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ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more 3,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia’s western Kursk region. Zelenskyy posted to Telegram on Monday following a briefing by Kyiv’s top commander — Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi — on the ongoing […]
Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday released a scathing report concluding its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, finding “substantial evidence” that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017 in violation of Florida’s statutory rape law, and engaged in a broader pattern of paying women for sex. […]
ABC/Al Drago (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 inmates on federal death row, the White House said Monday. The move reduces the sentence for all but three of the 40 inmates on federal death row. Biden said that the commutations are “consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on […]
Legacy/Columbia Talk about a down-to-the-wire Christmas present: Mariah Carey has unwrapped a brand-new Billboard Hot 100 record. Her song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is spending another week at #1 on the Hot 100, bringing its collective run on top of that tally to 17 weeks. That’s longer than Mariah’s previous longest-running #1 hit, “One Sweet Day,” her […]
Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks baristas walked off the job in major cities in Massachusetts, Texas and Oregon on Monday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 12 cities nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers United. Workers went out on strike in Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Portland, Oregon, joining baristas in cities spanning from […]
Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Denzel Washington‘s next phase of life includes sharing the word of God as a minister. Days before his 70th birthday, the actor rededicated his life to God on Saturday, getting baptized at Harlem’s Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ. He also received a minister license […]
We now have a release date for the thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow, which finds The Weeknd making his big-screen debut. The movie, which also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, will be released on May 16. It was directed and written by Trey Edward Shults for Lionsgate. The film is tied to the release of […]
🏈 The Football Five Entering this weekend, the Buccaneers controlled their playoff destiny. Then Sunday night happened. Tampa Bay lost to Dallas, 26-24, handing the NFC South lead to the Falcons. The Buccaneers out-gained the Cowboys 411-317 but had two turnovers, including a devastating Rachaad White fumble to seal the loss. Tampa Bay and Atlanta are […]
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON)– Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the […]
Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday filed a lawsuit against the House Ethics Committee that investigated him for years, in an effort to stop the committee from releasing its report on their probe into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. “This action challenges the Committee’s unconstitutional and ultra vires attempt […]
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