Former Rutgers student spared prison in webcam spying case
JUST IN: Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has been sentenced to a probationary sentence of 30 days in jail, after being convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man kissing days before Clementi committed suicide, The Star-Ledger reports.
UPDATE: Prosecutor says she will appeal the sentence. More updates on breakingnews.com.
Photo: Dharun Ravi is seen in the courtroom for his sentencing in New Brunswick, NJ. (John O’Boyle/The Star-Ledger)
Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dead at 62
Via Rolling Stone.
Photo: Robin Gibb performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1991. (Rob Verhorst/Redferns)
JUST IN: TMZ reports Donna Summer has died
The Queen of Disco Donna Summer died this morning in Florida, according to TMZ. She was 63.
Update (12:05 p.m. EDT): E! News has confirmed Donna Summmer’s death.
Famed hair stylist Vidal Sassoon dead at 84
The Los Angeles Times: Famed hair stylist and fashion icon Vidal Sassoon was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, California, authorities say. Law enforcement sources say Sassoon died after an unspecified illness and that family were by his side. He was 84.
Photo: Phase 4 Films via latimes.com
BREAKING: In an interview with ABC News, US President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and his own vice president.
Watch video from the interview here.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich officially ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday.
Despite hitting bumps in the road, it wasn’t too long ago that Gingrich vowed to continue his campaign all the way to the Republican convention in Tampa in August. On Tuesday, he released a web video addressing his decision to abandon his presidential operation.
This is a developing story… More information to come…
Junior Seau dead, TMZ reports: Authorities are investigating the 43-year-old former NFL star’s death, which was a shooting that may have been self-inflicted. Details still coming in. We’ll keep an eye out.
EDIT: Here’s a local news report on the shooting. According to San Diego’s 10News, a witness reportedly heard about Seau’s death from police.
- seven the number of cities in which the Medicare fraud raids took place
- 100+ the number of people charged in the raids, including doctors
- $450M the amount the fraud schemes allegedly cost the government source
» The biggest takedown of its kind: Today, raids took place in Miami,…
A UK House of Commons committee report is highly critical of Rupert Murdoch and his son James’s role in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
via The Guardian
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australian billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer has unveiled plans to build the Titanic II.
Palmer said his new company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd had commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build a near replica of the ill-fated Titanic in China. The cost is unknown.
The ship’s maiden voyage from England to North America is scheduled for late 2016.
Photo: The Titanic (The Associated Press)
Breaking News: Famed TV producer Dick Clark dies of a heart attack at age 82, reports TMZ. (AP photo via ABC)
Live Tracking: Watch the Tornado Outbreak on Radar
A dangerous tornado outbreak is set to unfold across portions of Kansas and Oklahoma later today. Follow the storms on radar to stay alert of the situation.
