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Michael Flatley has revealed he has been diagnosed with an 'aggressive' form of cancer, in a statement shared to his social media accounts tonight. According to the release, the Riverdance star, 64, has undergone surgery and is currently being cared for by a team of doctors in hospital. The statement shared to Flatley's Instagram page reads: 'Dear friends, we have something personal to share, Michael Flatley has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. The Lord Of The Dance star revealed he had been diagnosed before Christmas with an unspecified type of cancer. It is currently unknown if the...

A Madeira Beach woman ended up in handcuffs after trying to impress a Pinellas County deputy with pirouettes during a field sobriety test following a car crash. According to an arrest report, Amy Harrington, 38, had rear-ended another vehicle along Gulf Boulevard shortly before 10:30 p.m. on April 27. A deputy responding to the crash said Harrington had slurred speech, glassy eyes and was unsteady on her feet. The affidavit also states that the deputy smelled alcohol on Harrington, who refused to provide a breath test. In body camera video, the deputy can be heard giving Harrington explicit instructions to...

Morgan Bullock is an African-American Irish dancer from Richmond, Virginia. After a TikTok video of her lightning-footed jigs went viral, she was accused of "cultural appropriation." Then she got a call from Riverdance...

What would you do if a lawyer threatened, "Give me a million dollars or my client and I will publicly brand you as a rapist and destroy your life?" On July 27, the California Supreme Court expanded the range of choices possible to one man who was presented with that threat.

<p>TEMPLEPATRICK (AP) -- Ireland is shrinking, a scientist warned Monday at a conference on the deterioration of coastlines. . . . Andrew Cooper, director of the Coastal Research Group at the University of Ulster, said the sea was swallowing up about 750 acres of Ireland each year and warned that the process would quicken.</p>