The Global Update

The Army has identified the third soldier who was *inside the Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday’s deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport after it had been initially withheld.  Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, served as an aviation officer in the Army from July 2019 and had around 500 hours of…

The families of two teenage girls are suing California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the state’s laws that allow transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.  A lawsuit was filed by Ryan Starling, the father of Taylor Starling; Daniel and Cynthia Slavin, the parents to Kaitlyn Slavin; and Save Girls Sports, according to court documents…

Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar, apologized and ditched X after multiple controversial tweets were resurfaced. Gascón, who is currently a contender for the Academy Award for “Best Actress” after starring in the movie “Emilia Pérez,” faced backlash for old social media posts about Islam and George…

The final seconds of Saturday’s Arizona State-Arizona game took a little while to finish due to some drama on the court and the benches. With roughly 30 seconds left in the game and the Wildcats up 81-72, Arizona’s Caleb Love got tangled up with BJ Freeman. The Sun Devil then headbutted Love. Love and Freeman…

Bill Belichick has found a way to win over students at the University of North Carolina long before he makes his debut as the Tar Heels’ new head football coach.  The former New England Patriots coach is catering a pizza night for UNC fraternities as they watch the men’s basketball team take on second-ranked Duke Saturday night,…

Multiple social media accounts attached to the Trump administration slammed actress Selena Gomez for posting a video of herself crying over deportations of illegal immigrants. Both the official White House X account and press secretary Karoline Leavitt called out the “Only Murders in The Building” star after she wept on Instagram in response to the…

Prosecutors released footage this week of alleged victims detailing their claims of sexual assault by the Alexander brothers, accused of drugging and then sexually assaulting and raping dozens of women across multiple states.  Miami-Dade prosecutors released the videos on Tuesday as part of the state’s cases against Oren and Alon Alexander, according to NBC6.  Tal,…

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville compared Democrats running former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election to starting a “7th string quarterback” in the Super Bowl, in an interview with PBS’ Margaret Hoover on Friday. “We ran a presidential election, if we were playing a Super Bowl, we started our 7th string quarterback….

A man who is 92 years old is not only still competing in his activity of choice — he’s teaching others the secrets of how to live a long, healthy and fulfilling life. Ivan Pedley, a retired toolmaker, plays ping pong twice a week — and said he has no plans to stop doing so…