Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A DOD-contracted aircraft flying an “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance” mission crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur, killing all four on board, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Thursday. The victims included one U.S. military service member and three defense contractors, according to federal officials. “The incident occurred during a […]
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (HOUSTON) — A man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight en route to Houston had to be restrained by fellow passengers on Wednesday after he began kicking seats and hitting a window, eventually breaking the plexiglass, police said. The flight, F9 4856, departed from Denver and was in the air for about 20 to […]
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to fire and smoke inhalation rose dramatically in the days immediately after the Los Angeles wildfires last month, new data published Thursday shows. The wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades and in Eaton Canyon on Jan. 7. Although several destructive […]
Warner Bros via Getty Images Buffy is coming back. Sarah Michelle Gellar has confirmed she is returning to her iconic character Buffy Summers in a reboot of the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In a post shared to Instagram on Thursday, Gellar wrote that fans may have heard the news, but that she realized she […]
Melina Mara /The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson led a cross-section of House Republicans for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Wednesday, where they’re huddling with President Donald Trump to chew over their strategy to advance the president’s ambitious agenda. “This is part of the process…the America First […]
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BOSTON) — As more than two million federal employees face a midnight Thursday deadline to accept the Trump administration’s buyout offer, a federal judge in Massachusetts will consider an eleventh-hour request to block the buyout from moving forward. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. set Thursday afternoon hearing to consider a […]
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard is speaking out on Karla Sofía Gascón‘s offensive posts amid the backlash that his lead actress has recently received. In an interview with Deadline published Wednesday, Audiard condemned Gascón’s tweets, which contained Islamophobic, racist and other offensive remarks on a wide range of topics. “It’s […]
The NHL regular season will take a nearly two-week long hiatus to host the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off. The round-robin tournament will run Feb. 12-20, splitting time between Boston and Montreal and featuring national teams from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States. Many of the NHL’s top stars will suit up for their respective […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Department of Justice and lawyers representing a group of FBI agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were in active negotiations Thursday to reach an agreement that would prevent the DOJ from publicly releasing the identities of any bureau employees currently under review for […]
Travis Scott is looking for a college band to join him at Coachella. “Any hbcu or really any college with a band. Big or small. That stand to take on that horn arrangement from 4×4. I’m down to bring u with me to Coachella to do it with me,” he wrote on social platform X. […]
