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NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne, ever the master showman of American fashion, closed out New York Fashion Week on a blustery day with his own wintry landscape, blanketing the floor with fake snow and presenting his latest inventive designs to the words of Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling “The Raven.” With celebrities like Janet Jackson […]

NEW YORK (AP) — It turns out there are lots of sharp elbows in the plush toy business. Build-A-Bear and the makers of Squishmallows are facing off in federal court. Kelly Toys and its Berkshire Hathaway -controlled parent company Jazwares have sued Build-A-Bear, saying its new “Skoosherz” toys copy the look and feel of their […]

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A woman who was shot and killed in Suffolk earlier this week knew the person alleged to have killed her, family and police confirmed. Jackquelyn Stevenson, who died Tuesday morning on Mill Lake Road, worked with Antonio Newsome at shopping network QVC in Suffolk. They were on a break and went […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist why he picked Valentine’s Day to massacre 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago: Because no one loved him, he wanted to ruin the holiday forever for anyone associated with the school. Prosecutors began wrapping up […]

At least a couple of presidents have been drivers of electric cars, but they’re not all in the recent past. Our 34th President, Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower, may have been one of the first. Long before Ike became perhaps the 20th century’s most famous general, Eisenhower drove around in an early electric car that belonged […]

Sweet treats from Cookie Text will make a perfect gift for a loved one or dessert for your big game party.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will have a second chance at parole at a hearing on Friday after he was wrongly ruled ineligible for early release from prison in March. South Africa’s department of corrections said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that a parole board will consider […]

It turns out there are lots of sharp elbows in the plush toy business. 

By 2028, the state will begin phasing out sales of the balloons. By 2031, they will become illegal contraband.

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A large excavator stretched to the top floor of the three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, punching its first hole Friday into the classroom where teacher Scott Beigel perished saving students. Beginning a weekslong demolition, the excavator made a whiny, […]

Here’s everything you need to know about the coveted Stanley cups — and some alternative pink Stanley tumblers you can buy if you missed the boat on this collab.

NEW YORK (AP) — Near the end of 1954, the wife of Raymond Chandler died after a long battle with lung disease. The famed crime novelist fell into near-suicidal depression from which he never recovered. He drank heavily and died just five years later, at age 70. Chandler completed no major books after the death […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Guentzel’s arrival in the NHL seven years ago helped propel the Pittsburgh Penguins to the franchise’s fifth Stanley Cup. The Carolina Hurricanes are wagering the gifted goal scorer can do the same a little further south. The Penguins traded the high-scoring forward to the Hurricanes on Thursday night in exchange for […]

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown. Her cousin Giuliana Demma remembers looking at the 1-year-old and thinking how sad the scene was: a small child awash in an ugly gown several sizes too […]

Two minutes into the fourth quarter, one of the best players for the Old Dominion women’s basketball team was in foul trouble and the Monarchs held a precarious, two-point lead over Coastal Carolina.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Major moments in the life of Oscar Pistorius, the South African double-amputee Olympic runner who was released from prison on parole Friday having served nearly nine years of a murder sentence for the 2013 killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, 37, will have to live under strict conditions until […]

While our Sunday soaker will continue into the night some brighter and warmer days are on the way for Hampton Roads in the coming days. After picking up nearly an inch of rainfall today in most locations, one more round of rainfall will move in through the late night hours. We’ve dealt with one area […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barry Steenkamp, the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman who was fatally shot by Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, has died, a family spokesperson said Friday. He was 80. Family lawyer and spokesperson Tania Koen confirmed Barry Steenkamp’s death. A foundation set up by the Steenkamp family in memory of […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stacey Stauch has one question on her mind as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to celebrate their third Super Bowl title in five seasons with a parade. “We’re all wondering: Will Taylor show up?” the paralegal said during a trip to the Chiefs-bedecked Union Station, where Wednesday’s parade will end. […]

It has a base of vanilla ice cream, with confetti sprinkles and pieces of cereal throughout.