Matthew McConaughey meets Biden, makes passionate plea for gun reform at White House press briefing
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After meeting with President Joe Biden, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, made a passionate plea for gun reform at Tuesday’s White House press briefing, as Congress consi…
Kansas woman pleads guilty to leading ISIS battalion
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Kansas mother accused of leading an ISIS battalion pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors in northern Virginia announced Tuesday.
Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, allegedly expressed interest in carrying out terror…
Family of man killed by police to get $3 million in settlement
Courtesy of the Brown Family(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office said Wednesday it has reached a settlement with the estate of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man shot by police last year.
An independent autopsy conducted by …
Matthew McConaughey meets Biden, makes passionate plea for gun reform at White House press briefing
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesAfter meeting with President Joe Biden, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, made a passionate plea for gun reform at Tuesday’s White House press briefing as Congress considers new legislat…
‘Ted Lasso’ star Brett Goldstein says season 3 being written as the show’s last
Apple TV+Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein, who serves as a writer and plays Roy Kent on the hit Apple TV+ comedy seies, tells Britain’s The Times that season three is being written as its last.
“We are writing it like that…It was planned as three,” the E…
CEO pay gap with workers widened at low-paying companies in 2021: Report
Gabe Ginsberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The economic recovery from a pandemic-induced downturn has prompted a surge in worker pay, especially in some low-wage sectors like leisure and hospitality, leading to pronouncements o…
Johnny Depp joins TikTok, thanks “most treasured, loyal and unwavering supporters” following defamation trial verdict
MEGA/GC ImagesJohnny Depp’s fans were at the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom all throughout his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, and following his legal victory, he’s thanking them — and those who couldn’t make it there, too.
Depp joined th…
“I can kill it” — Check out first trailer to Hulu’s ‘Predator’ film, ‘Prey’
20th Century Studios/HuluHulu has released the first trailer to Prey, its new film set centuries before the other offerings in the Predator universe.
The show centers on a young Comanche woman, played by Indigenous actress Amber Midthunder, whose trib…
Corporate America mostly silent on recent mass shootings: Experts
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas last week — which left 19 children and two teachers dead — has prompted outcry from figures across public life.
President Joe Biden and Sen. Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., usually …
Homeland Security Investigations, Boston Police warn of counterfeit goods and tickets during NBA Finals
Adam Glanzman/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Authorities from Homeland Security Investigations and the Boston Police Department are warning that there could be an uptick in counterfeit NBA goods and tickets being sold, as the series shifts to Boston for Game …