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Kanye West draws 118,000 to Istanbul amid European bans

Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, performed before a crowd of 118,000 fans at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium on Saturday -- his first European concert in more than a decade -- as the rapper attempts a comeback following a string of cancellations tied to his history of antisemitic remarks.

June 2, 2026

Wild Waves Theme Park to close after nearly 50 years

Wild Waves Theme & Water Park in Federal Way, Washington, will permanently close its doors Nov. 1, ending nearly 50 years of summertime thrills for Pacific Northwest families. The president and owner of the park blames rising post-COVID operating costs.

June 2, 2026

Jennifer Lopez delivers Pride month message, urges LGBTQ+ community: ‘You deserve all 12 months’

JENNIFER LOPEZ on Pride month: "You deserve all 12 months of the year."

June 2, 2026

‘Backrooms’ smashes box office records with $81M debut

A horror film born from an internet urban legend has rewritten Hollywood history.

June 2, 2026

Clint Eastwood has retired, son says; ‘Juror No. 2’ likely his last film

Clint Eastwood has retired from filmmaking, his son Kyle Eastwood revealed in a newly surfaced interview, closing the book on a Hollywood career that spanned more than seven decades.

June 2, 2026

Leftist activists declare their own movement a failure

Major protests haven't translated into real political change, prominent left-wing activists now admit. The group that turned out for George Floyd is largely silent on the deaths of anti-ICE protesters -- and they're asking why.

June 2, 2026

5 questions about the EU’s new migration overhaul

The European Union has struck a sweeping deal to fast-track deportations and build detention centers abroad -- and critics say it looks a lot like U.S. President Trump's immigration playbook.

June 2, 2026

New Mexico man pleads guilty after 40 years living under stolen dead man’s identity

A 73-year-old New Mexico man who spent more than four decades living under a stolen identity -- and who had been on the U.S. Marshals Most Wanted List for more than 40 years -- has pleaded guilty to federal identity theft, passport fraud and firearms offenses, according to court documents.

June 1, 2026

5 questions about Nvidia’s new AI personal computer chips

Nvidia wants to put an artificial intelligence supercomputer in every home -- and it's starting with your next laptop.

June 1, 2026

Motor City Pizza Co. cheese bread sold at Costco, Walmart, Target recalled

Champion Foods LLC of New Boston, Michigan, is voluntarily recalling certain batches of its Motor City Pizza Co. 5 Cheese Bread products over concerns of potential Salmonella contamination, the company announced May 29, 2026.

June 1, 2026

Former TD Bank worker pleads guilty to fraud, bribery scheme costing $3.4M

A former TD Bank employee pleaded guilty to defrauding customers and bribing an employee at another financial institution to falsify bank records, facilitating more than $3.4 million in fraud losses, the Justice Department announced.

June 1, 2026

California man gets 65 months for smuggling more than 1,700 reptiles into U.S.

A California man was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for smuggling more than 1,700 reptiles into the United States over a six-year period, the Justice Department announced.

June 1, 2026

‘He was slowing down’: Jill Biden opens up about Joe’s decline, the debate scare, and Hunter pardon

Jill Biden now admits Joe Biden was "slowing down" in office. But she says the decline was natural aging -- not the cognitive crisis his critics described.

June 1, 2026

Maryland requires teachers to potty train students as pre-K enrollment surges

Maryland's four largest school districts have implemented a state policy requiring teachers to provide potty training assistance to children up to age 5 as taxpayer-funded pre-kindergarten programs expand to serve more low-income families, according to the Washington Times.

May 31, 2026

N.Y. reparations commission holds final public hearing as residents call for cash payments

"It shouldn't only be a check, but it should start with a check": New York's state reparations commission convened its final public hearing Saturday in Harlem, where residents called on officials to make direct cash payments to Black Americans as the only path to what one attendee described as "true justice."

May 30, 2026

Analysis: Hollywood more likely to cast a man named Chris or talking animal than a woman over 60

Actress EMMA THOMPSON on Hollywood not casting older women in leading roles: "Women are half the population and we get older. So where are the stories about us? The older we get, the more interesting we are." A new analysis by a British anti-ageism campaign finds that the film industry's top-grossing movies are more likely to feature a male lead named Chris, or even a talking animal, than a woman over the age of 60, drawing renewed calls for Hollywood to address what advocates describe as a pervasive culture of age-based discrimination.

May 30, 2026

Peter Thiel buys $12M Buenos Aires mansion, temporarily relocates family to Argentina

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has purchased a $12 million mansion in Buenos Aires and temporarily moved his family to Argentina, driven by concerns over taxation, the threat of nuclear war and the risks of artificial intelligence

May 30, 2026

Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning ‘Star Wars’ editor, dead at 80

Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning film editor whose work helped shape the original "Star Wars" trilogy and who was a central figure in Hollywood's New Hollywood era, died Wednesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, California. She was 80.

May 30, 2026

Chicago mayor visits Pope Leo at Vatican, invites pontiff to return home

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led a 46-person delegation to the Vatican on Wednesday for a private audience with Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born pontiff who was meeting with his hometown's leader for the first time since his election to the papacy. The pope declined to wear a Cubs hat that was presented to him by the mayor.

May 29, 2026

TikToker loses job after praying for Pam Bondi’s cancer to worsen

A Massachusetts woman has been fired from her job at a credit union after posting a TikTok video that appeared to pray for former Attorney General Pam Bondi to suffer a severe case of throat cancer, setting off a wave of condemnation online. The TikToker said: "Dear MAGA Lord Jesus, please let her end up with a hole in her throat that she has to push every time she speaks..."

May 29, 2026