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Adult Swim giving third season to Emmy-winning animated series ‘Primal’
Adult Swim One of the biggest hits Adult Swim ever had, Genndy Tartakovsky‘s Emmy-winning, prehistoric animated series Primal, will not be going extinct. The adult animation network announced a third season of Primal is now [Read More…]
Six dead, including three children, in Tennessee murder-suicide
Kali9/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Six people were found dead, including three children, at a Tennessee home in an apparent murder-suicide. Marion County deputies and Jasper police officers responded to reports of shots fired around [Read More…]
One person killed in bear attack in Arizona; bear also dead
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (PRESCOTT, Ariz.) — A person was killed by a bear in Arizona on Friday, marking the second reported deadly bear attack in the state, authorities said. The bear involved in the attack [Read More…]
Trump faces 31 charges under the Espionage Act: The law regulating government secrets explained
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At the center of Donald Trump’s historic federal indictment is the Espionage Act, under which prosecutors have charged the former president with illegally keeping government information after leaving [Read More…]
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dead at 92
Joe Kohen/WireImage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who became infamous for leaking the Pentagon Papers to news outlets in 1971, has died, according to his family. He was 92 years old. Ellsberg [Read More…]
Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached: What to know about the controversy and what comes next
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on May 27, becoming the state’s first statewide official to be impeached since 1917. The proceedings were sparked by claims from former [Read More…]
Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on special counsel Jack Smith
Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It was a history-making moment Tuesday when special counsel Jack Smith and former president Donald Trump appeared together for the first time in the [Read More…]
Prince Harry, Meghan part ways with Spotify
MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan’s much-heralded deal with Spotify, one of the first deals they announced after leaving their royal roles, has come to an end. Spotify and [Read More…]
‘Outlander’ cast on the “mixed feelings” they have about the show reaching its end
Starz Jamie and Claire face unrelenting changes together when Outlander returns to Starz for its seventh season on Friday, June 16. The cast dished to ABC Audio about the penultimate season of the popular show, [Read More…]
Pete Davidson charged in Beverly Hills car crash
NBCUniversal/Virginia Sherwood Pete Davidson was charged Friday, June 16, with a misdemeanor count of reckless driving after a March car crash into a Beverly Hills home, ABC News has learned. The former SNL star was [Read More…]
‘The Flash’ director Andy Muschietti staying in the superhero business with ‘Batman: The Brave and the Bold’
Warner Bros. Studios/Eric Charbonneau Although The Flash just ran into theaters officially Friday, June 16, its director has been tapped to helm another hot property in the DC Films library. Variety says Andy Muschietti, who [Read More…]
Trailer for Carrie Fisher’s final film, ‘Wonderwell’, debuts
Strange Quark Films Wonderwell, the long-delayed fantasy film that was the last movie Carrie Fisher worked on before her death at age 60 in 2016, now has a trailer. The modern-day fairy tale film shows [Read More…]
Surfside condo that collapsed and killed 98 was not built to code, federal investigators say
GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Federal investigators looking into the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse that killed 98 people in 2021 said Thursday the structure did not meet building codes when it was [Read More…]
Tornadoes rip through Texas and Florida, killing at least four
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The residents of Perryton, Texas, are digging out after a deadly tornado ripped through the small town, destroying at least 200 homes. Devastation in Texas Three people in Perryton were [Read More…]
Delphi double murder suspect confessed multiple times: Prosecutors
mphotoi/Getty Images (DELPHI, Ind.) — Prosecutors are alleging that Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen, while in custody, confessed five or six times to the killings. Defense attorneys didn’t dispute the allegation in a [Read More…]
Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter found guilty in federal death penalty trial
Mint Images/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Robert Bowers was found guilty on Friday on all counts in the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Bowers was convicted on all 63 charges, [Read More…]
Juneteenth commemorated in Galveston, Texas, where holiday began
City of Galveston, Texas/Government/Facebook (GALVESTON, Texas) — Ahead of Juneteenth, Galveston, Texas, was recognized as being the original birthplace of the African American holiday. The City of Galveston hosted an event Friday that featured an [Read More…]
White House denounces handful of attendees at Pride event who posed topless: ‘Simply unacceptable’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is responding after several transgender guests exposed their chests at the administration’s Pride celebration this past weekend. The incident drew backlash as inappropriate, including from conservative commentators [Read More…]
New study shows brain changes could be a reason it’s hard to lose weight
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ways to lose weight have been trending with the rising popularity and success stories of certain drugs that help with weight loss, such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, and more people [Read More…]
Iowa Supreme Court prevents 6-week abortion ban from going into effect
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — The Iowa Supreme Court prevented a six-week abortion ban that was signed into law several years ago from going into effect. The court was split in a 3-3 [Read More…]