(NEW YORK) — As Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state murder and terrorism charges in the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, supporters of the suspect continued to donate tens of thousands of dollars for a defense fund established for him, leaving law enforcement officials worried Mangione is being turned into a martyr. Several […]
(NEW YORK) — Thousands of Starbucks baristas are set to walk off the job on Tuesday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 300 stores in dozens of cities and towns nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers United. In all, 5,000 Starbucks employees will go on strike in more than 25 states on Tuesday, spanning from Maryland to Montana […]
Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar is ending 2024 on top of Billboard‘s Greatest Pop Star of the Year list. The publication’s Andrew Unterberge stated this year was the year K. Dot let “people know just what he’s capable of” on his song “Not Like Us,” as well as through other “new releases or revelations […]
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Christopher Nolan will be drawing on a Greek epic for his next project. The Oppenheimer director will use IMAX to tell the more than 2,000-year-old story of Homer’s Odyssey, Universal Pictures has announced. “Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand […]
Rolling through the Hall of Fame ballot here this December continues and unfortunately sometimes that includes negativity. Today’s entry falls under that subheading. We are going to discuss three holdovers on the ballot with what appear to be helpless and, in at least one case, flailing candidacies. No reason to waste any time. Let’s get […]
(NEW YORK) — Nine states from Virginia to Maine are under snow alerts on Christmas Eve morning as a band of snow moves through the Northeast, bringing treacherous driving conditions. A white Christmas? The National Weather Service considers it a white Christmas if there’s 1 inch or more of snow on the ground at 7 […]
If the season were to end today, the top two finishers in Defensive Player of the Year voting would, or at least should, be Victor Wembanyama and Dyson Daniels in that order. On Monday night, they matched each other with an eight in the stat column most closely associated with their respective defensive prowess. Wembanyama […]
(BEIT LAHIA, Gaza) – Health officials in Gaza say there is only one hospital remaining that is providing humanitarian aid services in the northern part of the strip amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. In early October, Israel Defense Forces reportedly ordered evacuations of several regions in the north of Gaza, doctors at the hospitals told ABC News, including Beit […]
Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images Holidays are a little different for Kash Doll now that she’s a mother of two. She’ll be taking a break from her tour and work to eat and celebrate the season, with a renewed excitement thanks to her daughter, Klarity, and son, Kashton. “When you have kids, it make[s] holidays fun again, […]
At long last, the NFL has a shutout in 2024. On Monday night, the Green Bay Packers blanked the New Orleans Saints, 34-0, en route to a victory to wrap up Week 16. On top of this win, during which Green Bay improved to 11-4 and clinched a playoff spot, it proved to be the […]
