Pugnacious California attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels when he represented her in litigation against former President Donald Trump. The disgraced lawyer faced two to 20 years for ste…
‘Almost Famous’ coming to Broadway in the fall
NEW YORK — Stillwater is taking on Broadway. Cameron Crowe’s cult classic movie “Almost Famous,” about a teen music journalist following the fictional rock band Stillwater out on the road, is headed to the Great White Way this fall, producers announced…
Students, staff will not return to Robb Elementary School after mass shooting
Students and staff will not be returning to the Uvalde elementary school where a gunman shot and killed 21 people. Classes at Robb Elementary were set to end for the year on May 26, just two days after alleged gunman Salvador Ramos entered the school t…
Amber Heard wants to appeal verdict in Johnny Depp case, her attorney says
Amber Heard wants to appeal the verdict after a jury sided with Johnny Depp in his defamation trial and has “some excellent grounds” to do so, her attorney said Thursday. Attorney Elaine Bredehoft contended on NBC’s “Today” show that “a number of thing…
At least 3 people killed, several wounded in mass shooting at Tulsa medical building
At least three people were killed and multiple others were wounded during a mass shooting Wednesday at a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. The gunman was also dead, authorities said. It was not clear if he died from a self-inflicted gun…
Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as COO of Facebook parent company Meta
She’s logging out. Sheryl Sandberg announced Wednesday that she is stepping down as the chief operating officer of Meta after 14 years with the company formerly known as Facebook. Sandberg, who joined the company in 2008, is largely credited with turni…
Accused Buffalo supermarket shooter charged with murder, domestic terrorism fueled by hate
NEW YORK — Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket while hunting Black people, was formally charged Wednesday. Gendron has been indicted by a grand jury for a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate, 10…
Johnny Depp wins defamation trial against Amber Heard
Johnny Depp got a huge victory in court. The contentious, dramatic and often graphic defamation trial between Depp and Amber Heard reached its grand finale Wednesday when a jury sided with Depp. A jury found Heard libeled Depp in a op-ed in the Washing…
Two more New Yorkers believed to test positive for monkeypox: NYC Dept. of Health
NEW YORK — Two new presumed monkeypox cases have cropped up in New York City, the Health Department said Wednesday, bringing the city’s total count of possible cases of the rare virus to four. The city reported the new cases almost two weeks after word…
Halsey can release embattled single after TikTok about label preventing its debut
This development is so good for Halsey — and the singer’s fans. Capitol Music announced its “support” for the “Closer” singer on social media Tuesday, after the artist posted on TikTok last week that the label was preventing the release of Halsey’s new…