Christopher Rosario/US Army Corps of Engineers (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage was demolished in a controlled explosion on Monday evening after being delayed due to lightning near the site on Sunday. The removal process took place Monday at 5:00 p.m., officials said. Engineers set off controlled explosives in the steel remains of […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man who drove a U-Haul truck into metal barriers outside of the White House in May 2023 pleaded guilty on Monday, admitting he carried out the attack fueled by Nazi ideology and an intent to replace the U.S. government. Sai Varsith Kandula, a non-U.S. citizen who was residing in […]
Courtesy of Arizona State University/W Scott Mitchell (CHICAGO) — A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her Ph.D at 17. Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II was only 10 when she became a freshman at the college of Lake County, majoring in Psychology. In 2020, she earned her Master of […]
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the last few months, JN.1 has been the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, making up the majority of cases. A new variant, however, has taken over and may lead to an increase in cases this summer. KP.2, which is an offshoot of the omicron variant, currently […]
Focus Features On Monday, May 13, Focus Features announced a third Downton Abbey film is in the works, and The Holdovers‘ Paul Giamatti will be returning. According to the studio, Giamatti will reprise as Harold Levinson, the brother of Elizabeth McGovern‘s Cora Grantham, in Downton Abbey 3. The character last appeared in the hit 2022 […]
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Authorities in Florida are seeking a boat involved in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a teenager waterskiing in the Miami area over the weekend. The victim was waterskiing near Nixon Beach in Key Biscayne Saturday afternoon when the incident occurred, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which […]
Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — OpenAI announced a desktop version of its conversation bot ChatGPT on Monday as well as the latest iteration of the AI language model that fuels the chatbot. The fresh model offers improved speed and interactive capability when compared with the company’s previous model GPT-4, OpenAI Chief […]
Harris and Madigan in 2018 – Neilson Barnard/Getty Images ABC Audio has confirmed that Oscar-nominated actor Ed Harris will direct The Ploughmen, a neo-crime thriller starring Nick Nolte, Bill Murray and Owen Teague. Harris’ real-life wife and Gone Baby Gone co-star Amy Madigan also stars in the adaptation of Kim Zupan’s acclaimed novel of the same name […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley will meet with roughly 100 of her biggest donors who supported her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this week, taking another step toward reemerging back into public life following her defeat at the hands of her chief rival, former President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the event […]
