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32-year-old woman faces charges after allegedly posing as high school student
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A 32-year-old Boston woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly enrolling and posing as a student in three Boston high schools, court records show. Shelby Hewitt, of Canton, Massachusetts, reportedly [Read More…]
Wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued in 20 US states
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…]
Nursing homes allegedly neglected residents, misused $83M in funds: NY attorney general
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (ALBANY, N.Y.) — The owners, operators and landlords of four nursing homes in New York for years misused more than $83 million in taxpayer money, leaving elderly people in their care dead, neglected [Read More…]
Daniel Penny pleads not guilty in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely; bail set at $100K
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s comments to police following the fatal chokehold of Jordan Neely in a New York City subway have been released in new documents. “He came on [Read More…]
Americans will spend an extra $1 billion on healthcare each summer due to extreme heat: Report
Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. could soon be paying an additional $1 billion in healthcare expenses each summer due to forecasts of continuing waves of extreme heat in the [Read More…]
RNC won’t present loyalty pledge to candidates until after they qualify for debate: Sources
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidates who qualify for the first primary debate will have to satisfy one final, somewhat controversial requirement, sources say: signing a pledge to back whomever the party’s eventual nominee [Read More…]
Russian military leaders were aware of mutiny plan: US officials
Wagner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States assesses that members of Russia’s military leadership were aware of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s planned mutiny before he marched on Moscow, according to Biden administration officials. One senior [Read More…]
Simone Biles set to return to competition for 1st time since Tokyo Olympics
Marcus Ingram/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Simone Biles is set to return to gymnastics competition for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics. Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist and 2016 Olympic individual all-around champion, was announced [Read More…]
DOJ announces 78 people charged over $2.5 billion in false health care billings
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 78 defendants in separate schemes that totaled more than $2.5 billion in [Read More…]
Ke Huy Quan, Austin Butler, Keke Palmer and hundreds more just became Academy Awards voters
Ke Huy Quan – ABC The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday, June 28, it had added some 398 new voters to its membership. The additions include dozens of performers, including newly [Read More…]
Netflix running ‘Titanic’ is making waves because of the Titan sub tragedy
Paramount Pictures/CBS via Getty Images Shortly after news broke about the submarine accident that took the lives of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 19-year-old Suleman Dawood and British [Read More…]
John Legend, Chrissy Teigen welcome a baby boy via surrogate
Jeff Vespa/WireImage John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are now a family of six. Taking to Instagram Wednesday, Legend shared a sweet photo of himself with all five children: their new baby boy, Wren Alexander Stephens, born June 19 via surrogate; Esti Maxine Stephens, the [Read More…]
Tom Cruise urges fans to see all the big movies this summer, not just his ‘Mission: Impossible’ film
Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Movie star and movie fan Tom Cruise took to Instagram on Wednesday to promote … everybody else’s summer movies. In the post, the lead and producer of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is shown [Read More…]
Prime Video teases Jim Gaffigan’s newest stand-up special, ‘Dark Pale’
Prime Video Actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan is returning to Prime Video with Dark Pale, his third stand-up special for the streamer and his 10th overall. A new teaser shows him riffing on fatherhood, a [Read More…]
Debris from Titan submersible brought ashore after catastrophic implosion
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images (ST JOHN’S, Canada) — Debris from the submersible that imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week has been brought ashore. The Canadian Press captured pieces [Read More…]
Despite harmless powder, mysterious letters in 3 states could get someone killed, says top cop
Rep. Tory Marie Blew/Facebook (TOPEKA, Kan.) — While the mysterious white powder inside scores of envelopes sent to Republican lawmakers and officials in at least three states has been deemed harmless, investigators say the mailings could [Read More…]
US economy ‘quite resilient,’ Fed Chair Jerome Powell says
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday voiced an optimistic message about the U.S. economy and downplayed the threat of a recession. “The U.S. economy has actually been quite [Read More…]
Orlando Bloom takes his life in his own hands in Peacock’s ‘Orlando Bloom: To The Edge’
Eric Alonso/Getty Images On Wednesday, June 28, Peacock released a teaser to its three-part series Orlando Bloom: To The Edge. The Lord of the Rings star is seen skydiving with a wing suit, hiking up a mountain and free-diving. After free-diving, the [Read More…]
Drew Barrymore on what she’s cool with for the summer
ABC/Getty Images With her eponymous talk show now on its summer hiatus, Drew Barrymore has had a little time to relax. The actress recently passed along to ABC Audio some recommendations for what to watch and where [Read More…]
Kevin Spacey appears in U.K. court as sex assault trial begins
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Kevin Spacey made an appearance at London’s central Southwark Crown Court related to multiple sexual assault charges made against him by four men. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor arrived around [Read More…]