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LeBron James went on the defensive Wednesday after a snippet promoting his talk show “The Shop” left viewers with the impression that in his opinion WNBA star Brittney Griner might be rethinking her country’s commitment to her while she sits in a Russi…

The manager ax found another victim on Wednesday, as the Blue Jays’ Charlie Montoyo became the third skipper to be fired this season. Montoyo, 56, was in his fourth year as Blue Jays’ manager. His team, picked by many to win the American League East an…

Delia Owens, author of “Where the Crawdads Sing,” the hit novel with a movie adaptation due out this weekend, is still a person of interest in the 1996 execution-style murder of an alleged poacher in Zambia. Owens, her ex-husband Mark and his son Chris…

NEW YORK — Jane Lynch is keeping quiet on any drama surrounding this week’s shakeup at Broadway’s “Funny Girl.” The 61-year-old Emmy winner — whose role on “Only Murders in the Building” scored her another nomination Tuesday — is shedding light on why …

NEW YORK — Tony Sirico went home to New York for his funeral. The “Sopranos” star, who died last week at 79, was laid to rest Wednesday at the Basilica of Regia Pacis in Brooklyn. The solemn affair was overseen by his brother, Father Robert Sirico. “Th…

LeBron James seems to wonder if fellow basketball star Brittney Griner will want to live in the U.S. again if she’s released from the Russian prison she currently calls home. In a promotional clip for his talkshow “The Shop,” James appears to believe t…

At just 9 years old, Mo Farah, who would go on to become first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic gold medals, was handed fake travel documents, shuttled onto a plane by a stranger, flown from his home in Djibouti to England and forced…

“Black Panther” lives on. Almost two years after his death, Chadwick Boseman earned a posthumous Emmy nomination Tuesday for reprising his role as T’Challa in Disney+’s Marvel animated series “What If…?” The series was dedicated to “our friend, our ins…

Days after expressing his intention to pull out of his attempted acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk is telling Donald Trump to quit politics. “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset,” Musk tweeted Monday …

It’s an honor to be honored. While Emmy nominations are old news for some TV veterans, Tuesday’s announcements still showcased the best and the brightest on the small screen. See how the stars are celebrating: —Quinta Brunson, outstanding comedy series…