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CMA snubs Morgan Wallen despite record tour, chart-topping year
Morgan Wallen was left off the field for country music's top honors at this year's CMA Awards, despite a run that included a sold-out stadium tour and more than a dozen weeks atop the Billboard charts, sparking backlash from fans online.
Sophie Cunningham debuts basketball podcast with trainer Drew Hanlen, ending run with former co-host
Sophie Cunningham has returned to podcasting, launching "No Hesitation" alongside prominent basketball trainer Drew Hanlen on Thursday, replacing the show she previously hosted with "Summer House" personality West Wilson. Wilson had publicly disagreed with Cunningham on the transgender athlete debate.
Maria Bartiromo breaks silence on Fox exit, teases ‘more to come’
Maria Bartiromo has spoken publicly for the first time since her abrupt departure from Fox News and Fox Business, thanking supporters for their messages and hinting that there is more to her story.
Mamdani, AOC seen laughing as 9/11 victims’ names are read
Mamdani and AOC were caught laughing together Friday during the 25th anniversary ceremony at ground zero as relatives of Sept. 11 victims read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Stella Parton: No entertainers she knows reached out
Stella Parton says that in the two weeks since her sister Dolly Parton's death, not one entertainer she knows has reached out to her. She speculated that the lack of outreach from her peers may be tied to her own political activity on social media.
Aaron Rodgers disputes Shailene Woodley’s account of their broken engagement
AARON RODGERS is pushing back on actress Shailene Woodley's version of why their engagement collapsed in 2022. In the same interview, he said that while dating Danica Patrick, she was "depressed and not fun to be around."
Lilly Wachowski says ‘Harry Potter’ fans are ‘supporting trans genocide’
Director LILLY WACHOWSKI says "Harry Potter" fans are supporting "trans genocide."
Things to do in (and around) Washington, D.C. this weekend: September 11-13
Washington enters the weekend with the city in full cultural motion: stages are raising their curtains, neighborhoods are staying up late for art, and museums offer a strong case for spending an afternoon indoors. Whether the plan is a marquee performance, a ballgame or an unhurried gallery visit, Sept. 11-13 offers plenty of ways to make the most of the capital.
Florida sues Netflix over children’s data, alleging broken ad-free promise
Florida AG James Uthmeier sued Netflix this week, accusing the streaming giant of tracking children's viewing habits and disclosing that data to advertisers after years of promising subscribers an ad-free service that wouldn't collect or share their information.
Springsteen says he wants Trump’s final two years to be ‘most miserable’ of his life
SPRINGSTEEN says he wants the final two years of Trump's term to be "the most miserable years of [Trump's] life."
The hotel glass problem: What hidden cameras actually caught, and why the chains changed their rules
The glass sits by the bathroom sink, upside down, spotless. It looks like it came out of a dishwasher. Whether it did is a question American television crews have been answering with hidden cameras for the better part of two decades, and the answers are consistent enough to have changed industry policy.
FBI arrests California man in Skid Row ballot petition fraud scheme
A California man was arrested on federal charges alleging he and two associates paid homeless residents of L.A.'s Skid Row to sign ballot initiative petitions using the stolen identities of registered voters.
Netflix faces boycott calls over ‘neck injury’ post on anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death
Netflix's official U.K. and Ireland account is facing calls for a boycott, with some users saying they canceled their subscriptions, after a social media post referencing a "neck injury" landed on the same day as the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's assassination. The post in question was a clip of a male character from "The Gentlemen" straining to look at a woman, captioned, "Nearly did himself a neck injury."
Aaron Rodgers says ‘there’s no MAGA movement’ in political rant
AARON RODGERS on Trump: "There is no 'Make America Great Again' movement because the guy you elected hasn't done any of his campaign promises."
Gaza documentary ‘Naza’ earns record 25-minute Venice ovation
"Naza," a documentary about the war in Gaza, received a 25-minute standing ovation at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, the longest ovation in the festival's history.
Ukrainian man gets 4 years in prison for role in Conti ransomware scheme
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to deploy the Conti ransomware variant, which infected the computers of more than 1,000 victims worldwide, the Justice Department announced.
5 questions about Yemen’s slide back toward civil war
As a fragile truce collapses, Houthi rebels are pushing toward a key Red Sea strait -- threatening to reignite Yemen's civil war and rattle global oil markets already on edge over Iran.
Savannah Guthrie speaks of missing mother in past tense on ‘Today’
"Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie made a rare, direct reference to her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, during Thursday's broadcast, referring to her in the past tense seven months into a case that has yielded no arrests.
Former Army soldier sentenced to life for sexually abusing children in Germany
Adam Schlueter, 40, of Atlanta, was sentenced to life in prison and lifetime supervised release for physically and sexually assaulting two minors under the age of 10, the Justice Department announced.
Dompe to pay $32 million over Medicare co-pay scheme for eye drug
Dompe U.S. Inc., the American subsidiary of Italy-based Dompe farmaceutici S.p.A., has agreed to pay $32 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced.
