The mysterious infection that might be behind 17 deaths in Wisconsin has spread to a second state; Trump’s grammar in speeches ‘just below 6th grade level,’ study finds; Lost at sea and presumed dead, this dog miraculously found its way home; VIDEO: Emma Watson drops the beat for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feminist freestyle; ‘We were just burning': Ga. man poured boiling water over gay couple as they lay in bed, police say; Gay St. Louis Cardinals minor league pitcher says he quit baseball because of homophobic comments; 35 years after serial killer’s trial, a witness accuses the prosecutor — who became a D.C. federal judge — of rape; L.A.’s alleged ‘Grim Sleeper’ is finally on trial for 10 killings. But are there victims still unknown?; Special squad of Italian art police crack case of Verona museum theft, arrest 13 suspects; After 18 botched IV attempts on a screaming, bleeding inmate, Ohio gets another chance to execute him; ‘Had to hit him': Jared Fogle, imprisoned ex-Subway guy, reportedly beaten by inmate who hates ‘child molesters’; Frank Sinatra Jr., faithful keeper of his father’s flame, dies at 72; L.A. Zoo to the mountain lion that probably ate its koala: No hard feelings;
 
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Larry Drake, Emmy winner as Benny of ‘L.A. Law,’ dead at 66
"He's enormously empathetic -- this big, warm, wonderful, human guy up against these Ivy League-cool types," Drake said of his mentally disabled character.
The mysterious infection that might be behind 17 deaths in Wisconsin has spread to a second state
An adult in Michigan has died after contracting Elizabethkingia, the same bloodstream infection tied to a deadly Wisconsin outbreak.
 
Trump’s grammar in speeches ‘just below 6th grade level,’ study finds
"President Bush scored at a 5th grade level," it also noted.
 
Lost at sea and presumed dead, this dog miraculously found its way home
Rescuers had given up hope. Five weeks later, the long-lost dog showed up, "Just sitting there, wagging her tail. Like, 'Hey guys, I'm a little hungry,'" a Navy spokesperson said.
 
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VIDEO: Emma Watson drops the beat for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feminist freestyle
"Holy cow, this is such a meme. Thank you, this is the beat box dream team."
 
‘We were just burning': Ga. man poured boiling water over gay couple as they lay in bed, police say
"We were just burning," Marquez Tolbert, one of the victims, told Project Q Atlanta. "... It was like a really, really severe kind of stinging. I could hardly think straight."
 
Gay St. Louis Cardinals minor league pitcher says he quit baseball because of homophobic comments
"Each comment felt like a knife to my heart," said Tyler Dunnington, who quit the sport last year.
 
35 years after serial killer’s trial, a witness accuses the prosecutor — who became a D.C. federal judge — of rape
Richard Warren Roberts, chief judge of D.C.’s U.S. District Court, retired hours after the lawsuit was filed. His attorneys called the rape allegations “categorically false” but said he and the then-16-year-old witness did have a consensual, intimate relationship, calling it a "bad lapse in judgment."
 
L.A.’s alleged ‘Grim Sleeper’ is finally on trial for 10 killings. But are there victims still unknown?
On Wednesday, family members identified harrowing autopsy images of the serial killer's alleged victims. But police are still searching for the identities of 35 women whose photos were found in the accused man's home.
 
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Special squad of Italian art police crack case of Verona museum theft, arrest 13 suspects
Some thought the thieves had been working on behalf of a private collector. An Italian art critic blamed the Islamic State. Others thought it was an inside job.
 
After 18 botched IV attempts on a screaming, bleeding inmate, Ohio gets another chance to execute him
In a 4-3 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court said a second attempt to execute Romell Broom did not violate the Constitution.
 
‘Had to hit him': Jared Fogle, imprisoned ex-Subway guy, reportedly beaten by inmate who hates ‘child molesters’
"If he wanted to kill Jared Fogle, he would have been able to," the alleged assailant's nephew said.
 
Frank Sinatra Jr., faithful keeper of his father’s flame, dies at 72
Bob Dylan on Sinatra Jr.: "There was a legitimacy about what he did, and he knew who he was."
 
L.A. Zoo to the mountain lion that probably ate its koala: No hard feelings
The zoo is right at the edge of P-22's home range, in the rugged, 4,000-acre expanse of L.A.'s Griffith Park.
 
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