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Beauty queen’s sordid social media past comes to light as she’s booted from Miss USA
North Carolina’s entrant in the Miss USA pageant will be staying home after being stripped of her titlefor using anti-Black slurs on social media, new reports show. Pageant organizers, A Blaize Productions. formally took the sash from Brittany Boltinhouse, 27, on Wednesday after what the organization described as “a thorough review of recently surfaced information,”…
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Invest $200 Million in New Endangered Species Project
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Re:wild and Jeff Bezos‘ Bezos Earth Fund have launched this week the Phoenix Species Project, a new philanthropic initiative dedicated exclusively to helping protect and resurrect critically endangered species around the world. The project’s launch coincides with a $200 million commitment shared by DiCaprio’s Re:wild, Bezos’ Earth Find, Age of Union and the…
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Jalapeños linked to a US salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distributor
NEW YORK — Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say. At least 345 people in 27 states have been reported getting sick from the salmonella strain linked to the jalapeños. Most have been in Minnesota and Colorado. No deaths have been reported, but…
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Senate Republican shredded for praising Trump’s ethics: ‘Is he new to our planet?’
Critics were stunned Thursday after a Republican lawmaker praised President Donald Trump for his commitment to ethics. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) told Fox News that Trump had made an unprecedented move by following ethical standards, despite mounting reports that the president has collected an estimated $2.2 billion during the first year of his second term…
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TikToker Lala Sadii to Lead Her Own Scripted Series in the Works at Disney
Disney is in development on a scripted series centered on TikToker Lala Sadii. Sadii, the 23-year-old social media star with 25.7 million followers on TikTok, is attached to star in and executive produce a new live-action scripted series in the works at Disney Channel and Disney+. Inspired by Sadii’s real-life social media phenomenon, “Lala IRL”…
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Six kids killed by dad in Michigan murder-suicide remembered in heartbreaking obituaries
Heartbreaking obituaries of the six kids who were shot dead by their father, who also killed their mother and then himself, reveal the young kids’ personalities and interests before their lives were violently cut short. Amanda “Mandy” Karolkiewicz, 39, was found dead along with her six kids – aged 5 to 15 – at their…
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Grokipedia Appears to Have Completely Broken and Nobody Noticed
We certainly wouldn’t blame you for having completely forgotten that last year, Elon Musk tried to reinvent Wikipedia because he thought it was too woke. In October, his AI startup xAI launched Grokipedia, named after its AI chatbot. The encyclopedia stole human-written and edited pages from Wikipedia wholesale and ran them through a large language…
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Mets reliever Jefry Yan goes airborne (and viral) during MLB debut: ‘I celebrated accordingly’
Some say it’s ridiculous. Some say it’s refreshing. Some say it’s unprofessional. Some say it’s all in good fun. One thing is certain — Mets relief pitcher Jefry Yan got everyone’s attention with his high-flying, post-strikeout celebration during his MLB debut on Wednesday in Cleveland against the Guardians. Called up from triple-A Syracuse a day…
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Sobbing Trump supporter breaks down in front of her kids: ‘You can’t afford to breathe’
An Ohio mom broke down in tears in front of her kids as she explained how hard it has been to make ends meet under President Donald Trump’s administration. MS NOW shared the heartbreaking clip Thursday afternoon as part of a segment on how the high cost of gas has impacted Americans. MS NOW host…
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AMPAS Re-Ups Kim Taylor-Coleman as Academy Foundation Board President
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences re-elected casting director Kim Taylor-Coleman as president of the 2026-27 Academy Foundation Board on Thursday. This comes one year after the casting director was first named to the position, just in time for the Academy Awards to add a Best Casting Oscar to its annual lineup. Alongside…