The Dude and Luke Skywalker were among the famous faces on a fundraising call that, according to organizers, raised more than $4 million US on Monday for U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris's presidential campaign.
A Detroit woman who pleaded guilty to killing her blind three-year-old son, whose decomposing body was found in a basement freezer, has been sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison.
British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years on Tuesday for directing a terrorist organization, while Edmonton native Khaled Hussein was sentenced to five years in prison for belonging to the group.
