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Tim Robbins tells Democrats to drop the outrage and ‘get their stuff together’

Actor TIM ROBBINS on the Dems: "I got to say, there's got to be better ideas and better motivation for people to vote for Democrats. They have to get their stuff together. They really do."

August 20, 2026

Upstate N.Y. nurse killed with ghost gun in murder-suicide

A 30-year-old Cohoes, New York, nurse was shot and killed by her estranged husband Tuesday morning, just hours after she returned home from a family reunion in Georgia. The Cohoes police chief says the weapon was an unregistered so-called ghost gun, assembled from mail-order parts rather than purchased through a licensed dealer.

August 20, 2026

Time ticking: New judge faces Monday deadline in Karmelo Anthony murder case

Retired Texas Judge Michael Chitty has only days to decide whether Karmelo Anthony's murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence will stand, after the judge who presided over his trial was removed from the case this week.

August 20, 2026

Congress talks tough on Flock cameras, but no bill would ban them outright

As of this week, no bill in Congress would ban Flock Safety's automated license plate readers outright, even as a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, most of them Republicans, has spent the past several months introducing or promising legislation to rein in the technology. Trump weighed in on Flock cameras for the first time on Monday, telling a reporter the technology has "pros and cons" and that his administration is studying the issue, with an answer expected "over the next couple of weeks."

August 20, 2026

Jim Caviezel says audiences hungry for heroes in new movie ‘Ghost Soldier’

Actor JIM CAVIEZEL says he's betting on America's appetite for old-fashioned heroism with his next film, "Ghost Soldier," an action thriller that opens in November. Caviezel said moviegoers are craving protagonists who embody faith, duty and personal responsibility, the same instincts he says fueled the surprise success of his 2023 film "Sound of Freedom."

August 20, 2026

U.K. subscription dog food brand recalls meals over eye-injury reports

A British fresh-food subscription service for dogs has voluntarily recalled nearly all of its meals after receiving 192 reports of potential eye problems in customers' dogs, with the company investigating whether part of its buckwheat supply was contaminated.

August 20, 2026

Harry, Meghan plan move back to U.K. with kids, report says

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are relocating to Britain with their two children in the biggest shift to their family life since they stepped back from royal duties six years ago.

August 19, 2026

Rosie O’Donnell says Ellison-run CNN would be ‘tragic,’ invokes Nazi analogy

ROSIE uses Nazi analogy to describe CBS' Bari Weiss: "If you're in a room with 10 Nazis at a table, and you're the only one who's not, there's a pretty good chance you're a Nazi."

August 19, 2026

Summer box office tops $4.2 billion, surpasses 2019 pace

Movie theater chains across the country are wrapping up a summer that generated more than $4.2B in domestic ticket sales, running about 5.7% ahead of the pre-pandemic summer of 2019 and on track to rank among the five biggest summers of all time.

August 19, 2026

Chinese national sentenced to 15 years for laundering $92 million for cartels

U.S. District Judge Susan C. Rodriguez sentenced a Chinese national to 15 years in prison and ordered him to forfeit $25 million for his role in a Chinese money laundering organization that laundered more than $92 million in illicit funds.

August 19, 2026

Royce White files formal WNBA Draft declaration with Matt Gaetz as counsel

Former NBA player Royce White has officially filed paperwork to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, with former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz signing on as his legal counsel in the notice sent to the league office this week. "We have a right to be included and follow our dreams," White said.

August 19, 2026

Bronx man charged with hate crimes in Manhattan synagogue attack, DOJ says

Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, has been charged with two federal hate crime counts and one count of damage to religious property resulting in bodily injury following an alleged attack during Shabbat services at a Manhattan synagogue, the Justice Department announced.

August 19, 2026

Cunningham answers Toronto boos with hot shooting in Fever win

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was repeatedly booed by sections of the Toronto crowd Tuesday night, but her play and her response afterward turned heads.

August 19, 2026

DOJ charges 17 in Iran-linked Mabna Institute university hacking case

A 14-count superseding indictment unsealed today charges 17 alleged members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company, with participating in a years-long cyber-intrusion campaign targeting 144 U.S. universities, 178 foreign universities, at least 42 U.S. private-sector companies, at least 11 foreign companies, at least five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and at least two nongovernmental organizations, according to the Justice Department.

August 19, 2026