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‘Big Brother’ Houseguest Luke Valentine kicked off for using racial slur
Sonja Flemming/CBS Big Brother‘s latest season took a dramatic twist as houseguest Luke Valentine was swiftly removed from the show for using a racial slur during a conversation with fellow cast members. “Luke violated the [Read More…]
In Brief: HBO skewering superhero movies with ‘The Franchise’, and more
HBO has greenlit The Franchise, a half-hour comedy from Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of American Beauty, and Veep and Avenue 5 creator Armando Iannucci that pokes fun at superhero movies. Himesh Patel and Aya Cash star in the series about “the crew of an unloved franchise movie [Read More…]
‘Rust’ trial set for December; Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed pleads not guilty
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set south of Santa Fe in 2021, according to the Santa Fe New [Read More…]
Presidential candidate assassinated in Ecuador after alleging links between gangs and officials
RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images (QUITO, Ecuador) — Fernando Villavicencio, a presidential candidate in Ecuador, whose campaign highlighted alleged connections between gangs and government officials, was assassinated at the end of a campaign rally in [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll rises to 36 as residents scramble to evacuate
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least [Read More…]
Police seek suspect in ‘unacceptable’ fatal shooting of 10-year-old in Virginia
The City of Franklin Virginia Police Department released this undated photo of Tashawnda Nicole Drayton, 24, who law enforcement said is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old. — The City of [Read More…]
Trump, staffers to be arraigned on superseding indictment in classified documents case
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump will again be formally arraigned at a Florida federal courthouse Thursday, along with longtime aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago club property manager Carlos [Read More…]
Alabama riverfront melee: Two remaining suspects turn themselves in, police say
Christa Owen (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Police say the remaining two suspects of the Riverfront Park melee turned themselves in Wednesday after charges were filed against three white boaters who allegedly assaulted a Black ferry co-captain [Read More…]
Fulton County DA urges staff not to respond to Trump campaign ad
ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has responded to a recent attack ad from former President Donald Trump, writing in an internal memo sent to staff urging them [Read More…]
Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least three years in prison for fatal DUI crash
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a deadly crash in Las Vegas. Ruggs, 24, pleaded guilty [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 8/9/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 6, Tampa Bay 4 LA Angels 4, San Francisco 1 Seattle 6, San Diego 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE [Read More…]
Price data expected to show inflation ticked up in July
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation data to be released on Thursday will show whether a monthslong cooldown of price increases continued in July. The fresh data arrives roughly two weeks after the Federal [Read More…]
‘Only Murders in the Building’ co-creator John Hoffman staying “hopeful” amid writers strike
Patrick Harbron/Hulu Not the happiest of anniversaries — the Hollywood writers strike hit 100 days Wednesday, with no end in sight. Talks briefly resumed on Friday, August 4 and then broke off almost as quickly [Read More…]
Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least 3 years in prison for fatal DUI crash
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a deadly crash in Las [Read More…]
41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast, survivors tell Red Cross
Valeria Ferraro/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LAMPEDUSA, Italy) — Forty-one people are presumed to have died in a shipwreck close to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday, survivors told the deputy general secretary of the [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: At least 6 dead as residents scramble to evacuate
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly across Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. The Big Island [Read More…]
‘I was trapped’: Maui fire survivors speak out as emergency declared
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WAILUKU, Hawaii) — Hawaii residents recounted fleeing from deadly, ferocious wildfires, which have prompted an emergency proclamation from the acting governor. “We started smelling the smoke, and that’s when we knew we had trouble,” [Read More…]
House GOP releases new memo on Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, reviving old claims
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday released a 19-page memo with “new information obtained in the [Oversight] Committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes,” according to Rep. James Comer, [Read More…]
Jack Smith previously got search warrant for Trump’s Twitter, new court docs show
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for records and data from former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account earlier this year, newly revealed court documents show. The existence of the [Read More…]
Newly revealed memo details efforts to keep Trump in power following election loss
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A newly revealed memo from December 2020 offers new insight into efforts by then-President Donald Trump’s legal team to keep Trump in power following his loss to Joe Biden in the [Read More…]