Eyad Baba via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The uptick in offensive operations came after Israel marked the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault, and as Israeli leaders planned their response to Iran’s latest ballistic […]
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Lyle and Erik Menendez are currently serving life behind bars for the murders of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills home. But after more than three decades in prison, a renewed interest in the headline-grabbing trial has the brothers pursuing two tracks to potential freedom. The Menendez case […]
STEFANIA ROSINI/NETFLIX (NEW YORK) — Shares of Netflix climbed about 9% in early trading on Friday after a strong earnings report propelled by hit shows like “Nobody Wants This” and “The Perfect Couple.” The company added about 5 million subscribers over a three-month period ending in September, which marked a roughly 40% decline from the same period one year […]
Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis Kool & the Gang will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday in Cleveland by Public Enemy‘s Chuck D., and they’ll perform with The Roots. But as Robert “Kool” Bell, the sole living founding member of the group, told ABC Audio, they’ve […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A presidential election tradition dating back to 1960 brought some laughs in New York City on Thursday night, but for the first time in 40 years, only one candidate will be on the dias. Former President Donald Trump spoke at the New York Archdiocese’s annual Alfred E. Smith […]
Ilana Panich-linsman/Innocence Project/AFP via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited “shaken baby syndrome” hypothesis, was granted a temporary hold on his death sentence. Late Thursday evening, the Texas Supreme Court issued a temporary […]
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — All charges were dropped Thursday against Tyron McAlpin, a disabled Black man in Arizona who had been facing charges of felony assault and resisting arrest after a pair of Phoenix police officers punched him and shocked him with a stun gun. McAlpin is deaf and has cerebral palsy. The incident, […]
General_4530/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has proposed tariffs as the solution for a host of perceived ills: the decline of U.S. manufacturing, the arrival of undocumented immigrants and the costs of childcare, among others. “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff,’” Trump said this week during an appearance […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, will make his first appearance on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show as host Jon Stewart‘s in-studio guest on Oct. 21, the cable channel has announced. The interview will be available the following morning on Paramount+ and Comedy Central VOD … Mitzi Gaynor, the actress and dancer best […]
State election officials who will oversee voting for the November general election prepare for disruptions from artificial intelligence during a training session in Phoenix, Ariz.. Via ABC News (PHOENIX) — In the final weeks of a divisive, high-stakes campaign season, state election officials in political battleground states say they are bracing for the unpredictable and […]
