Police in Oak Harbor, Washington, arrested a 27-year-old man on Friday after he made violent threats against a Pride event in a nearby city, authorities said. Tyler Dinsmoor, of Oak Harbor, was arrested for civil rights malicious harassment with a hate…
Political commentator Mark Shields dies at age 85
Political analyst Mark Shields, best known for his decadeslong stint on “PBS NewsHour,” died Saturday at his home in Maryland. Shields was 85. His daughter, Amy Shields Doyle, told the New York Times the cause was complications of kidney failure. Judy …
Britney Spears’ dad Jamie fires back over social media allegations
There will be no Father’s Day reconciliation in the Spears family. Jamie Spears has filed legal documents demanding his daughter Britney sit for a deposition in the ongoing court battle surrounding her terminated conservatorship. Jamie, 69, wants Britn…
Biden says US doesn’t know what happened to American fighters missing in Ukraine
President Joe Biden Friday said the U.S. does not know what has happened to at least two Americans who have gone missing while fighting in Ukraine. The commander-in-chief repeated warnings against Americans volunteering to fight on the side of the Ukra…
Jenny Han wants more young adult projects that aren’t dystopian nightmares
Two months before Jenny Han’s young adult novel “The Summer I Turned Pretty” hit bookshelves in 2009, the film adaptation of “The Hunger Games” went into development — generating almost $700 million at the global box office three years later. But Han d…
Teenage love is life or death in Jenny Han’s YA series ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
What happens in the summer on Cousins Beach stays there. The idyllic setting for Jenny Han’s young adult trilogy, turned into the “The Summer I Turned Pretty” series now streaming on Prime Video, is at once an escape and the keeper of teenage secrets. …
HBO reportedly developing Jon Snow-based ‘Game of Thrones’ sequel with Kit Harington reprising role
Winter has come and gone for one of the most beloved “Game of Thrones” characters — but his story’s not over yet. HBO has reportedly entered into early development stages of a Jon Snow-based spinoff series of the Emmy-winning phenomenon based on a seri…
British government approves extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States
The British government has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where is wanted on espionage charges over the release of a massive trove of classified military records and diplomatic cables. U.K. Home Secre…
2 people killed, 1 wounded in Alabama church shooting, suspect in custody
Two people were killed and one person was wounded in a shooting at an Alabama church on Thursday night. The suspect was detained at the scene, police officer Shane Ware told reporters. Cops swarmed St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the east Birmingham …
Ghislaine Maxwell argues daddy issues drove her to Jeffrey Epstein
NEW YORK — Victim-shaming failed, so now Ghislaine Maxwell is trying the daddy issues defense. The disgraced British socialite and her family argue in new court papers that her media mogul father primed her to be manipulated by world-class predator Jef…