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Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for United Justice Coalition (DALLAS) — Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger became eligible for parole over the weekend, five years after being convicted of murder in the fatal 2018 shooting of Botham Jean. Jean’s family is calling for the parole board to reject early release for Guyger and to ensure that […]
Former Georgetown and NBA star Dikembe Mutombo, a defensive menace whose rim protection and famous finger-wagging celebration made him one of the faces of defensive basketball in the 1990s and early 2000s, died on Monday from brain cancer, the NBA announced. He was 58 years old. Mutombo was a one-of-a-kind shot-blocking extraordinaire who almost never […]
Tom Brenner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Although President Joe Biden bluntly declared that “we need a cease-fire now” in Lebanon, his administration appeared to subdue its messaging on a push for a temporary truce between Israel and Hezbollah, as U.S. officials on Monday acknowledged Israel intends to scale up operations in Lebanon. “Military pressure can, at […]
An ABC News graphic shows the latest weather conditions and warnings in the wake of Helene, on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding from Hurricane Helene have been catastrophic, flooding neighborhoods, stranding residents, destroying homes and toppling trees in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, […]
Disney/Pixar Disney announced Monday that its smash sequel Inside Out 2 attracted 30.5 million views globally in its first five days on Disney+. That makes the Disney/Pixar movie, which has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time, the biggest premiere on Disney+ since 2021’s Encanto debuted on the platform. With streaming audiences in Latin America, Europe, […]
Kristofferson and Burstyn in ‘Alice’ – Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Scorsese has added his name to the list of famous fans who are mourning Kris Kristofferson, whom he directed in the 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Kristofferson played David, Ellen Burstyn‘s eventual love interest in the film, which also saw supporting turns from two of […]
Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images Sing Sing actor Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has officially been cleared of the charges for which he was wrongfully imprisoned. He was exonerated of murder Monday morning, 27 years after he was convicted. JJ was wrongfully convicted of killing a retired New York police detective in 1998 during the robbery of a gambling […]
The Major League Baseball regular season was supposed to conclude Sunday, Sept. 29, with a day off before the playoffs start on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Instead, there will be a doubleheader in Atlanta between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets that will determine the final two spots in the 2024 MLB playoff bracket. The first game is […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Ryan Routh pleaded not guilty to federal charges in connection with an alleged attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at the former president’s golf club in Florida. Routh, 58, appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach on Monday for his arraignment, which lasted fewer than five minutes. Routh’s […]
Starz Sam Heughan is saying goodbye to Outlander. The Scottish actor took to Instagram over the weekend to share a slideshow of images from his 11-year, eight-season and 101-episode tenure playing Jamie Fraser as filming on the beloved Starz series’ eighth and final season officially wrapped. “What a journey,” he wrote alongside the snaps. “So many memories, incredible […]
