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A suspected rhino poacher was trampled to death by elephants inside South Africa’s Kruger National Park after the herd ambushed two armed intruders. The surviving hunter, who fled the scene, later reported his accomplice missing to authorities and was subsequently…
Tom Cruise has opened his shirt for his first GQ cover in more than two decades. The “Top Gun” star, 64, faced Mario Sorrenti’s camera with his black button-down completely unbuttoned, one hand hooked on his belt and the other…
NBC4 Los Angeles has identified the two people aboard its news helicopter when it crashed and burned in Chatsworth on Tuesday night, killing three people total. Eliana “Eli” Moreno, a veteran aerial reporter known on Instagram as “Eli in the…
Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, has been arrested for slaughtering four relatives in a Louisiana stabbing rampage that left a 6-year-old boy critically wounded after he ran for help. The child had been staying overnight with his grandmother Letha Verret and…
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement has revoked the Trinidad Police Department’s operating license, ordering the tiny agency to disband after finding it could not prove it served any public benefit. The commission sent Trinidad Mayor Dennis Haws a letter…
Autumn Setola used her nose to dial her boyfriend after being shot twice during a deadly North Carolina home invasion. Setola, 20, was critically wounded Thursday morning when alleged shooters Cory Armstrong, 29, and Camryn Moore, 26, opened fire inside…
Julianne Hough broke into the live broadcast with an urgent directive after the show’s digital voting infrastructure collapsed. “A quick update for everyone who is voting at home,” Hough, 38, announced roughly 26 minutes into the live broadcast on ABC…
San Diego is pushing back against Waymo’s driverless expansion with a unanimous demand for local control. The city council voted 8-0 on Monday to pass a resolution calling on Sacramento to hand authority over robotaxi operations to municipal governments, after…
Conner Leavitt was eliminated Tuesday in a shocking “Dancing With the Stars” Season 35 premiere-night sendoff. Leavitt, the husband of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Whitney Leavitt, earned a 12/30 score for his Salsa routine set to Tag…
Ice-T has revealed how Taylor Swift’s surprise Emmys sketch came together behind closed doors. The 68-year-old rapper and actor, who plays Fin Tutuola on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” said that producers summoned the cast to shoot a skit…
A UK zoo has apologized after its website briefly advertised a “child predator tour” for families, a glitch that sparked ridicule and alarm online before staff scrambled to fix it. Chester Zoo, located in Cheshire, England, had listed the 90-minute…
A Connecticut OnlyFans creator has pleaded guilty to four years of tax evasion on more than $3 million in earnings from the adult platform. Seathra Zmeena Orr, 39, of Stamford, entered her guilty plea Tuesday to a single count of…
Rep. Thomas Massie forced a House vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran conflict. The Kentucky Republican, 55, filed articles Tuesday accusing Hegseth of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for waging war without congressional approval. Massie made the…
Gavin Newsom has voiced regret over California’s pandemic-era restrictions while angling toward a possible 2028 White House run. The term-limited Democratic governor, 57, made the admission during a wide-ranging interview’s Jake Tapper conducted while the pair fished knee-deep in a…
An 18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student died after being left at a hospital emergency room following a fraternity gathering where alcohol played a role, police said. Anthony Joseph Blas was dropped at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton shortly after…
The father of a 5-year-old Arizona boy who died in a hot car during a family party pointed to his teenage son when police asked how the child was left behind, according to authorities. Mihail Sabo, 50, told investigators he…