of a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit that alleges Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stole public funds to benefit himself and family members. Najib, identified as Official 1 in the Justice Department investigations, may have stolen as much as $4.5 billion from 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund that should have […]

todayJune 16, 2017 108

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