Chris Brown testified Thursday he was “in shock” when he discovered a housekeeper lying face down outside his Los Angeles home, severely injured after being mauled by a massive security dog on his property five years ago. Taking the stand Thursday for the first time at a civil trial in Van Nuys, Calif., Brown acknowledged … Read more
The New York Knicks have won the NBA championship, and questions are already swirling about whether they will make a trip to the White House to celebrate with Donald Trump. Trump is famously friendly with Knicks owner James Dolan, who invited the president to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Madison Square Garden. … Read more
The UFC’s event at the White House was the perfect target for a terror attack: America’s elites, clustered around a small octagon in the open air for hours. A chaotic, packed city center. Plenty of cops and soldiers, to be sure, but then again, there are few defenses for a fast, deadly drone. As I … Read more
During the G7 conference on Wednesday, Donald Trump told reporters that while “nobody knows what it is,” his supposed deal with Iran “is very strong and most people seem to be very happy.” The deal, which is actually a 14-point “memorandum of understanding,” was made public hours later. It addresses virtually none of the Trump … Read more
A Los Angeles judge granted pop star Sabrina Carpenter a five-year restraining order against a man who, testifying in court on Wednesday, claimed he is part of a “classified military government program” along with the singer. Speaking in a deep, monotone voice, William Applegate said he had been recruited to the program at a local … Read more
The platinum-selling musician known as D4vd, accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and concealing her dismembered remains in the trunk of his Tesla, appeared in court Wednesday and received a third postponement of his upcoming probable cause hearing. The “Romantic Homicide” singer, born David Anthony Burke, agreed to push the hearing from June 29 … Read more
President Donald Trump is so confident in his supposed ceasefire deal with Iran that he’s — once again — threatening to bomb them to smithereens if they “don’t behave” or try to make any further changes to the agreement. Trump and his administration have been exceedingly cagey about the contents of the agreement, which was … Read more
Journalist James Verini’s new book, The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War, tells the story of Ukrainians who turned a Mariupol dramatic arts theater into a haven for refugees after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. In this excerpt, Verini tells the story of aspiring actors Liza and Dima, a … Read more
The Louisiana rapper entered a guilty plea to third-degree rape charges in March Rapper Mystikal, real name Michael Tyler, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman in 2022 at his Louisiana home. The victim, who was in court on Tuesday, requested that the judge give the maximum … Read more
T he UFC’s Freedom 250 event on June 14 took over the White House’s South Lawn with an explosion of violence. The event, held specifically on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, was the result of a long relationship between Trump and UFC President Dana White, which has crossed political, personal, and professional lines for years. … Read more