Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has withdrawn from their appeal of the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump’s co-defendants and referred the case to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, according to a court filing Monday afternoon. Smith last month dropped his appeal against […]
STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock (WASHINGTON) — The Treasury Department was breached by a China-sponsored actor earlier this month, officials told Congress in a letter on Monday. The “major” breach was achieved by gaining access to a third-party cybersecurity service Treasury used, called BeyondTrust, they said. The actor then accessed Treasury workstations and “certain unclassified documents” on […]
Sdi Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Respiratory illness activity – a measure of how often conditions like the common cold, flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus are diagnosed – is currently “high” in the United States, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently, New Hampshire is listed as having […]
Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The fund disbursing money to the victims of Bernie Madoff’s legendary Ponzi scheme began its 10th and final distribution on Monday, putting another $131 million in the pockets of swindled investors. Twenty-three thousand victims worldwide are receiving payments, bringing their total recoveries to 94% of their losses. […]
Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The widow of hockey player Matthew Gaudreau, who was killed alongside his brother when they were struck by an alleged drunk driver, has given birth to their son four months after her husband’s death. Madeline Gaudreau announced the birth of Tripp Matthew in an Instagram post on Sunday, […]
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Will Ferrell is closing out the holiday season in iconic form. The actor and comedian was spotted at the Los Angeles Kings game Sunday night, sitting rinkside decked head to toe in full Elf gear, a callback to his wildly popular role as Buddy the elf — aka Buddy Hobbs, the goofy […]
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Gal Gadot is opening up about a scary medical condition she faced midpregnancy this year. The Wonder Woman actress shared in an Instagram post Sunday that she had been diagnosed with “a massive blood clot” in her brain eight months into her most recent pregnancy. Gadot wrote in the caption that 2024 had been a year “of […]
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and star of the 1970s sitcom Alice, has died at age 87. She passed away unexpectedly Sunday due to complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her PR rep confirms. Lavin had been working as recently as December — she was set to star in the upcoming Hulu series Mid-Century Modern. […]
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Three luxury watches, including a Rolex worth about $9,000, that were stolen from actor Keanu Reeves‘ Los Angeles home have been discovered in Chile, police confirmed to ABC News. Authorities in Chile said a man was arrested in Santiago on Saturday in connection with the robbery, and that his arrest was part of a larger, local […]
Photo by Dana Jacobs/Getty Images Variety has released a list of its picks for the 50 best songs of 2024, and a few hip-hop and R&B stars secured a spot. Kendrick Lamar made the cut with “Not Like Us,” while his former TDE label mate Doechii was praised for striking “a balance between humor and darkness” on her song “Denial Like […]
