Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin left the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier in the week, the Pentagon said. Austin was put under general anesthesia on Monday for a non-surgical procedure to treat an “emergent bladder issue,” […]
Blount County Sheriff’s Office (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A murder suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee deputy has been caught following a nearly weeklong manhunt, authorities said. Kenneth DeHart was detained in Knoxville on Tuesday, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office said on social media while sharing a photo of a large police presence […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A pet owner has caught a rare case of the bubonic plague, health officials in central Oregon say, and it’s believed they may have caught it from their cat. The Deschutes County Health Services confirmed the case of the plague in a local resident last week. The resident was likely […]
Cooper Neill/Getty Images Three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce is adding film producer to his resume. Kelce is using President Joe Biden’s renewable energy tax credits to finance My Dead Friend Zoe, Variety reports. The indie film is headed to the SXSW festival and stars Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Sonequa Martin-Green. This marks Kelce’s first foray into the film industry. He’ll serve as […]
ABC/Michael Le Brecht II The backstory behind Jon Batiste‘s Oscar-nominated song “It Never Went Away” from Netflix’s American Symphony is a sweet one. It was written as a lullaby for his wife, Suleika Jaouad [Su-lake-uh Ja-wad], who was battling leukemia, he told Billboard. “She is a best-selling author and couldn’t put pen to paper because the medication blurred her vision badly,” […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday — with more than 20 Republicans defying former President Donald Trump who fervently spoke out against the bill, which now faces an uncertain future in the House. The Senate voted 70-29 to approve the […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) –An Indiana man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly posting threats to kill Jewish people and U.S. government officials who expressed support for Israel following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, newly unsealed court records show. An FBI arrest affidavit says Jeffrey Stevens, 41, admitted in interviews with law enforcement that he leveled the […]
L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images When Usher got off the stage after performing for 15 minutes straight during the Super Bowl 58 halftime show, his message was simple: God is great. “God is real, man,” he told Access Hollywood. “The idea that we pray and wonder sometime why things happen the way they do. God’s […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Russian judge convicted a Texas man on Tuesday of abusing his two sons between 2014 and 2018 in the United States, even though the law enforcement officials in suburban Houston who previously investigated the allegations never found cause to file charges. David Barnes, 66, was sentenced to 21 […]
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pushed his Senate colleagues Monday to finally “finish the job” and get the $95 billion foreign aid bill across the finish line — however, Republican Sen. Rand Paul, a vocal opponent of the bill, filibustered on the floor urging senators to consider the effect it could […]
