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pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Almost 150 civilians have been killed since the beginning of June in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities announced. It comes following a spike in attacks by the Islamic State group-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the east of the Central African nation. At least 42 people were killed in […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The shooter who killed five and injured over a dozen more at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2022 is expected to accept a plea deal Tuesday and be sentenced in connection with federal hate crimes charges. Anderson Lee Aldrich is expected to plead guilty to […]
NYPD (NEW YORK) — A person of interest is in custody in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a Queens, New York park last week, police sources told ABC News. The person, an Ecuadorian migrant who entered the U.S. in 2021, was picked up overnight after community members recognized him from a […]
Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed $120 million sci-fi epic, Megalopolis, will be distributed by Lionsgate Studios in North America, according to Indiewire. The film is described as “a Roman epic fable set in an imagined Modern America.” Adam Driver plays Cesar, “a genius artist who wants to build The City of New Rome into a utopia, […]
Ice Spice is getting fans ready for her new song. The rapper teased the track on her socials Monday, sharing a video in which she rapped, “Got these b****** copying my pose/ Got these b****** biting all my flows/ Like ballerinas, keep ’em on their toes/ And I really write, like f*** a ghost.” Many social media […]
Mangoes are seen in a net during harvest on a farm, March 24, 2021, in Actopan, Veracruz state, Mexico. (Hector Quintanar/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily paused any new exports of mangoes and avocados out of Michoacán, Mexico after an incident that reportedly sparked security concerns […]
20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios DiGiorno is offering Deadpool & Wolverine fans some “chaotic good” edible movie promo, with a pizza line celebrating the anticipated superhero team-up. “This collaboration defies the laws of common decency and will tickle tastebuds of pizza lovers everywhere,” the ad copy snarkily touts. While this may seem like the usual “slap […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — High-stakes primaries in two Virginia congressional districts Tuesday night will test the enduring influence of former President Donald Trump on voters of both parties. In Virginia’s 5th district, Rep. Bob Good, leader of the anti-Republican-establishment House Freedom Caucus, is running up against a challenger bolstered by the endorsements of Trump […]
Dave Benett/Getty Images Legendary actor Ian McKellen is on the mend after a fall he had during a performance of Player Kings in London’s West End on Monday night. The X-Men and Lord of the Rings star apparently tumbled offstage during a fight scene at the Noël Coward Theatre. A pair of doctors in the […]
ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Apple has announced it is scrapping Apple Pay Later, the company’s buy now, pay later service that launched last year. In a statement, Apple said users instead will be able to apply for installment loans via credit cards, debit cards and lenders when checking out with Apple Pay later this year. “With […]
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