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Mariska Hargitay turned the 2026 Emmys red carpet into a family tribute on Monday night. The “Law & Order: SVU” star, 62, arrived at the ceremony with husband Peter Hermann and their three children — August, 20, Amaya, 15, and…
A driver burned beyond recognition after their vehicle erupted into a fireball at a Long Island toll plaza Monday morning. The crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. At the northern end of the Sunken Meadow Parkway, where a vehicle slammed…
A San Jose police officer has been fired after using the city’s Flock license plate camera network to help a domestic violence suspect locate his alleged victim. The officer, who had authorized access to the automated reader system, used his…
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards could rewrite television history across multiple categories when the ceremony airs this weekend. Zendaya, 30, stands poised to shatter two barriers in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series race for her work in…
Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday after three months away. The Kentucky Republican, 84, was wheeled out of his Washington home and waved to cameras before heading to the Capitol, where he planned to cast his first vote…
President Trump dismissed existential AI warnings as a “hoax” on Monday even as his own advisers quietly work on a narrow set of guardrails for the technology. The pushback came after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…
China’s top intelligence chief has publicly warned that artificial intelligence could destabilize Communist Party rule and demanded tighter state control over the technology’s development. Chen Yixin, who leads the Ministry of State Security, issued the stark assessment in an essay…
Shannon Rincon has sued the city of Santa Monica over the grenade explosion that killed her husband and two fellow law enforcement officers last summer. Rincon, the widow of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy William Osborn, 58, filed the complaint…
Shailene Woodley laughed off questions about Aaron Rodgers at a Hollywood charity event Sunday night, just days after the NFL quarterback unleashed a barrage of scathing claims about their former engagement on a popular podcast. The Emmy-winning actress, 34, was…
Two teenagers were among five people wounded in a burst of gun violence across New York City late Sunday, while a 29-year-old man was killed in a separate shooting, police said. The youngest victim, a 17-year-old boy, was shot in…
Meghan Markle has been granted her first government-backed security review since relocating her family to the United Kingdom. The Duchess of Sussex, 45, and Prince Harry, 41, will receive an official risk assessment from the Royal and VIP Executive Committee…
Gracie Kramer is accusing James Wehr of deceiving her sister before the fatal crash. Lexi Kramer, 22, a Florida bartender and 2026 Hooters calendar model, died alongside Wehr, 27, when his McLaren slammed into a tree in Irvine, California, around…
A statue of Charlie Kirk was vandalized with red paint just days after its unveiling outside Turning Point USA headquarters. The eight-foot memorial was installed in Phoenix on Friday, September 10, to mark one year since Kirk, 31, was fatally…
Henry Winkler’s wife Stacey has accused the actor of exaggerating his fly-fishing catches throughout their 48-year marriage. The couple, who wed in May 1978, sat down together for Wednesday’s episode of the “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” podcast, where Stacey…
Two recent Rutgers graduates fatally struck by a subway train in Manhattan have been identified as longtime friends from New Jersey who were beginning promising careers in medicine and finance. Malaika Chitre, 24, of Dayton, NJ, and Navam Kaul, 24,…
Juliet Mayhew has spoken out about her surprise Broadway cameo in “Titanique.” The “Real Housewives of London” star, 49, took the stage this weekend in the Celine Dion-inspired musical comedy, trading reality TV drama for feathers, corsetry and a nearly…