The Chinese-born divorcée who is charged with blackmailing Wall Street billionaire and Milwaukee Bucks owner Wesley Edens was bailed out of jail by a Chinese foreign agent — and has extensive ties to the country, bombshell court documents reveal. Changli “Sophia” Luo, 46, who faces four counts over the alleged…
NCIS: Sydney season 3 ended with one case seemingly closing and another up in the air — literally — but it’s the possible romance between Mackey and JD that has fans talking. Warning: Spoilers below from NCIS: Sydney season 3, episodes 19 and 20. During the two-part season 3 finale,…
A growing number of California Democrats are embracing an unusual election strategy ahead of the state’s crowded gubernatorial primary: waiting until the final possible moment to cast their ballots. The tactic is being fueled by anxiety within left-wing circles over the state’s open primary system, where the top two candidates…
Tamron Hall says she turned down a $2 million-a-year offer from NBC after learning she was being pushed aside on the “Today” show to make room for Megyn Kelly. “A text message came from my then-agent and he said, ‘They’re making a big change. You’re no longer in. Here’s what…
BALTIMORE — For most of the early going, Smooth Jazz has been on mute for the Yankees. But Jazz Chisholm Jr. said before Yankees’ 6-2 win over the Orioles Tuesday he is “working my butt off every day to get back” to the player he is capable of being, and…
Nicole Scherzinger has mixed emotions about the Pussycat Dolls being forced to cancel all but one date on the U.S. leg of their PCD Forever Tour. “Nicole is disappointed,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “She was really excited to get back out there with Ashley [Roberts] and Kimberly [Wyatt]…
A former coworker of Xavier Becerra under the Biden administration delivered the latest blow to his bid for California governor by refusing to endorse him Tuesday. Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversaw the Department of Homeland Security while Becerra was secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, was mum at…
A popular home insurer in California is hiking rates for homeowners this fall. Farmers Insurance Group, known for its “We are Farmers” jingle with actor JK Simmons, will raise rates by 1.5% at the next renewal date in September. The change will affect the insurers’ nearly 915,000 homeowners, according to…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Talk about a bummer. Oregon Ducks greats Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally are sidelined for the Liberty’s only trip to Portland this season. Ionescu and Sabally didn’t play in the Liberty’s 98-96 loss to the Fire on Tuesday night and will not play in Thursday’s rematch. Ionescu…
Dave Portnoy isn’t impressed with how Alix Earle has been handling her ongoing drama with Alex Cooper. After Earle, 25, avoided answering questions about her feud Cooper, 31, while appearing on the Tuesday, May 12, episode of the Today show, Portnoy, 49, took to social media to blast the influencer…
Far-left Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman wildly accused opponent Spencer Pratt of pushing “fascism” as the former reality TV star gains ground in the race. The socialist-linked Raman appeared on a podcast with progressive host Brian Tyler Cohen and compared Pratt to President Donald Trump while offering her take on who the independent…
Ebay’s board firmly rejected GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s $56 billion offer to buy the company on Tuesday, stating that the bombshell proposal is “neither credible nor attractive.” Cohen shocked Wall Street last week with the unsolicited takeover bid, in which GameStop offered to buy eBay for $125 per share in cash…
For a brief moment Tuesday night, smiles and laughter returned to the Dodgers dugout. Mired in a month-long slump and without a home run in his last 13 games, Shohei Ohtani finally rediscovered his swing, belting a solo blast in the bottom of the third inning that –– for both…
Romantasy readers get ready, a Fourth Wing series has been green lit at Amazon. During the Amazon upfronts in May 2026, Michael B. Jordan announced that the best-selling Rebecca Yarros book series will be adapted for Prime Video. The Oscar winner will serve as an executive producer. Fourth Wing follows…
Former Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang resigned from her position after a bombshell admission that she was acting as an illegal foreign agent for China. In the shocking plea deal, Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website…
Target is trying to roll itself out of a retail rut. The big-box chain is replacing its entire fleet of shopping carts with a beefier, easier-to-steer model as part of a multibillion-dollar turnaround push to win back frustrated customers, TheStreet reported. The new carts — about 500,000 of them — will roll…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Liberty let Tuesday’s game against the Fire slip away in the fourth to suffer their first loss of the season, 98-96. The Liberty held a seven-point lead at halftime, but the Fire came out hot to start the second half. The Liberty managed to pull ahead…
Kellie Pickler is reflecting on everything that has changed in her life since she auditioned for American Idol more than 20 years ago. “I was surprised by everything to be honest,” Pickler, 39, shared on the May 6 episode of the “American Idol Official Podcast” with host Danielle Fishel. “A…
Is it a red wave, or are California voters coming down with a case of blue flu? These are questions political insiders and data nerds are trying to answer after Republicans showed surprising strength in the first wave of mail ballot returns for next month’s primary election. GOP voters accounted…
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve board, as President Trump’s nominee cleared another hurdle in his path to becoming the central bank’s next chairman. In a 51-45 vote, the Senate also approved a motion to invoke cloture, meaning there will be no more debate over…
SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama atoned for his first career ejection with another huge performance, finishing with 27 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-97 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second-round series. Keldon Johnson had 21…
Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry is a pro at getting lip filler. “Obviously, I get lip filler,” Chloe, real name Elise marily Jones, said during the Monday, May 11, episode of Vogue’s “Beauty Secrets” YouTube series. “I have gotten so much lip filler in my lifetime that I no longer even need…
