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Three Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies were arrested Thursday morning in connection with the death last week of an inmate ‘Michael James Tyree’, authorities said. Santa Clara County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. James Jensen said the deputies — Rafael Rodriguez, 27, Jereh Lubrin, 28, and Matthew Farris, 27 — remain in custody without bail.

Dean Jones, best known for his character race car driver Jim Douglas in The Love Bug hit Disney franchise, has died at the age of 84. The actor’s publicist Richard Hoffman said that Jones passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Jones had a long association with The Walt Disney Co. which began when he received an unexpected call from …

Police are once again warning about the dangers of Fentanyl after three more Winnipeggers overdosed on the highly powerful drug. Police were called to the East Kildonan area by a woman who had ingested fentanyl with a male companion. The male collapsed and the woman called 911. She too then collapsed.

Amanda Peterson’s death was caused by an overdose of morphine, according to a toxicology report released this week. The actress, who starred with Patrick Dempsey in the 1980s high school film, was found dead July 5 in her Colorado home.

Taylor Swift’s video for her latest single “Wildest Dreams” is being slammed by some critics for portraying white colonialism, and for using Africa as a backdrop for a love story of white people. But as the video’s director pointed out, it can’t be racist since black people also worked in its production. “This is not a video about colonialism but …

Disney is selling a Millennium Falcon drone starting today. Created by Air Hogs, the Millennium Falcon quadcopter can be controlled by remote control, and features lights and sound effects from the movies, ranging from a hyperdrive sound effect, to voice clips from Chewbacca and R2D2.

Katie Rees has been arrested for the second time in months after she was charged with felony possession of meth, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Katie Rees was a passenger in her boyfriend Kevin Sims’ car. She was Miss Nevada in 2007 but was stripped of her crown when sexually explicit pictures of her surfaced.

Cindy Crawford is finally admitting that the “unretouched” Marie Claire photo that went viral back in February was stolen and manipulated to make her look bad. Cindy Crawford finally addressed the picture during an interview with Elle Canada. The supermodel criticised White for not verifying the photo’s authenticity before tweeting it out with the suggestion that it was a photo …

Peta Murgatroyd won’t be stepping alongside Andy Grammer this season as previously expected on the next season of Dancing With The Stars. The pro, who was already confirmed as one of the dancers who would be coming back, was told by doctors that she needs surgery which will sideline her for six to eight weeks, meaning she won’t be able …

Natalia Strelchenko, a 38-year-old world-renowned concert pianist of Russian origin, was found dead with head injuries in her Manchester, England, home on Sunday. John Martin, 48, is accused of killing Strelchenko, who also went by the name Natalia Strelle, at her home in Manchester on Sunday.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – One Marine has been killed and 11 others were hurt when a helicopter made a hard landing at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Camp Lejeune officials said in a statement that he CH-53E helicopter came down hard during a training exercise around 9 p.m. Wednesday.