December 2024

After the homes of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow were burglarized in recent weeks, the ring has hit the NBA. Luka Dončić’s home was broken into Friday night, his business manager, Lara Beth Seager, told ESPN. Nobody was home at the time of the burglary, and everyone is safe, Seager said. CLICK HERE…

An elderly man is in critical condition after he reportedly caught on fire inside Manhattan’s Penn Station on Friday, authorities said. Emergency personnel responded to the subway station after MTA police received a call about a man on fire at approximately 8 p.m. ET.  “MTA Police Officers responded to the scene and located a 67-year-old…

“When Will Trump Take Office? On MLK Day, Unfortunately,” The Intelligencer’s senior editor Margaret Hartmann lamented in a new piece. Hartmann noted the “depressing” news that President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in to his second, non-consecutive term in office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The presidential inauguration sometimes falls on the federal holiday…

Mexico is developing an app that will allow migrants in the U.S. facing deportation to alert their family members and local U.S. consulates if they are about to be detained by authorities, a senior official said Friday. He added that his government plans to ensure that each Mexican citizen is given due process in the…

Professional boxer Paul Bamba unexpectedly died just days after being crowned WBA Gold Cruiserweight champion, his manager and family announced on social media. He was 35.  R&B singer and songwriter Ne-Yo issued a joint statement with Bamba’s family on social media Friday confirming the news of his passing. A cause of death was not revealed. …

The University of Iowa announced that it would close its Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies department as public universities in the state continue to respond to a changing DEI landscape.  “Under the proposed plan, the college would close the departments of American Studies and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, as well as the current majors in…

Amtrak issued an apology after 110 passengers were left stranded at Washington’s Union Station after their boarding gate was never opened.  “On Dec. 26, Amtrak train 66 traveling from Roanoke, Va., to New York departed Washington Union Station before all passengers were able to board. Amtrak sincerely apologizes for the miscommunication that resulted in customers…

Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and…