Year: 2024
Renée Zellweger returns to rom-com glory in new ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ trailer
Universal Pictures/Jay Maidment Renée Zellweger is back for one more hilarious and romantic adventure in the official trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, directed by Michael Morris. The clip, which debuted online Tuesday [Read More…]
Warner Bros. selling 10 real-life Batmobiles
Warner Bros. Pictures If you’ve ever wanted to be Batman — or, more accurately, his deep-pocketed alter ego Bruce Wayne — here’s your chance. To celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Caped Crusader, Warner Bros. is [Read More…]
Return of ‘Yellowstone’ lassos series-best rating for Paramount Network
Paramount Network (SPOILERS) Fans really wanted to see what happened to Kevin Costner‘s John Dutton: The Sunday return of Yellowstone scored the best-ever season debut for the Paramount Network drama, ABC Audio has confirmed. According [Read More…]
‘It happens’: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson talks tardy rumors, reports he used water bottles as urinals on set
ABC/Paula Lobo Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wasn’t holding back in a GQ Man of the Year cover story interview, which addresses some reports of seemingly odd behavior on the set of his upcoming holiday movie, Red One. [Read More…]
What Trump has said about birth control, and what he could do as president
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images The election of former President Donald Trump to a second term has put a spotlight on what his return to the White House may look like, particularly when it comes to women’s health. Online searches [Read More…]
Trump transition live updates: Noem picked for DHS secretary
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever [Read More…]
Trump picks former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be Israeli ambassador
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel. “Mike has been a great public servant, Governor, and [Read More…]
Johnson, GOP leaders take victory lap and say they’re ready for Day 1 under Trump
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and top House Republicans took a victory lap as they returned to Washington on Tuesday on the heels of last week’s election, saying they are ready on [Read More…]
Trump picks Rep. Mike Waltz, a former Green Beret, as national security adviser: Sources
US Representative (R-FL) Mike Waltz. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump has asked Florida Republican Rep. Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser, multiple sources told ABC News. [Read More…]
Lee Zeldin tapped to lead Environmental Protection Agency under Trump
Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. In a statement on Monday, Trump praised Lee’s background as a lawyer and said [Read More…]
School bus attendant seen hitting autistic student in surveillance footage
Albuquerque Public Schools (ALBUQUERGUE, N.M.) — A school bus attendant for Albuquerque, New Mexico, Public Schools has been arrested after she was seen in surveillance video repeatedly hitting an autistic student. Debbie Chavira, 64, is [Read More…]
At least 11 injured in explosion at manufacturing plant in Louisville, Kentucky: Police
ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — At least 11 people were reported injured in an explosion at a manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky, police said. A “hazardous materials incident” was reported Tuesday afternoon at the address [Read More…]
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years on federal charges
Charles O’Rear (BOSTON) — Jack Teixeira, the former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who prosecutors said “perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history,” was sentenced to 15 [Read More…]
32 escaped monkeys captured in South Carolina, 11 remain on the loose
Yemassee Police Department (YEMASSEE, S.C.) — More than half of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered. As of Tuesday evening, 32 of the 43 furry runaways, that [Read More…]
FAA bans US flights to Haiti for 30 days after planes struck by gunfire
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Aviation Administration has banned U.S. flights to Haiti for 30 days in the wake of Monday’s gunfire incidents, according to a Notice to Air Mission issued Tuesday. “U.S. [Read More…]
Climate and environment updates: Oil companies to pay for excessive methane emissions
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
Biden hosts Israel’s president at the White House amid peace push
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday as the outgoing administration seeks cease-fire progress in Gaza and Lebanon before President-elect Donald Trump takes [Read More…]
Spirit Airlines plane struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Haiti
Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images (HAITI) — A Spirit Airlines plane flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Haiti was diverted after it was struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: ‘No cease-fire’ in Lebanon, defense minister says
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
Why Trump’s imminent return might scuttle Biden’s last plays in foreign wars
ABC/Al Drago (LONDON) — President Joe Biden will see out his term knowing that President-elect Donald Trump — a man he fought desperately hard to unseat in 2020 and called a “genuine danger to American [Read More…]