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• Hailey Baldwin Files for Husband Justin Bieber's Last Name
  Hailey Baldwin is taking getting "wifed up" to a whole new level ... filing legal docs to possibly cash in on her hubby's famous last name. Baldwin submitted an application -- obtained by TMZ -- to register the trademark for the name Hailey Bieber. The… Permalink
• Kendall Jenner Gets New Restraining Order Against New Alleged Stalker
  11:40 AM PT -- According to Kendall's declaration -- obtained by TMZ -- she was home Tuesday when Ford rang her doorbell at 6:30 AM. Kendall states, "The fact that he has continued to come to my home -- despite all of my efforts to get him to stop --… Permalink
• 'Teen Mom' Star Jenelle Evans' Hysterical 911 Call, Claims Husband Attacked Her
  [[tmz:video id="0_qyp8equm"]] Jenelle Evans was hysterical as she called 911 to report her husband, David Eason, attacked her at their home, allegedly pinning her down so violently she felt her collarbone crack. We've obtained the 911 call Jenelle… Permalink
• Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Two U.S. Senators Who Supported Brett Kavanaugh
  Police arrested a Long Island man they say was threatening to kill two U.S. Senators who voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ronald Derisi was charged with threatening to kill the 2 lawmakers. The complaint does not say… Permalink
• Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled Sued Over Alleged Cryptocurrency Scam
  Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled have been hit with a lawsuit from people who claim the stars participated in an illegal cryptocurrency scam that screwed investors out of millions of REAL dollars.  The coin at the center of the scandal is called… Permalink
• 'Free Willy' Star Jason James Richter Arrested and Charged with Domestic Violence
  The actor who played a troubled kid in "Free Willy" has found himself in real trouble as an adult ... we've learned he was arrested for domestic violence. Law enforcement sources tell us former child actor Jason James Richter was arrested Monday night in… Permalink
• Cops Say Kendall Jenner's Alleged Stalker Can't Be Confined for Long
  Kendall Jenner's alleged stalker is making his way through the criminal justice system, but the problem is ... even if he gets the book thrown at him, he could be out within days. Law enforcement sources tell us, it doesn't really matter 37-year-old John… Permalink
• 'Young & Restless' Max Ehrich in Hiding After Obsessed Realtor Allegedly Pulls Gun
  "The Young and the Restless" star Max Ehrich is scared to death and in hiding, after a prominent real estate agent who allegedly became obsessed with him pulled a gun on him in a fit of rage. Sources connected to Ehrich tell TMZ, he looked at… Permalink
• Tekashi69's Alleged Mall Attack Victim Doesn't Want Him Prosecuted
  Tekashi69 just got an unlikely new supporter in his corner -- the 16-year-old he allegedly choked at a mall is now all about #Free6ix9ine. Tekashi's lawyer, Carl Moore, tells TMZ ... Santiago Albarran showed up for a hearing Thursday in Houston… Permalink
• Kendall Jenner's Alleged Stalker Released and then Re-Arrested
  Kendall Jenner's alleged stalker has already been released but then re-arrested Thursday ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, John Ford -- the man who repeatedly scaled the mountainside at Kendall Jenner's exclusive gated community and… Permalink
• Cops and Prosecutors At Odds Over Harvey Weinstein Rape Case
  The criminal case against Harvey Weinstein is on the verge of collapse as prosecutors and cops are clashing over allegations the lead detective engaged in repeated acts of witness tampering. Law enforcement sources are clapping back Thursday at… Permalink
• 'Teen Mom' Star Jenelle Evans Hospitalized After 911 Call for Assault at Her Home
  A Jenelle Evans house party ended abruptly with a visit from police and, apparently, a trip to the hospital for the "Teen Mom" star. This all went down last weekend at Jenelle and David Eason's home in North Carolina. Cops reportedly got a 911… Permalink
• Kendall Jenner Stalker Repeatedly Breaks Into Gated Community and Ends Up by Her Pool
  6:30 AM PT -- We're now told security in the gated community has been significantly beefed up. There is security now on the mountainside and fences have been and are being installed. In addition, we're told Kendall's team is lobbying the police and the… Permalink
• Victim of Machine Gun Kelly's Crew's Brutal Attack Threatens to Sue for Millions
  [[tmz:video id="0_33v038ru"]] Machine Gun Kelly's fight with Gabriel "G-Rod" Rodriguez could spill from a hotel lobby and into a courtroom -- G-Rod's threatening to sue if MGK doesn't pony up for the beatdown. G-Rod's attorney, Blake Dolman, tells… Permalink
• Antonio Brown Says I Didn't Throw That Furniture, But I Know Who Did!
  Antonio Brown says he didn't freak out and throw furniture off his 14th story balcony back in April -- and now he's pointing the finger at another person who was with him that day.  TMZ Sports broke the story ... the Pittsburgh Steelers WR is being… Permalink
• Ex-USA Gymnastics President Arrested, Connected to Nassar Case
  Steve Penny -- the former president of USA Gymnastics -- was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Tennessee on Wednesday stemming from allegations he tampered with evidence in the Larry Nassar case.  Officials say Penny went to the famed Karolyi Ranch… Permalink
• 'Love & Hip Hop' Star Tommie Lee Arrested Twice in 24 Hours, Allegedly Stalked Daughter
  Tommie Lee got her dumb ass hauled into jail Wednesday night for stalking of her own daughter ... just 24 hours after Tommie allegedly slammed the child into a school locker the day before. The "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star outdid herself, even by… Permalink
• Third Eye Blind's Ex-Guitarist Says Band Screwed Him Out of 'Semi-Charmed' Cash
  So, this is how it's gonna be -- Kevin Cadogan is so done waiting for Third Eye Blind to cough up cash, the ex-lead guitarist is suing the band and its frontman, Stephan Jenkins. In the suit, obtained by TMZ, Kevin says he's never… Permalink
• Harvey Weinstein Lead Detective Told Victim to Delete Info from Phone
  The case against Harvey Weinstein suffered a massive blow when prosecutors had to admit the lead detective on the case advised one of the alleged victims to delete information from her phone. Prosecutors sent a letter Wednesday to Weinstein's attorney,… Permalink
• ShamWow Guy Vince Offer's Wife Files for Divorce
  Vince Offer -- the guy made famous by the ShamWow infomercials -- apparently couldn't soak up the problems in his marriage ... and his wife has officially filed for divorce. Offer married Melody Barney in Malibu in 2014, and she submitted divorce papers… Permalink

LA Times©

• Orange resident charged in lewd burglary case
  A 19-year-old Orange resident helped himself to milk and cookies before burglarizing college students’ homes, leaving semen on one victim’s laptop, Orange County prosecutors said Monday. With the help of a new rapid DNA program that used a sample from the semen, officials said they were able to...
• An affair led to his conviction in a co-worker's murder. Now, he is free and the victim's husband has been arrested
  When authorities found the body of Terry Cheek on rocks near Corona Lake’s shoreline two decades ago, they also found a watch. That timepiece, found next to the strangled body of the married mother of two, belonged to Horace Roberts, a co-worker with whom she was having a secret affair, Riverside...
• Married LAPD sergeant and detective are charged with animal cruelty
  A husband and wife who both work as sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department pleaded not guilty to felony animal cruelty charges Monday stemming from allegations they failed to care for their elderly Labrador retriever. Jason David Azpeitia, 43, a sergeant, and Sharon Anne Azpeitia, 42,...
• Man sought in connection with baby found abandoned in restroom of Lakewood Walmart
  A baby was abandoned in a Walmart bathroom last week and officials are now looking for a person who may be connected with the incident, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. A customer at the Lakewood Walmart at 2770 E. Carson St. saw the child in the stall of a men’s restroom...
• Man wanted for questioning in deaths of three people whose remains were found buried in Antelope Valley
  A 34-year-old man is wanted for questioning by Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives investigating the “suspicious” deaths of three people whose remains were discovered Thursday buried on an Antelope Valley property. Authorities said Jesus “Chuy” Guzman, identified as a person of interest...
• Death of YouTube star 'McSkillet' in wrong-way freeway crash that killed three ruled accidental
  Days before an 18-year-old YouTube star, known to his fans as “McSkillet,” caused a head-on car crash that killed him and two others, he began having what he described as a “meltdown,” an episode the San Diego County medical examiner’s office said was suggestive of manic behavior, according to...
• Remains of three people found in Antelope Valley; officials treating them as suspicious deaths
  Homicide detectives on Friday found the remains of three people buried northeast of Los Angeles, with officials saying they’re treating the case as suspicious deaths. Investigators unearthed the remains in unincorporated Littlerock, a barren desert area in the Antelope Valley, according to the...
• The Trumps should stop talking nonsense about sexual assault and listen to women who know about it
  On Thursday morning, Karen Pomer and I returned to Virginia Avenue in Santa Monica, a place that held many traumatic memories for her. It was on this block in October 1995 that Karen was raped in her car by a man who had abducted her at gunpoint as she arrived home one late evening after a rally...
