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Sydney Sweeney loses 200,000 Instagram followers amid nude sports ad backlash
Actress Sydney Sweeney has lost more than 200,000 Instagram followers over the past several days amid backlash to a nude advertising campaign for sports prediction platform Novig.
Carnegie Mellon vows ‘swift action’ against professor over posts
Carnegie Mellon University said it's taking "swift action" against tenured professor Uju Anya after determining that her recent social media posts violated the school's community standards, with some colleagues reporting they now fear for their safety. The president and provost of the university said Anya used "expletives, racial slurs and derogatory language that demeaned, dehumanized and intimidated" while invoking her Carnegie Mellon affiliation and implying support from university colleagues.
Singer-songwriter Finneas quits Ed Sheeran tour in solidarity with ousted Macklemore
Singer-songwriter Finneas, the brother of Billie Eilish, has withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour, joining Irish singer Aaron Rowe and the band Beoga in leaving the trek following Macklemore's removal over his onstage support for Palestinians. "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed," Finneas wrote in a post.
Chuck Norris left off Emmys’ In Memoriam
The Emmy Awards' annual In Memoriam segment left out Chuck Norris, an omission that quickly drew criticism from fans on social media.
12 charged in $10 million San Diego daycare fraud scheme, DOJ says
Twelve people are facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors alleged that more than $10 million intended to help low-income families pay for childcare was instead obtained by sham daycare providers in San Diego.
Stingy tippers, steep taxes: California and Washington state anchor the bottom of the tipping charts
Restaurant-goers in California, Washington state and D.C. are tipping less than almost anyone else in the country, and the pattern is showing up right alongside a wave of newly enacted and proposed taxes on high earners in two of those jurisdictions.
Former Ketchikan church elder admits producing child abuse images in Mexico
Dwight Chris John, a 74-year-old former church elder from Ketchikan, Alaska, pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material depicting a minor under the age of 12, the Department of Justice announced.
Kansas man jailed after golf course apology turns into club-swinging brawl
CLUB CLOBBERING: A 52-year-old Kansas man spent the weekend behind bars after police say an attempt to apologize for a bad golf shot escalated into a violent brawl that left one man unconscious and another struck in the head with a club.
Smithsonian bypasses new site vote for Latino museum, stirs criticism
The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents has designated the Arts and Industries Building as the permanent home of the National Museum of the American Latino, a procedural move that lets the long-delayed project advance without a new congressional vote on its site and has revived conservative criticism that its inaugural exhibition pushed a Marxist, anti-Western narrative of American history.
Man admits role in $2 million scheme to send aerospace parts to Russia
Andrei Samuilovski, 32, a citizen of Estonia, Switzerland, and Russia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export U.S.-origin aviation and aerospace parts to Russia in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to court documents.
Trump calls AI warnings a hoax as China closes the tech gap
President Trump is dismissing warnings about AI's dangers as a coordinated election-year hoax, even as experts say China is closing what was once a wide U.S. lead in artificial intelligence.
California man pleads guilty to 2024 courthouse bombing that injured three
A Santa Barbara County man pleaded guilty to detonating a bomb inside a Santa Maria courthouse in 2024, an attack prosecutors said injured three people, caused approximately $35,000 in damage and was intended to kill law enforcement officers.
Pennsylvania man charged after FBI says he plotted ISIS-inspired attack
Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, of Valencia, Pennsylvania, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with receiving a firearm and ammunition while allegedly knowing or having reasonable cause to believe they would be used to commit a felony or federal crime of terrorism, including providing, attempting to provide, or conspiring to provide material support or resources to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, according to the Department of Justice.
Nick Reiner won’t face death penalty in parents’ murder case
Nick Reiner, the son of the late filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, will not face the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering his parents.
Study: Paramount exit could cost California nearly 58,000 jobs, $21 billion a year
STUDY: Paramount leaving California could permanently wipe out tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in annual economic activity.
Pittsburgh-area man charged after alleged ISIS attack plot
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man, Jonathan Hunter Kramer, was arrested and charged with a federal terrorism-related offense after agents said he assembled a semiautomatic rifle, nearly 200 rounds of ammunition and other gear while expressing support for ISIS.
Ed Sheeran: Dropping Macklemore from tour was promoter’s decision
ED SHEERAN breaks silence on Macklemore being dropped from his tour: "I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have them, and it doesn't mean I don't care. Nor does it mean I don't support causes in my own, personal way."
Actors of color shut out again at 78th Emmy Awards
No actor of color won any of the 12 lead or supporting acting prizes handed out at the 78th Emmy Awards this year, a repeat of last year's near-shutout that has again drawn the "Emmys So White" label from industry observers.
Goo Goo Dolls frontman rejects political lectures from the stage
Goo Goo Dolls frontman JOHN RZEZNIK: "I'm not going to lecture people about anything."
The federal program that lets food stamps be used at restaurants, and why it exists
In a number of California strip-mall restaurants, next to the hours-of-operation sticker and the contactless-payment logo, hangs a small window decal: a fork and knife inside a circle, alongside the words "We Accept EBT."
