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ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more 3,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia’s western Kursk region. Zelenskyy posted to Telegram on Monday following a briefing by Kyiv’s top commander — Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi — on the ongoing […]
Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday released a scathing report concluding its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, finding “substantial evidence” that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017 in violation of Florida’s statutory rape law, and engaged in a broader pattern of paying women for sex. […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEBRASKA) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is recovering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being bucked off a horse, his office said Monday. The incident happened when the Republican leader was riding on horseback with family members near Columbus on Sunday. The governor was thrown from a new […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A deadly, undiagnosed disease that has been spreading in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be linked to malaria, health officials said Thursday. As of Dec. 14, the latest date for which data is available, 592 cases have been reported with 37 confirmed deaths and 44 […]
Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks baristas walked off the job in major cities in Massachusetts, Texas and Oregon on Monday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 12 cities nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers United. Workers went out on strike in Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Portland, Oregon, joining baristas in cities spanning from […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONMagic 109, Bucks 114Mavericks 104, Thunder 118 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEMaple Leafs 2, Devils 1Avalanche 6, Penguins 2Sharks 2, Hurricanes 3Flyers 5, Blue Jackets 3Kings 3, Islanders 1Flames 4, Predators 3Bruins 1, Jets 8Lightning 1, Oilers 2Wild 5, Utah Hockey Club 4Blues […]
L. Cohen/Getty Images Blake Lively’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars are supporting the actress amid her legal action against her It Ends with Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel, who starred with Lively in the 2005 hit movie, signed a joint statement on Sunday, offering Lively “solidarity” […]
Legacy/Columbia Talk about a down-to-the-wire Christmas present: Mariah Carey has unwrapped a brand-new Billboard Hot 100 record. Her song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is spending another week at #1 on the Hot 100, bringing its collective run on top of that tally to 17 weeks. That’s longer than Mariah’s previous longest-running #1 hit, “One Sweet Day,” her […]
Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Denzel Washington‘s next phase of life includes sharing the word of God as a minister. Days before his 70th birthday, the actor rededicated his life to God on Saturday, getting baptized at Harlem’s Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ. He also received a minister license […]
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON)– Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the […]
