Ashley Johnson has opened up about a disturbing incident from her childhood, revealing that an armed man allegedly tried to abduct her from the set of Growing Pains. Johnson, now 42, shared the story on a recent episode of her…
More than 100 inmates at New York’s sprawling Rikers Island correctional facility gathered Wednesday in a gymnasium at the complex’s main intake center for an unusual event: a World Cup semifinal watch party. Dressed in tan uniforms and seated at…
A family traveling in a vehicle that stopped on a Toledo roadway due to a flat tire experienced a deadly carbon monoxide exposure on Wednesday that left three people dead and two children hospitalized in critical condition, officials confirmed. Toledo…
Tom Holland has shared the amusing story behind how Zendaya pushed him toward joining Christopher Nolan’s latest epic, The Odyssey, revealing she gave him a dramatic warning when he hesitated over the role. The film opens in theaters across the…
Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Wednesday that the Trump administration bungled its handling of communications surrounding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, admitting in a lengthy podcast interview that the effort became a significant political liability for the administration.…
Hong Kong authorities raided two independent bookstores on Wednesday and arrested five people on suspicion of selling seditious publications, marking the third wave of such arrests targeting the city’s independent booksellers in recent months. Officers in police vests seized boxes…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday a new military policy requiring annual testosterone screening for active-duty service members age 30 and older. The initiative represents one of the Pentagon’s latest health directives aimed at optimizing troop performance and will be…
A former cargo ship captain has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet during a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, bringing an historic end to a case that exposed vulnerabilities in the maritime industry’s…
In Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, a group of mothers united by the loss of their sons to police violence are demanding the federal government implement a nationwide policy to support families devastated by state violence. Their plea represents one of…
Warren Buffett, the 95-year-old billionaire investor, has announced a sweeping overhaul of his philanthropic plans, redirecting nearly his entire fortune away from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to charitable organizations controlled by his three children. In an interview Wednesday,…
In a move that addresses one of air travel’s most universally disliked features, United Airlines announced this week that it will offer passengers the ability to pay extra for an empty middle seat on some of its newest aircraft. The…
Norah O’Donnell is launching a fresh project just months after stepping away from the CBS Evening News anchor chair. The longtime broadcaster is not disappearing from view. Instead, she is returning in a different format, while continuing to work for…
The U.S. Mint has begun producing a new $1 commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump’s face to help celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday. The coin, which features a gold-like finish, is already in production and will…
Meta and YouTube have formally appealed a landmark California jury verdict that held them financially liable for their role in a young woman’s social media addiction and mental health decline, marking the companies’ next step in fighting a ruling that…
A coroner has heard that England World Cup winner Norbert ‘Nobby’ Stiles died from a brain condition linked to his time in soccer. The inquest at Stockport Coroner’s Court came after years of campaigning by Stiles’ family for greater recognition…
— On June 24, Venezuela was struck by two devastating earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, devastating the country’s central coast and leaving thousands of families with nothing. For the nation’s young baseball players, many of whom dream of…