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Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves welcome son Levi to social media
Hubert Vestil/Getty Images Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves took to Instagram on Friday, July 7, to announce their birthday present for their now-15-year-old son, Levi. The famous parents are finally allowing him on social [Read More…]
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ now available on digital
Marvel Studios One of the highest-grossing movies of the year, Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now available for purchase on HD digital and on platforms like Fandango’s Vudu, Prime Video, Apple [Read More…]
Yvette Nicole Brown to announce Emmy nominations on Wednesday
Tina Bernard — Television Academy The Television Academy revealed on Friday, July 7 that Community co-star and Avengers: Endgame veteran Yvette Nicole Brown will announce the nominees for the 75th Emmy Awards. The actress and [Read More…]
El Paso Walmart gunman Patrick Crusius given 90 life sentences in federal trial
Jason Marz/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The El Paso Walmart gunman was formally sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for the racist 2019 massacre that killed 23 people and injured nearly two dozen others, [Read More…]
Shark-monitoring drones to hit New York beaches amid uptick of sightings
Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of new shark-monitoring drones will be sent to New York beach towns amid an uptick in incidents, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. The state will [Read More…]
Amid mental health crisis, school teaches students how to help each other
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — As federal data shows a rising mental health crisis among teens in the United States, one high school has decided to take a different approach to helping students. Officials at Alta-Aurelia [Read More…]
Reality roundup: ’Jersey Shore”s Sammi returns, ‘RHOBH’ couple denies divorce rumors, and more
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week. Jersey Shore Family Vacation (MTV) – Let the countdown begin! MTV has set the [Read More…]
Unanswered questions remain after New Jersey firefighters killed in raging blaze on European-made cargo ship
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Investigators are searching for answers after two firefighters were killed and five more were injured while battling a raging blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey. [Read More…]
Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded four days in a row
ABC News (NEW YORK) — For four days in a row, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded as regions all over the world endure dangerous heat. Earth warmed to the highest temperature ever [Read More…]
Journalist Evan Gershkovich has been detained for 100 days by Russian government
Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Friday marks journalist and U.S. citizen Evan Gershkovich’s 100th day being detained by Russian government authorities. The 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter has sat in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison [Read More…]
Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weeks-long heat wave
Robert Brook/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Green energy is helping to keep the Texas power grids alive amid a weeks-long heat wave that has left power usage at an all-time high. The perfect meteorological conditions [Read More…]
CBP rescues two people suffering from heat stress in southern Arizona
SimpleImages/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Two people suffering from heat stress had to be rescued via helicopter in a remote area of southern Arizona this week, officials said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said [Read More…]
Dozens injured in NYC bus collision: FDNY
WABC (NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured following a bus collision in New York City on Thursday night, the FDNY said. The FDNY said it received a call just before 7 p.m. ET [Read More…]
Casey DeSantis makes her solo campaign debut in Iowa
POOL, ABC News (JOHNSTON, Iowa) — Casey DeSantis, the wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, made her solo campaign debut on Thursday — appearing in an intimate setting where she talked about her life as [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 7/6/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 9, Oakland 0 Toronto 6, Chi White Sox 2 Toronto 5, [Read More…]
How corporate America is slashing DEI workers amid backlash to diversity programs
Shannon Fagan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Years after the death of George Floyd shined a spotlight on societal inequities, diversity professionals say some companies are turning their backs on the progress that’s been made to [Read More…]
‘Barry’ alum Stephen Root explains why actors are ready to strike
Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Hollywood actors and studios are trying to come to a deal in order to avoid a strike — last week they extended talks until July 12. So what’s going to happen? Stephen Root, star [Read More…]
Zelenskyy to ABC: Russia could sabotage nuclear power plant to halt Ukrainian advances
Yuriy Boyko/ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia could stage an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to halt Ukrainian advances on the battlefield, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in a wide-ranging new interview with ABC [Read More…]
‘Look at me, you coward’: Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims confront gunman
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — Nearly four years after 23 people were killed in a racist mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the victims’ families are confronting the gunman in [Read More…]
Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting
US Federal Register (PHILADELPHIA) — Just days after a man wielding two “ghost guns,” including an AR-15 rifle, shot seven people, five fatally, in a Philadelphia neighborhood, according to authorities, leaders of the city filed [Read More…]