• Former police Explorers who say Irwindale cop sexually abused them get $4-million settlement
  The Irwindale Police Department and a group that runs the agency’s Explorer program for teens has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit with three women who say they were sexually abused by a former police officer who served as the program’s advisor. The three former Explorer Scouts, who...
• 3 charged after man is found bound and tortured in abandoned Fontana home
  Two men and a woman have been charged in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a man in Fontana, authorities said. Jose Alvarez, 31, Roberto Gonzalez, 39, and Adilene Aguilar Calvillo, 31, all of Fontana, were charged Tuesday with assault with a firearm and false imprisonment after a naked...
• Man shot and killed by police following pursuit in Huntington Beach
  A man was fatally shot by officers and a woman was arrested following a pursuit in Huntington Beach early Thursday, police said. The pursuit began about 12:30 a.m. when officers tried to pull over a silver sedan that had been reported stolen, but the driver failed to yield, Officer Angela Bennett...
• Essential California: A shaky earthquake warning system
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Oct. 11, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES California is getting closer to what officials say will be the world’s most sophisticated earthquake warning system. But the new system is expected...
• 'It's public grief' — At close of 'Suge' Knight saga, Terry Carter's family focuses on the man who died, not the man who killed him
  Nearly 3 million people have watched Terry Carter die. The 55-year-old Compton native’s final moments have been viewed over and over again on YouTube, courtesy of the gossip website TMZ, which published gruesome surveillance footage of the car crash that claimed Carter’s life back in 2015. But...
• Mexican police officer held in Santa Ana after meth found in car
  Orange County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Mexican police officer they say had 50 pounds of methamphetamine in his car. According to the Sheriff's Department, deputies stopped the car for vehicle code violations on Tuesday on the 5 Freeway between Orange and San Diego counties. The department...
• Alameda County deputies targeted inmate, spraying him with urine and feces, lawsuit says
  What began as a visit to a psychiatric center for a prescription refill ended as a nightmare for one inmate at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, a lawsuit says. Four deputies targeted Fernando Miguel Soria and conspired with another inmate to spray him with feces and urine — a practice known...
• Former O.C. teacher found dead in possible suicide before 11th day of molestation trial
  A retired Orange County junior high school teacher charged with molesting five students apparently killed himself Wednesday before closing arguments in his trial, authorities said. David Michael Bruce, 68, was found dead in his home in an unincorporated area of Anaheim. “He was discovered by a...
• City Council approves $1.8-million payout to LAPD officer who accused her boss of sexual harassment
  A Los Angeles police officer who accused an internal affairs lieutenant of sexual harassment and ordering surveillance of her when she rejected his advances will receive a $1.8-million payout from the city. The City Council affirmed the payment for Officer Linda Allstot on Wednesday, ending a legal...
• UC Davis investigating 'reprehensible' anti-Semitic posters found on campus
  UC Davis police are investigating anti-Semitic fliers posted near the school’s student union Monday morning, authorities said. Chancellor Gary May said in a statement that the fliers, which violated posting policy, were removed and that the university was working to identify who put them up. Students...
• Man stabbed to death near Koreatown is identified
  A man who was stabbed to death near Koreatown last week has been identified by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Nicholas Longanbach, 47, was found dead about 7:30 a.m. Oct. 3 in the 300 block of North Heliotrope Drive. According to coroner’s records, he had been fatally stabbed in the neck....
• Vandals splatter Old Mission Santa Barbara with red paint, misspell 'genocide' message
  Vandals caused more than $25,000 in damage to the Old Mission Santa Barbara overnight, scrawling “rape” on several pillars and misspelling the word “genocide” with red paint on the stone front of the historic building. At least one vandal broke a small window and splattered red paint on the front...
• Voters in 2020 will weigh new oversight of Sheriff's Department
  A ballot initiative aimed at reforming the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department by granting more authority to a civilian oversight commission will go to voters in 2020, the Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday. The organizers behind the grass-roots initiative obtained more than 240,000 signatures...
• Authorities seize 111 illegally owned firearms in L.A. County sweep
  Law enforcement officials have seized 111 firearms and more than 27,000 rounds of ammunition from Californians under a new effort to confiscate weapons from people who have been barred from owning them, authorities announced Tuesday. Operation Dual Force, a partnership between the California Department...
• Essential California: Justice for communities harmed in the war on drugs?
  Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Oct. 10, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES As more states consider legalizing pot, lawmakers and activists are looking to California, which is trying to right past wrongs by clearing the records...
• Innocence Project has won freedom for 6 of 12 people it says were wrongly convicted of murder and other crimes
  And then there were six. For years, lawyers from the California Innocence Project have been pushing Gov. Jerry Brown to grant clemency to a dozen people the organization says have strong cases for innocence but have “exhausted all of their legal avenues for relief.” They are known as the California...
• After three years in a foreign prison, a Cambodian political activist wonders how he can help his homeland from California
  If Cambodian government officials thought Meach Sovannara would stay quiet after they threw him in prison, they were wrong. From behind the walls of Prey Sar — a crowded lockup in Phnom Penh — Sovannara penned a critical article this year about Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled the...

NY Daily News©

• 'Footsie' playing plane passenger that caused emergency landing faces assault charges
  His antics just didn’t fly. A Texas man is facing federal charges after he played footsie with a fellow flier and interfered with the flight crew, causing his Southwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in New Mexico. Justin Riley Brafford, 29, was arrested by the FBI Tuesday following...
• Victims of upstate NY limo crash died of blunt force trauma: medical examiner
  The 20 people killed in the upstate limo crash earlier this month died from traumatic blunt force injuries, authorities said Friday. New York State Police were notified of the autopsy results by the Rensselaer County chief medical examiner, Dr. Michael Sikirica, officials said. Toxicology test...
• Saudi King Salman 'asserting himself' as crisis grows surrounding suspected slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
  Jamal Khashoggi’s suspected slaying has Saudi Arabia’s King Salman asserting control as Turkish officials promise to soon reveal “evidence” of Saudi involvement in the dissident’s demise. Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday “evidence” of Khashoggi’s killing would soon be released publicly — but...
• Dean Skelos 'lied repeatedly' on the stand and deserves a tough sentence, prosecutors say
  Ex-state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’s repeated lies on the witness stand justify lengthening his prison sentence on bribery, extortion and fraud charges, federal prosecutors said Friday. In a scathing memo filed in Manhattan Federal Court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Skelos should be...
• High school student's essay about rape sends man to prison
  FREMONT, Ohio — A high school student's writing assignment about overcoming obstacles in her life led to a man pleading guilty to raping her and two sisters years ago, authorities said. Detectives in Sandusky County began investigating after school officials from Vanguard Tech Center alerted children...
• Winner of record-breaking $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot will be worth more than celebs like Tom Hanks and Beyonce
  The winner of the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot is going to give a lot of celebs a run for their money. The prize climbed to a whopping $1 billion Friday, making it the largest pot in Mega Millions history and the second-largest in lottery history. The jackpot has been growing ever since...
• Leonard: Odell Beckham's dad rips John Mara and the star WR doesn't like water ... just another day with Pat Shurmur's Giant circus
  Odell Beckham Jr. avoided challenging John Mara’s shut up-and-play edict on Friday, saying “I respect and value his opinion,” only to be dragged right back into a dramatic face-off with the Giants’ co-owner by Beckham’s own father. Odell Beckham Sr. blasted Mara on his verified Instagram account...
• Victims of upstate NY limo crash died of blunt force trauma: medical examiner
  The 20 people killed in the upstate limo crash earlier this month died from traumatic blunt force injuries, authorities said Friday. New York State Police were notified of the autopsy results by the Rensselaer County chief medical examiner, Dr. Michael Sikirica, officials said. Toxicology test...
• City Council probes Mayor de Blasio's botched voter letters
  Two City Councilmen are asking Mayor de Blasio’s new Chief Democracy Officer to explain how an attempt to increase the ballot turnout wound up baffling voters instead. Councilmen Ritchie Torres and Fernando Cabrera — who chair the committees on investigations and government operations, respectively...
• Second 'Proud Boy' suspect in UES antifa brawl arrested in NYC Friday
  Cops have nabbed a second member of the Proud Boys believed to have taken part in an UES brawl with Antifa. The NYPD on Friday arrested Jay Kinsman, the second member of the ultra-nationalist group busted following last Friday night’s confrontation, which followed a speech by Proud Boys leader...
• Mnuchin still attending Saudi anti-terror summit despite country's suspected role in writer Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance
  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will attend an anti-terror summit in Saudi Arabia despite outcry over the suspected death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to reports Friday. Mnuchin still plans to attend the gathering of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center in Riyadh next week...
