FILE – Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing: defense officials pointed to Hegseth’s acknowledged problems and said senior officers have expressed unease about having him at the helm WASHINGTON (AP) —…
As Rory Sykes’ mother, Shelley Sykes, tearfully mourns him, she is simultaneously receiving backlash for leaving him behind to die in the Palisades fires. On Jan. 9, Shelley Sykes announced the death of her 32-year-old son, a former child actor in the British TV show “Kiddy Kapers.” “It is with great sadness that I have…
Rachel Lerman wears two bracelets supporting Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy for President, at her home in Washington, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Princeton researchers argue a 276% rise in multiracial Americans was driven by Census methodology changes, not demographic shifts. When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified…
Honoree actor and director Tyler Perry arrives for The Paley Center for Media gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on December 4, 2024. | Source: ETIENNE LAURENT / Getty Tyler Perry pointed out insurance companies’ failure to cover people who lost their homes in the wildfires in Los Angeles on social media….
A Florida teacher accused of slashing a 5-year-old student’s face with a ruler is now facing one felony count of child abuse after initially blaming the child for the injury. The teacher, 25-year-old Chrishawn Nicholson of Aspire Preparatory Academy in Miami Gardens, maintained the child cut himself while playing with a pencil in class. But…
An irate Karen screaming profanities at a motorist encourages him to step outside of his car. The driver remains inside, but the passenger, a dude wearing pajama bottoms, answers her call. After some more expletives, she slaps the passenger, seemingly unprovoked. He responds with a hard punch to the face and a body slam, leaving…
Kris Jenner purportedly continues to be haunted by the secrets O.J. Simpson may have left behind following his death in April 2024. The former Buffalo Bills running back died of prostate cancer in Las Vegas. He was 76 years old. Last month, new claims that the ex-pro baller was captured on tape confessing to the…
HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 25: Beyoncé looks on during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, at Shell Energy Stadium on October 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Texas holding a rally supporting reproductive rights with recording artists Beyoncé and Willie Nelson. (Photo by…
FILE – Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File) In a much-anticipated Department of Justice report, Jack Smith says he stands fully behind his decision to criminally charge President-elect Donald…
Former music executive Barry Hankerson is forever tethered to the legacy of his niece, the late singer Aaliyah, and the scandals of her personal life. The Background Records co-founder is responsible for introducing the then-teenager, his niece, to R. Kelly, whom he managed as she began to chart her own music career. The 15-year-old vocalist…
