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Man with Jan. 6 warrant arrested near Obama DC home
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man with a Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., house, and he had guns and ammunition in his car, multiple law enforcement sources tell [Read More…]
Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush
Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. [Read More…]
At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — At least 13 people have died from heat-related illness in Texas, The Associated Press reported. Ten deaths due to heat illness were reported in Webb County and another death occurred in [Read More…]
Marianne Williamson defends leadership, pushes back on claim of ‘uncontrollable rage’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Marianne Williamson, the Democratic presidential candidate, popular speaker and bestselling author of self-help books who is mounting a dark horse primary challenge to President Joe Biden, is returning to her campaign in [Read More…]
Biden slams SCOTUS affirmative action decision: ‘Discrimination still exists in America’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court ruling setting new limits on affirmative action as a “severe disappointment,” saying, “we cannot let this decision be the last word.” “The [Read More…]
Sarah McBride could be 1st openly trans person in Congress, but her focus is on results for Delaware
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival (DOVER, Del.) — Sarah McBride is used to being first. She was the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, the first to speak at the [Read More…]
Students react to landmark Supreme Court affirmative action decision
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Students debated the fairness of a landmark Supreme Court decision on Thursday that sets new limits on race as a factor in admissions to public and private colleges and universities. The [Read More…]
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts ‘let-them-eat-cake obliviousness’ in Supreme Court affirmative action dissent
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court’s conservative majority of a “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” on the issue of race in its landmark ruling on affirmative action. The [Read More…]
Madonna ‘home and feeling better’ after hospitalization for ‘serious bacterial infection’
File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Madonna is “home and feeling better” after her recent hospitalization, a source close to the pop star’s camp told ABC News on Thursday. The “Material [Read More…]
Opioids are no better than a placebo for back pain: Study
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Researchers in Australia have found that for low back pain sufferers in their mid-40s, opioids don’t mitigate pain any better than a placebo. Among the study’s participants, the placebo gave [Read More…]
Virgin Galactic live updates: Company has launched its first fully commercial spaceflight
Ahmet Okur/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Virgin Galactic is launching its first fully commercial flight of the SpaceShipTwo space plane, the company announced. The ship will carry four people and launch around [Read More…]
‘Reservation Dogs’ to end with upcoming season 3
FX on Hulu FX’s acclaimed Indigenous comedy series Reservation Dogs will end when its forthcoming third season comes to a close, creator Sterlin Harjo has revealed on Instagram. In the lengthy post that dropped on Thursday, June 29, he said, “That’s a [Read More…]
Naomi Campbell welcomes second child, a baby boy
Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images Superstar model Naomi Campbell has announced the arrival of her second child, a baby boy. The 53-year-old announced the news on Instagram Thursday with a photo showing her holding the baby and another hand, [Read More…]
Charges dropped against man accused of fatally stabbing homeless man on New York City subway
WABC (NEW YORK) — Charges have been dropped against Jordan Williams, a man accused of fatally stabbing a 34-year-old homeless man on the New York City subway earlier this month. Williams, 20, had been charged with [Read More…]
Wildfire smoke live updates: MLB game delayed amid Pittsburgh’s poor air quality
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than [Read More…]
Biden, Obamas, Trump and more react to Supreme Court restricting affirmative action
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers, legal experts, presidential candidates — past and present — and others are reacting on Thursday to a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court setting new [Read More…]
Justices Thomas and Sotomayor, who say they benefitted from affirmative action, divide on its future
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s most senior conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, and its most senior liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, both rose from humble beginnings to join the elite ranks of Yale [Read More…]
Jada Pinkett Smith announces new memoir, gives update on ’Red Table Talk’
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Jada Pinkett Smith announced Thursday she’ll be releasing a new tell-all memoir this October — and she’s determined to tell the true story of her life. “On October 17th, I invite you into a journey [Read More…]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan had “to earn” producer titles on ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’
AMC/Peter Kramer An executive producer title can mean many things in Hollywood, and it ranges from a person who fronts the money and all the logistics to get an idea to the screen, to basically [Read More…]
Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are locked and loaded for war in epic new ‘Dune: Part Two’ trailer
Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. dropped an epic new trailer to Denis Villeneuve‘s highly anticipated sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two on Thursday, June 29. The new preview has Zendaya‘s Chani and Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides [Read More…]