Some Longtime Fans Shocked By Criminal Allegations Against Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby was one of America's top TV dads for many years, and some viewers of his popular shows were still expressing shock to hear the allegations against him Wednesday.
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Bill Cosby was one of America's top TV dads for many years, and some viewers of his popular shows were still expressing shock to hear the allegations against him Wednesday.
The move comes after Cosby admitted having extramarital relationships with several women, including some who now accuse him of sexual assault.
The NYTimes first reported the revelations Saturday after obtaining a copy of a transcript from a deposition Cosby gave in a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee who alleges he drugged and molested her.
To the president, the accord with Iran to limit its nuclear program was "a historic day" for the U.S., world powers and Iran.
Obama made his comments during a news conference about the recent deal with Iran that Obama says will prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon.
Lawyers for women suing Bill Cosby for defamation say his admission that he obtained quaaludes to give young women he pursued for sex could bolster their claims.
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Bill Cosby's attorney said Friday that the comedian was in New York, and not at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, on the night a model accuses him of drugging and sexually abusing her.
Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wasted no time in skewering Hollywood's most tender subjects at the start of the awards show: the hacking of Sony Pictures over ``The Interview,'' the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby and television's rise as a cultural rival to movies.
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A day after his wife Camille issued a statement supporting her husband, a Los Angeles prosecutor has declined to charge Bill Cosby in a decades-old molestation claim.
Bill Cosby's wife released a statement Monday, saying those who have accused him of sexual assault have been have been "given a pass" without their accounts ever being vetted.
In the mid-1980s, Johnson was trying her hand at acting, and said Cosby invited her to his East Side townhouse to rehearse a scene for his top-rated television show. But Johnson said Cosby instead served her spiked cappuccino.
Two planned shows by Bill Cosby at the Tarrytown Music Hall have been postponed to an unspecified later date.
A Southern California woman became the latest accuser against Bill Cosby Tuesday, claiming in a lawsuit that the comedian molested her around 1974 when she was 15 years old.
Temple University in Philadelphia announced Monday that Bill Cosby has resigned as a trustee -- amid more than a dozen sexual-assault allegations.
Bill Cosby is still performing at a suburban New York venue next weekend but the embattled comic is offering refunds to ticket holders who don't want to go.
Bill Cosby's attorney released a statement Friday night, saying the claims from the women accusing him of sexual assault are "fantastical stories" that are "becoming increasingly ridiculous."
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While television companies have cut ties to Bill Cosby over sex assault allegations, his scheduled shows in the tri-state area are still on.
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Daniss Jenkins scored 18 points in his last game as a two-way player and the Detroit Pistons routed New York 118-80 on Friday night to end the Knicks' winning streak at eight games.
After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
President Trump late Friday addressed a video posted to his social media account that included a racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, telling reporters he didn't see the part that showed the former president and first lady.
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After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
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Mount Sinai and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield failed to reach a contract agreement by Dec. 31, which means about 9,000 Mount Sinai physicians are no longer considered in-network.
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Forecasters are watching for a chance of snow this weekend in New York and New Jersey as harsh winter weather conditions continue.
The First Alert Weather Team is tracking a storm that could bring snow to the New York and New Jersey area. Frigid temperatures will last throughout the week.
New York City and the Tri-State Area are preparing for what is expected to be the coldest weather of the season so far this weekend.
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The entire Tri-State Area will be under an Extreme Cold Warning as dangerously cold temperatures settle in, along with some snow.
After a portion of the Keansburg Fishing Pier crashed into the Raritan Bay, there's now concern at other marinas and piers that are being hit by ice chunks.
A Long Island man accused of driving drunk and killing a Nassau County police officer appeared in court Friday. Matthew Smith entered a not guilty plea.
The entire Tri-State Area will be under an Extreme Cold Warning as dangerously cold temperatures settle in, along with some snow.
The goal is to get patients drunk and high at a new research lab on the border of Nassau County and Queens.
The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.
Parts of New York and Connecticut could see snow Friday into Saturday. A First Alert Weather Day is in effect for the weekend due to dangerously cold temperatures.
President Trump late Friday addressed a video posted to his social media account that included a racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, telling reporters he didn't see the part that showed the former president and first lady.
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Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
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