A four-page manifesto was reportedly sent to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger before a bomb scare disrupted a campaign event for the Republican gubernatorial candidate. The handwritten letter was sent to Raffensperger on Monday and included a photograph of the Georgia official with the word “Boom” written across his…
A US appeals court on Tuesday temporarily paused a lower court ruling against the Trump administration’s 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act, keeping the tariffs in place for three importers that had won a reprieve from the duties last week. The US Court of International Trade ruled against the new…
All Shohei Ohtani needed to snap his two-week home run drought? How about Ice Cube in the broadcast booth. On Tuesday night, the Dodgers did a stadium-wide Ice Cube bobblehead giveaway, featuring the LA entertainment icon in a Dodger blue low-rider along with the team’s last two World Series championship…
In another life, Katy Perry would be Josh Groban’s girl — but in this timeline, he’s engaged to Natalie McQueen. Perry, 41, reacted to ex-boyfriend Groban’s engagement with a hilarious TikTok video on Monday, May 11. The clip included a screenshot of Groban, 45, and McQueen, 36, alongside a note…
He’s “Maduromaxxing.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio went viral on social media Tuesday for wearing the Nike tracksuit made famous by deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro aboard Air Force One. “Secretary Rubio rocking the Nike Tech ‘Venezuela’ on Air Force One!” White House communications director Steven Cheung wrote on X,…
Are you a California driver who’s owned a General Motors vehicle — Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac — in the last few years? Did you know your private driving habits might have been sold without your knowledge? Owing to this breach of privacy, California just hit General Motors with a record…
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner has cleared the body of Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke to be released to his family. The ME’s website showed the body was declared “ready for release” and that the cause and manner of death were deferred “pending additional investigation.” It has been widely reported that…
Brooke Shields is reflecting on an awkward interview with the late Barbara Walters. “It’s also insane that Barbara Walters asked me my measurements,” Shields, 60, said during the Tuesday, May 12, episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast. Shields was 15 years old in 1981 when she sat…
Pharmacy technician Cindy Burbank emerged victorious Tuesday in an unusual Nebraska Democratic Senate primary where the top two candidates accused each other of political trickery. Burbank defeated pastor William Forbes by a 90%- 9% margin — but she won’t take on incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) in the general election,…
Howard Schultz, the billionaire executive who turned Starbucks from a boutique Seattle-area coffee chain into a global behemoth spanning thousands of stores, says his former hometown has grown “hostile” to business under a “socialist” mayor. Schultz, who recently relocated to Miami at around the same time that lawmakers in Washington…
Mathew Barzal won’t be going to World Championships after all. Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Barzal will miss the competition “as a precaution due to a minor, preexisting injury.” Sidney Crosby was added to the Canadian roster in Barzal’s stead. The Islanders released a statement saying that Barzal “is expected…
Actress-turned-OnlyFans creator Maitland Ward is not happy with Sydney Sweeney‘s character arc on Euphoria season 3. “In the climate we’re in, that they dressed her up as a baby to make pornographic OnlyFans content was beyond troubling and again serves to perpetuate stereotypes that sex workers have no moral compass…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth insisted the US has “control” of the Strait of Hormuz during surprisingly civil testimony before House and Senate appropriators on the Pentagon’s wallet-busting $1.5 trillion budget plans. The Pentagon honcho fended off tough questions about the war in Iran and bipartisan skepticism that the…
San Jose-based eBay was hammered by a massive cyberattack allegedly carried out by a pro-Iran hacking group that’s now threatening some of world’s biggest tech companies. The shadowy “Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 Team” claimed responsibility for the assault on eBay, which reportedly triggered widespread outages and left…
Facebook parent company Meta got hit with a lawsuit from Santa Clara County accusing the tech giant of “knowingly” and “actively” facilitating and profiting from billions of scam advertisements. The county cited a 2025 Reuters investigation that found internal Meta documents detailing how the company earned $7 billion from showing Facebook…
How bad has Shohei Ohtani’s recent hitting slump gotten? Bad enough, that manager Dave Roberts said the two-way star might be out of the Dodgers’ lineup –– at least as a hitter –– the next two nights. While Ohtani was in the team’s Tuesday lineup as leadoff man and designated…
A daycare teacher in Nashville, Georgia, has been arrested for alleged child abuse after videos of her assaulting children circulated online amongst parents. Kalasha Johnson was fired from Joyful Noise Academy on Wednesday, May 6, after parents obtained multiple videos of her allegedly hitting young children, which she allegedly shared…
A measure to force a vote on redistricting failed the South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday after five Republican lawmakers defied President Trump and voted with Democrats against the redistricting effort. “We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already,” South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R),…
Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, widely known as Jho Low and now a fugitive, has sought a pardon from President Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The request was filed in recent weeks, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter, and if granted…
Just weeks prior to his death, Brandon Clarke was arrested for possession of kratom. The NBA player allegedly had nearly half a pound of it. But what exactly is it? According to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s launching a federal crackdown on 7-OH — the…
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