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Dennis Quaid backs Spencer Pratt for Los Angeles mayor

DENNIS QUAID backs Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayoral race: "Why? Just look around, man."

May 27, 2026

NASA targets fall 2026 for first Moon Base mission near lunar South Pole

NASA unveiled new Moon Base infrastructure plans Tuesday, announcing rover contracts, cargo lander missions and a fleet of survey drones as the agency works to establish a sustained lunar presence near the Moon's South Pole ahead of future crewed Artemis landings.

May 27, 2026

Paxton’s Texas primary win exposes new fault lines in the GOP

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's routing of Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Republican Senate primary runoff is reverberating far beyond the Lone Star State, crystallizing a realignment within the GOP that rewards personal loyalty to President Trump above legislative record, institutional seniority or electoral pragmatism.

May 27, 2026

‘I won’t criminalize law-abiding citizens’: Virginia prosecutors defy Spanberger’s gun ban

Virginia prosecutors refuse to enforce the assault weapons ban. Now they're reviving the Second Amendment sanctuary movement that stopped Richmond before.

May 27, 2026

Eli Global founder sentenced to 12 years for insurance fraud, bribery scheme

Greg Lindberg, 56, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced to a combined 12 years in prison for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar insurance fraud conspiracy and a separate bribery scheme that bankrupted multiple insurance companies and left policyholders and other victims collectively owed more than $1 billion, the Justice Department announced.

May 27, 2026

Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen in new A24 thriller ‘Primetime’

Robert Pattinson is set to portray "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen in "Primetime," an upcoming A24 drama whose first teaser trailer dropped Wednesday.

May 27, 2026

Romanian hacker sentenced to 56 months for selling access to Oregon government network

A Romanian national has been sentenced to 56 months in prison for obtaining unauthorized access to a computer on the network of an Oregon state government office and selling access to the compromised system, the Justice Department announced.

May 27, 2026

Julie Andrews makes rare appearance at Parkinson’s fundraiser

Legendary actress Julie Andrews, 90, made a rare on-screen appearance Sunday when a pre-recorded video message she filmed was shown to attendees at the seventh annual World Parkinson Congress in Phoenix. Though she does not have Parkinson's, the congress brings together researchers, clinicians, people with the disease and care partners from around the world.

May 27, 2026

Kevin Hart defends Tony Hinchcliffe over George Floyd joke at Netflix roast

KEVIN HART defends comedian Tony Hinchcliffe: "...the George Floyd joke, it wasn't a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience. I wasn't shocked. That's what they do. It happens every year when they do a roast. It's not new."

May 27, 2026

Fox News explains viral ‘mask’ moment during retired admiral’s on-air interview

Fox News has issued a statement after a segment featuring retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward sparked a wave of social media speculation over what viewers believed was a hyperrealistic silicone mask.

May 26, 2026

‘Supergirl’ tracking data draws concerns from box office analysts ahead of June opening

Early tracking projections for "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" have drawn concern from box office analysts about the film's commercial prospects, with its domestic debut potentially falling well below last year's DCU opener, "Superman."

May 26, 2026

San Francisco YMCA updates locker room rules amid transgender dispute

The Stonestown Family YMCA in San Francisco has overhauled its locker room guidelines following complaints from members about a transgender woman.

May 26, 2026

Protesters clash with ICE agents at N.J. detention center

Clashes broke out Monday outside a Newark immigration detention facility after demonstrators gathered in support of detainees who attorneys say launched a hunger and work strike Friday over conditions they allege are inhumane at the privately run facility. Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat, said he was caught in a cloud of pepper spray deployed by ICE agents.

May 26, 2026

5 questions about the Glen Canyon Dam cool water debate

A single dam in northern Arizona sits at the center of a high-stakes standoff between increasing electricity bills and the survival of one of the Colorado River's last native fish.

May 26, 2026

Yosemite visitors say park ‘feels like Disneyland’ amid surge

Yosemite National Park is grappling with a surge of visitors following the federal government's decision to scrap its advance reservation system -- and the crush of tourists has some comparing the park to a theme park.

May 26, 2026

Two Chinese nationals charged with laundering cartel drug money

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with transnational criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), according to an unsealed federal indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia.

May 26, 2026

Prince George’s County man gets 6 years for CARES Act fraud conspiracy

A Prince George's County, Maryland, man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained more than $3.5 million in CARES Act-era unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced.

May 26, 2026

Democrat Jake Auchincloss breaks with party, calls Platner tattoo ‘disqualifying’

Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts has publicly refused to back his party's presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, saying Graham Platner's tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol is "personally disqualifying."

May 26, 2026

Maryland governor signs bill making cocktails to-go permanent in Baltimore County

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed legislation permanently restoring cocktails to-go in Baltimore County, reviving a pandemic-era convenience that lapsed nearly three years ago.

May 26, 2026

Florida defense contractors charged with bribing Army official in Hawaii lab scheme

Two Florida defense contractors have been charged with bribery and fraud for allegedly corrupting the procurement process for a U.S. Army technology innovation lab in Hawaii, the Justice Department announced.

May 26, 2026