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Ezra Miller receives a year of probation in liquor-stealing case
Miller from a April 2022 arrest/Hawaii County Police Department Embattled The Flash star Ezra Miller was given a year of administrative probation and was ordered to pay a $500 fine after pleading guilty to his [Read More…]
Morgan Freeman joins Nicole Kidman spy series ‘The Lioness’
Nigel Parry-CPi Paramount+ has announced that another Oscar winner has joined Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña in Taylor Sheridan‘s spy series The Lioness: Morgan Freeman. According to the streaming service, the show from the Yellowstone [Read More…]
Treasury secretary says US to hit debt limit on Jan. 19
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders Friday the U.S. would hit its debt limit next week — setting up a showdown between Democrats, the White House and House Republicans, [Read More…]
DHS allowing noncitizens to report labor violations without jeopardizing immigration status
DHS Photo by Sydney Phoenix (WASHINGTON) — Noncitizen workers who witness labor violations can now report them without fear of their immigration status being held against them, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. “Individuals [Read More…]
Trump Organization sentenced to maximum fine following tax fraud conviction
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s namesake family real estate firm was sentenced to the maximum allowable fine Friday in New York following its conviction on 17 counts, include a 13-year scheme [Read More…]
‘Bachelor’ alum Nick Viall engaged to Natalie Joy: ‘For the rest of my life, it’s you’
Joy and Viall at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards — E! Entertainment – NBC/Todd Williamson Nick Viall has handed out his final rose. The Bachelor alum is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Natalie Joy. The [Read More…]
After Golden Globes appearance, Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she’s COVID positive
NBC/Kevork Djansezian (NOTE LANGUAGE) Jamie Lee Curtis may have missed out on a Golden Globe for Everything Everywhere All at Once on Tuesday, but she apparently didn’t go home empty-handed. The Halloween series star posted [Read More…]
Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to UK sex assault charges
YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images Kevin Spacey is facing an additional seven charges in the U.K. According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the charges stem from sexual offenses against one man between 2001 and [Read More…]
‘Zoey 101’ sequel movie starring Jamie Lynn Spears coming to Paramount+
Paramount+ Jamie Lynn Spears and the Pacific Coast High gang are back in a sequel to the popular 2000’s Nickelodeon sitcom Zoey 101, heading to Paramount+. Tentatively titled Zoey 102, the full-length original movie will [Read More…]
In formerly occupied Borodyanka, Ukrainians rebuild their bombed-out homes in cold and darkness
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “When you’re cooking, steam comes out of your mouth,” Svetalana told us, standing in her bitterly cold, pitch-black kitchen, near where seven months earlier a Russian bomb caused the windows [Read More…]
Mega Millions jackpot surges to $1.35 billion
youngvet/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $1.35 billion for Friday’s drawing, the second-largest in the game’s history. The only Mega Millions jackpot larger than Friday’s prize is the $1.537 [Read More…]
At least seven dead after multiple tornadoes, severe winds tear through South
Heather Paul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A massive storm system sweeping across the United States struck the South on Thursday with severe winds and numerous tornadoes, killing at least seven people in Alabama and Georgia. [Read More…]
Santos drama puts House Republicans in political bind
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are in a bind over whether and how to punish embattled Rep. George Santos, a lawmaker who both attracts nonstop controversy and holds a critical seat in the narrowly [Read More…]
Supreme Court decision creates confusion over which firearm restrictions are constitutional
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a New York law limiting the concealed carry of handguns in public areas, there has been an increasing lack of clarity on gun restrictions, [Read More…]
Some GOP McCarthy holdouts scoff at claims Trump swayed speaker vote outcome
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Moments after clinching the House speakership, Kevin McCarthy headed to the cameras to “especially thank” one person he said helped him get the gig: Donald Trump. “I do want to [Read More…]
Why flu and strep A can be so serious in children
Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a flu season that started earlier than expected there’s also been a higher number of strep A cases in children this year. The Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
Trump Organization to be sentenced following tax fraud conviction
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s namesake family real estate firm will be sentenced Friday in New York following its conviction on 17 counts, include a 13-year scheme to defraud. The company [Read More…]
Egg prices reach historic highs amid avian flu outbreak, inflation woes
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fans of three-egg omelets and bacon-egg-and-cheese sandwiches have more to worry about than just high cholesterol. The wholesale price of a dozen eggs has more than quadrupled year over year, [Read More…]
City National Bank to pay $31M in redlining settlement with DOJ
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $31 million settlement with City National Bank over allegations that the Los Angeles-based bank engaged in “redlining” – a pattern of lending discrimination [Read More…]
Tom Hanks shows the whole country his grumpy side when ‘A Man Called Otto’ opens nationwide on Friday
2022 CTMG, Inc. All rights reserved./Nico Tavernise Grumpy Tom Hanks is now out there for the whole country to see — his new movie, A Man Called Otto, opens wide this weekend. Hanks plays a [Read More…]