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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Police in San Antonio, Texas, were quick to dismiss the idea that actor Jonathan Joss' murder was a hate crime, but they're now walking back their initial dismissal. Joss' husband claims the neighbor who allegedly killed Joss had threatened the couple and made homophobic remarks toward them multiple times, and he says the neighbor shouted "violent homophobic slurs" before the alleged murder.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Billy Joel: And So It Goes premiered at New York City's Tribeca Festival Wednesday, and in the documentary, Joel reveals that decades ago, he attempted suicide—twice. When he was in his 20s and in a band, Attila, with his best friend Jon Small, Joel moved in with Small and his family for a while, People reports. Small was married to Elizabeth Weber at the time and they had a son together—but Joel found himself falling in love with Weber, and he ultimately came clean to Small.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
A Memorial Day weekend trip with family and friends to California's Sequoia National Park took a devastating turn May 25 when a woman entered the Kaweah River to save her sister—and was herself swept away. It was during "the first dip of the day" that Jomarie Calasanz's older sister Joanne entered "deceivingly calm waters" and started to get swept away, Joanne writes in a GoFundMe campaign. Jomarie, a strong swimmer, immediately started heading for her older sister, Joanne writes.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
The lead suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is currently serving time for another crime, and will be released from prison later this year—after which point, he says in a new interview, he plans to vanish himself. Meaning, as the Telegraph puts it, police are in a "race against time" to charge him in McCann's disappearance if they can.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
President Trump has issued a sweeping order barring most international students from entering the United States to attend Harvard, intensifying a months-long standoff between the White House and the renowned university. The move threatens the status of thousands of foreign students and marks another escalation in the administration's efforts to reshape campus policies nationwide.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
President Trump has ordered an official inquiry into whether former President Biden's administration used an autopen—a machine that replicates signatures—to sign important presidential documents, such as pardons and judicial appointments. In a memo sent Wednesday night, Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House counsel to investigate what Trump called a potential "conspiracy" to use autopen signatures to hide Biden's alleged cognitive decline, CBS News reports.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
President Trump on Wednesday announced travel bans barring nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States. Another seven countries were also placed under travel restrictions, though not outright bans, NBC News reports. The restrictions, which hearken back to travel bans on Muslim-majority countries Trump instituted during his first term, go into effect Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
A supposed interview with Clint Eastwood that was published in an Austrian newspaper last week got a lot of attention, given the iconic actor was quoted as railing against the current "era of remakes and franchises." Just one problem: Eastwood never actually sat for the interview. After it came out, the actor released a statement to outlets including Deadline in which he said, "A couple of items about me have recently shown up in the news. I thought I would set the record straight.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
A North Carolina family's tragedy has taken a startling turn after the parents of a 7-year-old boy who was fatally struck by an SUV were arrested and charged for leaving him unsupervised. Police say Legend Jenkins was walking to a nearby grocery store with his 10-year-old brother when he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee while crossing a road outside a crosswalk in Gastonia around 6pm on May 27.
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2 weeks ago | 
newser.com | Evann Gastaldo
Haley Joel Osment was on Monday granted a diversion in his public intoxication case from April. The former child actor was arraigned Monday, and the judge in the case granted his request for a diversion, the Los Angeles Times reports. That means if he completes the terms of the diversion, the charges will be cleared. Those terms include attending at least three Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and two meetings with his therapist per week for the next six months.
