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Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag gets 5 months in jail

(AP) -- The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, Enrique Tarrio, has been sentenced to five months in jail. Tarrio was convicted of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in…

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80

LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watt has died at the age of 80, according to his publicist. Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.” The drummer…

Surprise bear scares off two teens

(CBS Newspath) -- BEAR SCARE: Here’s the moment a bear surprised two teens as they gardened at a friend's house in Centerville, MN August 17th. The girls said they thought the bear was the…

Mayim Bialik to guest host 'Jeopardy!' after Richards' exit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is back to guest hosts after the resignation of new host Mike Richards, and actor Mayim Bialik will return as the first behind the podium. Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Bialik will take the…

August 23rd: Today in Entertainment History

(AP) -- Today in Entertainment History On Aug. 23, 1960, Oscar Hammerstein the Second died in Pennsylvania. He’s best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rogers on the musicals “Oklahoma,” ″Carousel,” ″South Pacific,” and “The King and I.” In…

FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has given full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision on Monday may help lift public confidence in vaccinations as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant…

VIDEO: Car crashes into Wendy's

(CBS Newspath) -- WATCH: A vehicle crashed into a Wendy's in South Brunswick, NJ on August 16th. South Brunswick police said no one was seriously injured. They released two angles of the crash. For…

Facebook launches virtual reality work app for meetings

UNDATED (AP) - Facebook is trying to pull in workplace users with a new virtual-reality app called Horizon Workrooms. Workrooms lets people meet remotely in a virtual space populated by avatars. It’s an app for Facebook’s headset, which costs at…

Coastal evacuations urged as Hurricane Henri heads north

(AP) --- Henri is now a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading the tropical storm to a hurricane. Storm surge, hurricane conditions and rainfall that could cause flooding are expected to begin as early…