• New crop of firefighters join the FDNY's ranks
  Congratulations — now go out there and make a difference. FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro welcomed 291 new firefighters into the fold during a special graduation ceremony on Friday — a group that included 15 women, the largest female class since 1982. “The people of our city need your help. We know...
• Train in India kills at least 50 religious ritual participants
  A fast-moving train plowed through a group of people watching fireworks in northern India Friday, leaving at least 50 dead. Dozens more were injured, according to a Congress party leader. The train continued to move at speed after running over the crowd that had gathered for a religious festival...
• Kendall Jenner wins restraining order against new alleged stalker arrested twice near her LA mansion
  Kendall Jenner won a temporary restraining order Friday against her latest alleged stalker. The supermodel’s lawyer Shawn Holley got a Los Angeles judge to sign off on the stay-away order pending a future hearing to make it permanent, a source confirmed to the Daily News. James Ford, 37, must stay...
• De Blasio: No evidence NYPD is sympathetic to Proud Boys
  Mayor de Blasio said Friday he’s seen no evidence that the NYPD is sympathetic to members of the right-wing Proud Boys group — coming after what critics saw as selective arrests of left-wing protesters during a Manhattan melee last week. “I have no evidence at all of that and I have no experience...
• Coarsener in chief: The biggest civility problem in American politics is Donald Trump
  Donald Trump and the Republican Party he leads are seeking to blame Democrats for fomenting violence and unrest when they, in fact, have been chiefly responsible for a race to the bottom that has shredded all semblance of civil debate in America. Witness the cognitive dissonance on display in the...
• Thousands of migrants met by Mexican forces as they attempt to cross into country from Guatemala
  A chaotic scene unfolded Friday as throngs of migrants making their way north through Central America stormed a gate and clashed with cops as they tried to cross Mexico’s southern border. Hundreds of the mostly Honduran migrants rushed across a bridge spanning the Suchiate River from Guatemala...
• Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort appears in court in wheelchair
  The wheels of justice turn slowly. Paul Manafort was whisked out of a Virginia courtroom in a wheelchair Friday after a judge set a February sentencing date and prosecutors agreed to dropped remaining criminal charges against the former Trump campaign chairman. Federal prosecutors had asked that...
• Long Island teacher busted for having sex with 14-year-old student
  A Long Island teacher is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student, authorities said Friday. Daniel McMenamin, 33, was handcuffed at his Valley Stream home on Thursday evening, for allegedly repeatedly raping the girl while he was an educator at the private Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere.....
• Kitten rescued from Q line tracks
  Q train riders were adorably interrupted by a kitten who wandered onto the tracks in Brooklyn on Friday. Tayberry, a 7-week-old kitten now with Animal Care Centers of New York, was found on the southbound Q trains. The trains had to go express, skipping five stops, so the kitten could be rescued...
• School cook who served kangaroo meat to students is fired
  Crikey! A school cook in Nebraska was canned after he mixed kangaroo meat into chili made for students and his boss wasn’t hoppy about it. In a letter to parents Wednesday, Potter-Dix Schools Superintendent Mike Williams explained that public school kids in the village of Potter were served chili...
• PBA, family members demand no parole for executioners of rookie cop Eddie Byrne
  A cop-killing quartet convicted of murdering a rookie NYPD cop on orders from a Queens drug lord deserves zero chance of parole for the 1988 killing, the police union and the slain officer’s brother said Friday. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association head Patrick Lynch, joined by the older sibling...
• Fifteen passengers injured on Aerolineas Argentinas flight from Miami to Buenos Aires
  At least fifteen passengers were injured on an Aerolinas Argentinas flight that encountered “turbulence of a severe intensity” en route from Miami to Buenos Aires Thursday. Aerolinas Argentinas flight 1303 left Miami just after 9 a.m. with 192 passengers aboard. The plane encountered the turbulence...
• Man sought by police for shoving woman at McDonald's
  An elderly woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a stranger shoved her to the ground at a Bronx McDonald’s, police said Friday. The 87-year-old victim told cops she was inside the fast-food restaurant on 149th St. near Morris Ave. in Melrose when a man grabbed her by the arm and threw...
• Mom of 'Affluenza Teen' out on bond, must avoid cough syrup and all medication
  The mother of Ethan Couch, nicknamed “Affluenza teen” after a deadly drunken joyride, has been released from jail on bond — and must avoid all medications. Tonya Couch, 51, is prohibited from taking cough syrup and vitamins after her Thursday release from the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth,...