— Florida is confronting an uncomfortable question that has rarely arisen in American capital punishment: Is a person ever too old to execute? The issue came to a head in late June when the state put to death 74-year-old Dusty…
The owner and operator of the Keystone Pipeline has agreed to pay $26.9 million in civil penalties to settle allegations stemming from a December 2022 oil spill in Kansas that dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a…
— A retired teacher from a small Alaska fishing community has ignited one of the most unusual legal battles in recent American electoral politics by simply sharing a name with the Republican U.S. Senator he is trying to unseat. The…
Disney’s live-action reimagining of the beloved animated musical Moana has failed to make a splash at the box office, earning just $43 million during its opening weekend across 3,827 North American theaters. Despite leading the weekend box office, the film…
Residents in Philadelphia and surrounding counties began cleanup efforts Sunday after a severe series of microbursts tore through the region Saturday afternoon, bringing straight-line winds that damaged buildings, knocked down trees and left tens of thousands without power. A succession…
Meta pulled the plug on a new artificial intelligence image-generation feature just three days after launching it, bowing to a wave of criticism from users, entertainment industry groups, and privacy advocates who objected to how the tool accessed Instagram photos…
A tragic speedboat capsizing off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island has claimed the lives of 15 Indian tourists, prompting authorities to detain the vessel’s captain and launch a comprehensive investigation into the disaster. The speedboat overturned Saturday afternoon while carrying 32…
Rosie O’Donnell has opened up about the huge fortune she had built by the time she walked away from The Rosie O’Donnell Show in 2002. Her daytime talk show first launched on June 10, 1996, and ran for six seasons…
You may not need a supplement stack to boost your next workout, because the answer could be as simple as opening the cupboard and taking in the smell of chocolate. A recent exploratory study published in Frontiers in Physiology indicates…
Penélope Cruz has reflected on filming Zoolander 2, sharing the painful experience that brought her especially close to Ben Stiller during production. In a recent interview with PORTER, Cruz said the bond grew out of a period of overlapping grief…
Colt Gray, the 16-year-old charged in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, is scheduled to appear in court on July 24 for a non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing, according to court documents released Friday. The hearing…
Ohio prison officials have responded after a new selfie of Mackenzie Shirilla surfaced on her Instagram page. Shirilla, 21, is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women after being convicted of deliberately…
Donald Trump’s job approval has fallen to its weakest point since beginning his second stint in the White House, according to newly released polling about a year and a half into the term. That stands in contrast to a recent…
A controversial new World Cup regulation has triggered a backlash after influencing a key sending off in a tense quarter-final clash. The incident has put FIFA’s new mistaken-identity review powers under the spotlight, with the law designed to let officials…
A bizarre wellness craze making the rounds online might sound stomach-turning at first, but one doctor says there is a good reason to consider it. The term ‘fart walk’ has exploded across social media, and the meaning is about as…
Margaret Qualley’s representatives have responded to the growing rumours around her breakup with husband Jack Antonoff, firmly denying claims that cheating had anything to do with the split. In a statement released on Friday, July 10, a spokesperson for the…