Paris Jackson dispatch call released

Paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson’s home on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with a kitchen knife, audio of an emergency dispatch shows. The Los Angeles County Fire Department released audio of a call describing the need for paramedics between one of its dispatchers and a sheriff’s department dispatcher who was relaying information from the home.

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Travolta’s lawyer testifies in Bahamas extortion trial

John Travolta’s lawyer testified Tuesday that the paramedic who drove Travolta’s son to a hospital the day he died later wanted money for documents the driver suggested could be detrimental to the actor. Paramedic Tarino Lightbourne and former Bahamian Sen.

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Police: Shooting suspect offended by anti-abortion material

Authorities have charged an Owosso, Michigan, man with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the Friday shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and another man, a prosecutor’s office said. Authorities say the suspect, Harlan James Drake, was offended by anti-abortion material that the activist had displayed across from the school all week.

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Ray Liotta takes a (slight) comedic turn

An ex-convict, a mobster, a serial killer — after more than two decades in the movie business, Ray Liotta is still perhaps best known for these "bad guy" roles in such films as "Something Wild" and "GoodFellas." But in his most recent film, “Observe and Report” — a dark comedy co-starring Seth Rogen as a bipolar mall security guard and Anna Faris as the vapid make-up counter clerk he’s in love with — Liotta inches away from his edgy persona to play a detective investigating a flashing incident at the mall.

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