Evidence photo shows Brendan Banfield and his au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes. (Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office) (NEW YORK) — A grand jury has indicted 39-year-old Brendan Banfield in the stabbing death of his wife and murder of another man in the couple’s bedroom 19 months after the killing, according to Virginia’s Fairfax County Commonwealth’s […]
Disney/Frank Micelotta Saturday Night Live has revealed that Jean Smart will be the first guest host of the show’s 50th season on Sept. 28. It will mark her debut on the stage of Studio 8H. Smart and her HBO show Hacks were honored Sunday at the 76th Emmy Awards with an upset win for Outstanding […]
M. Zoeller/US Geological Survey / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (HILO, Hawaii) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, one of the most active in the world, is erupting again, prompting a volcano watch alert in surrounding areas, according to officials. The eruption is occurring within a remote area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, according to the U.S. […]
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for a pretrial hearing, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City, July 19, 2024. (KENA BETANCUR/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new indictment charging him with criminal sex act in the first degree. […]
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s efforts to appeal to New York, a blue state, continue with a large-scale rally in Long Island on Wednesday — Trump’s second rally in the state on top of the multiple campaign stops he did in between his court appearances for his New […]
David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Firefighters are nearing victory in the battles against three major wildfires near Los Angeles that have burned more than 117,000 acres, destroyed nearly 200 structures and injured 23 people, officials said. More than 8,000 firefighters combating the Bridge, Line and Airport fires, all burning within 70 miles of each […]
ABC/John Argueta The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will return on Oct. 15, and Tyla is taking on headlining duties. She was named one of the musical headliners of the 2024 event because of her “vibrant personality” and “innovative take on pop and R&B,” according to Victoria’s Secret. “Growing up, I was captivated by the Victoria’s Secret […]
Ambulances rush wounded people to a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 17, 2024. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 20 more people were killed and 450 injured in Lebanon on Wednesday after a series of new explosions of wireless devices rocked the South, the Bekaa and the […]
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An aide to Ohio Sen. JD Vance was informed by a top Springfield, Ohio, official earlier this month that claims about Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs were false but the vice presidential nominee went ahead with spreading the rumor anyway, according to a new report from the Wall Street […]
Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — More than two dozen people were injured, including three critically, after a wagon overturned at an apple orchard in Wisconsin, authorities said. The incident was reported Wednesday morning at Bushel and a Peck Apple Orchard in Chippewa Falls. Elementary school-age children, parents and other chaperones were on […]
