Laura Lynch, a founding member of The Dixie Chicks, has been killed in a head-on car crash in Texas. The 64-year-old musician died instantly after another car slammed into her vehicle as it was trying to overtake on a highway outside of El Paso Friday afternoon, TMZ reports. The driver of the other vehicle was rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while … [Read more...]
CCTV footage captured the moment of the explosion at US-Canada border
Surveillance video captured the moment a speeding car suddenly went airborne at a checkpoint on the US-Canada Rainbow Bridge Wednesday — just seconds before it erupted into a massive fireball. At least one CCTV camera managed to catch the vehicle soaring in the air after appearing to strike what sources said was a barrier near the checkpoint area on the American side of the … [Read more...]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin offers to fight Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) nearly came to blows Tuesday with Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien, who has been trash-talking the lawmaker for months on social media. Mullin began his remarks during a testy Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing by reading off a series of mean tweets and other taunts from O’Brien, who challenged him to a fight … [Read more...]
‘Euphoria’ and ‘The Idol’ producer Kevin Turen dead at 44
Kevin Turen, a producer on HBO’s “Euphoria” and “The Idol,” has died at 44. A spokesperson for Penske Media Corporation confirmed the news in a statement late Sunday. No other details on his death have been released. “Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Jay Penske, CEO of PMC and a close friend of Turen, said in a … [Read more...]
Sam Bankman-Fried tossed in jail for leaking ex-girlfriend’s love letters
Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was hauled off to jail Friday after a federal judge revoked the fallen crypto king’s bail for allegedly leaking his ex-girlfriend’s love letters. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan sided with federal prosecutors who argued that Bankman-Fried had jeopardized his upcoming trial by leaking the personal writings of his former lover and business … [Read more...]
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend set to take stand as fraud trial’s star witness
Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial resumes on Tuesday (October 10) with testimony from his former colleagues at the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, including his onetime girlfriend Caroline Ellison. The fifth day of the former crypto mogul's trial on charges of stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer deposits will kick off with defense lawyers' cross-examination of … [Read more...]
Kevin McCarthy ousted as House speaker, thrusting Congress into chaos
Kevin McCarthy made history Tuesday — becoming the first speaker of the House of Representatives to be ousted by a floor vote with the help of members of his own party. Eight Republicans — Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eli Crane of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Matt Rosendale of … [Read more...]
Gen Z influencer Lil Tay dead at 14, Star and brother’s ‘sudden’ death under investigation #shorts
Social media star Lil Tay, née Claire Eileen Qi Hope, has reportedly died at age 14. Representatives for the rapping teen, who crowned herself “the youngest flexer of the century” during her rise to digital fame at age 9 in 2017, announced her death on Instagram Wednesday. Her cause of death has not been publicly revealed. Reps for Lil Tay did not immediately respond to The … [Read more...]
Gen Z influencer Lil Tay dead at 14, Star and brother’s ‘sudden’ death under investigation
Social media star Lil Tay, née Claire Eileen Qi Hope, has reportedly died at age 14. Representatives for the rapping teen, who crowned herself “the youngest flexer of the century” during her rise to digital fame at age 9 in 2017, announced her death on Instagram Wednesday. Her cause of death has not been publicly revealed. Reps for Lil Tay did not immediately respond to The … [Read more...]
Toddler not used as ‘bait’ in Carlee Russell case: human trafficking expert
The Alabama woman who mysteriously reappeared two days after vanishing when she stopped to help a toddler who was walking on the side of a highway was likely not the target of sex traffickers, according to a report. A human trafficking expert on Monday threw cold water on Carlee Russell’s parents’ suggestion that the tot was used as “bait” to lure the 25-year-old nursing … [Read more...]