2-year-old’s parents killed in Highland Park shooting
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — The parents of a young child were two of the victims in the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy, 37, were among the seven people…
What you need to know about critical minerals and climate change
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — As the world scrambles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit future global warming, more attention has turned to one of the country’s oldest industries as one of the solutions …
“I don’t fault Joey for a second” – Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest’s female champ Miko Sudo on onstage scuffle
Bobby Bank/Getty ImagesMiki Sudo is the #1-ranked female competitive eater in the world, and she proved it again on July 4 by returning from maternity leave to capture her eighth Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship belt.
Downin…
Biden’s communications director Kate Bedingfield leaving the White House in coming weeks
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — White House communications director Kate Bedingfield plans to depart in late July, according to administration officials.
Bedingfield is a longtime top aide to President Joe Biden: S…
Police officer missed chance to shoot Uvalde gunman by seeking permission, new assessment shows
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE(UVALDE, Texas) — There were several missed opportunities to stop the massacre at Robb Elementary School before it started, a new assessment of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde shooting released Wednesday said,…
“A sequel? What am I a hack?”: Kevin Smith drops celeb-packed trailer to, yes, the sequel ‘Clerks III’
ABC/Eric McCandlessOn Wednesday, Kevin Smith dropped the trailer to his third Clerks movie, and as he’d promised, it reflects the filmmaker’s real life in more ways than one.
The writer-director and podcaster maxed out his credit cards and shot the or…
International Fountain’s music mix-master signs off after 21 years
[PHOTO: If you have cavorted in the waters of Seattle Center’s centerpiece, you’ve likely done so to DJ Whetzel’s custom mixes ((AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield held in contempt for not turning over Trump documents
GC Images/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business relationship with the Trump Organization, a judge in New Yor…
78 million Americans face severe weather, from Montana to Washington, D.C.
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Seventy-eight million Americans across 18 states will face dangerous heat and severe weather throughout the end of the week.
The National Weather Service reports that temperatures ranging fro…
“We fight or we die”: Viola Davis reigns in new trailer to ‘The Woman King’
Sony PicturesOscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis plays General Nanisca in the fact-based epic The Woman King, and the new trailer shows she’s not taking any prisoners.
According to Sony Pictures, “The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, th…