Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said LSU athletic director Scott Woodward will not choose the Tigers’ next football coach, declaring a board-run search instead — a claim that surprised board chair Scott Ballard. Landry, who joked he’d let Donald Trump pick the coach before Woodward, blasted the cost of Brian Kelly’s...
Paramount Animation president Ramsey Naito is stepping down as David Ellison’s new regime cleans house at the studio. Her exit comes amid roughly 1,000 cuts at Skydance-owned Paramount aimed at $2 billion in savings, alongside several senior departures. Naito’s tenure spanned reviving Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (nearly $182M...
Animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg, 23, was convicted in Sonoma County of felony conspiracy, two counts of trespassing, and vehicle tampering for taking four chickens from Petaluma Poultry, a Perdue Farms subsidiary. After a seven-week trial, the Santa Rosa jury deliberated less than a day. Rosenberg, who said she rescued...
Republicans received a briefing on U.S. strikes against suspected drug-smuggling boats, while Democratic senators were excluded, drawing sharp rebukes from Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner. He called the move a partisan stunt and demanded Democrats be given the same briefing and the Justice Department OLC memo shown to Republicans....
MINNEAPOLIS — Austin Reaves floated in a 12-foot jumper at the buzzer, capping a 28-point, 16-assist night and sealing the Lakers’ 116-115 win after Minnesota’s late 14-2 surge. Los Angeles had led by 20 in the third and 112-101 with 4:01 left before Julius Randle’s finger roll put the Wolves...
Floyd Roger Myers Jr., remembered for playing Young Will on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died at 42. His mother, Renee Trice, told TMZ he suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning at his Maryland home after previously surviving three in the past three years. Myers also portrayed Marlon Jackson...
After his record-setting Game 3, when Shohei Ohtani reached base in all nine plate appearances, he skipped interviews and was hustled past about 1 a.m. by Dodgers security after spending time in the trainer's room. He received IVs after midnight. The treatment followed his on-field remark, "I need to go...
An 80-year-old passenger, Suzanne Rees, was found dead on Lizard Island a day after the Coral Adventurer departed without her, prompting her daughter to accuse the cruise operator of a 'failure of care and common sense.' Rees had left a group hike to rest on a very hot day and,...
At a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, Vice President JD Vance called for sharply reducing legal immigration, criticizing President Joe Biden's policies and arguing the U.S. must prioritize cohesion and assimilation. He urged avoiding American deaths in unnecessary foreign conflicts, praised President Donald Trump's Middle East...
President Donald Trump said the United States will share guarded technology to help South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine, following talks with President Lee Jae Myung. Lee pushed to modernize the alliance and plans to increase defense spending, clarifying Seoul seeks nuclear fuel, not weapons, and saying nuclear boats would...
