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Singer Brett Michaels performs at halftime of an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz., on Sept. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

White House insider: Firings coming over Freedom 250 fiasco

A senior White House official says someone will likely be fired over the chaotic rollout of the Freedom 250 concert series, after a wave of musicians publicly withdrew from the administration's signature semiquincentennial celebration on the National Mall.

June 2, 2026
The Department of Justice seals is seen during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. A federal grand jury in California has charged activist short seller Andrew Left with multiple counts of securities fraud, Friday, July 26, 2024, for a $16 million stock market manipulation scheme. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Jury convicts short seller in $21 million stock manipulation scheme

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted activist short seller Andrew Left on securities fraud charges, finding him guilty of running a long-running market manipulation scheme that reaped more than $21 million in profits, according to the Justice Department.

June 2, 2026
Kanye West appears at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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
A brother and sister splash down a tube slide at Kalahari Resorts’ outdoor waterpark in celebration of National Waterpark Day. (Photo: Business Wire)

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
Anti-ICE protesters take to the streets during clashes with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall detention center on Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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
Police conduct a search operation at a makeshift camp of migrants who want to cross the English Channel to Britain near Dunkirk, northern France, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

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
This image released by Amazon MGM Studios shows Emma Thompson in a scene from "The Sheep Detectives." (Amazon MGM Studios via AP)

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