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Click here to read the full article. When someone who has made a four-decade career out of being funny decides to take a step back from what made them famous, there’s always that potentially nagging sense of self-doubt that can creep into the artist’s psyche. Is it really my time to be done? Do I have anything left to prove to myself? In Bill Engvall ’s case, he knew it was the perfect time to bid goodbye to the road. “I always said that I wanted to go out on my terms. I never wanted to be the act where someone said they should have stopped a year ago. And I say this with all humility, but I caught the brass ring. I’ve achieved every goal that was in front of me in terms of stand-up,” he says with a smile. More from Variety Bill Engvall to Retire From Stand-Up, Announces Farewell Comedy Tour 'Here's Your Sign, It's Finally Time' Bill Engvall to Host 'Blue Collar Auction' Series for Circle TV Leah Remini, Snooki Among 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast … [Read more...] about Bill Engvall Reflects on Stand-Up Career and Being ‘Given A Gift’ Amid Farewell Tour

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 More than 12 years before he shot and killed nine of his coworkers at the Valley Transportation Authority , Samuel James Cassidy was an emotionally volatile person with a penchant for abusive behavior, according to an ex-girlfriend who filed a restraining order against him in March 2009. In an interview, the woman, who The Chronicle is not naming because she is an alleged victim of sexual assault, said she and Cassidy met on Match.com in early 2008 and dated seriously for about six months. Two months into their relationship, she said, Cassidy proposed. She declined. That’s when she said Cassidy’s behavior turned both verbally and physically abusive. She recalled one specific incident where he raped her while he was drunk, but acknowledged that her memory of the relationship had faded over the years. “He was mentally unstable, up and down,” she said. “Sometimes he was a nice gentleman, … [Read more...] about San Jose mass shooter’s ex-girlfriend details sexual abuse

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. tried to nudge Republicans into taking up a domestic terrorism bill that had cleared the House quickly last week after mass shootings at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and a church in Southern California targeting people of color. He said it could become the basis for negotiation. But the vote failed nearly along party lines, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of robust debate, let alone eventual compromise, on gun safety measures. The final vote was 47-47, short of the 60 needed to take up the bill, with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine the … [Read more...] about Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate