The Global Update

Legal analysts are split after the Justice Department fired Maurene Comey, a veteran prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, on Wednesday. “It’s about time,” said Nicole Parker, a former FBI agent and Fox News contributor. “She failed in two cases.” One of those was the recent racketeering and…

A man on death row in Florida is scheduled to be executed next month for his conviction of abducting a woman from an insurance office and killing her. Kayle Bates, 67, is set to be put to death on Aug. 19 in the 10th execution scheduled for this year in Florida. Bates was convicted of…

Drake Bell, a former child actor who found fame starring on the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” accused the network of not paying its stars. Bell, 39, claimed he and co-star Josh Peck never received residuals for their show, which ran for three years on the kid-focused network before its final episode aired in 2007. …

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video of former President Barack Obama being arrested on Sunday, a nod to recent claims made by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. In the Truth Social post, Trump shared a TikTok video of various Democrats, including Obama, saying that “No one is above the law.” Later in the…

A Delta Air Lines flight experienced an apparent engine fire shortly after departing from California earlier this week. On Friday, July 18, Delta flight 446 took off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) but was forced to return and make a safe landing at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration…

President Donald Trump received support from Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner amid the push for the Washington Commanders to ditch its current nickname in favor of the Redskins. Turner was an NFL defensive back for eight years. He played for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos from…

Ellen DeGeneres left the United States last year following Donald Trump’s successful bid to return to the White House during the 2024 presidential election. DeGeneres, 67, and wife Portia de Rossi sold their Montecito estate in August and purchased a farmhouse in the U.K.  The move was initially slated as a part-time adventure where the…

The WNBA All-Star Game’s high-offensive output led ESPN host Elle Duncan to say something many viewed as quite crude on live television.  It’s not uncommon to see a lack of defense in a basketball All-Star Game, no matter if it’s the WNBA or the NBA. But Duncan had an interesting way to describe that side…

Legendary astronaut Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. shared a heartfelt message on the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, recalling the historic moment when the lunar module Eagle landed at Tranquility Base.  The 95-year-old, who in 1969 walked on the Moon behind mission commander Neil Armstrong, reminisced about the iconic moment they shared while…

The brother of late NFL legend and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman was involved in an early Sunday morning car crash that caused a post office to catch on fire.  San Jose Police are investigating a crash that occurred around 3 a.m. local time at the post office in question, per NBC Bay Area, and…