Seattle police arrested a man on Nov. 8 in connection with a series of stabbings in the Chinatown-International District that left five people injured Friday afternoon. The suspect, who has not yet been identified, is also being investigated in connection with at least four other similar stabbings in the same downtown area that began early […]

Quincy Jones’s famous daughter, Rashida Jones, is paying tribute to the 91-year-old music legend days after he died in California. As NTD reported previously, Quincy Jones died peacefully on Nov. 3 surrounded by family at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. His 48-year-old daughter penned a tribute via Instagram on Nov. […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will be away from the team for an indefinite period while recovering from an undisclosed health issue. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson will serve as the team’s interim head coach until the 75-year-old Basketball Hall of Famer returns. “Right now, his health is the number one priority,” Johnson said […]

Team USA’s Noah Lyles shared an inspiring message of perseverance after winning the gold medal in the men’s 100-meter sprint at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, saying he had to overcome a series of mental and physical challenges on his road to success. “I have Asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and Depression. But I […]

International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev said Monday that two boxers who were disqualified from a women’s boxing event last year had “very high” levels of testosterone on two separate tests in 2022 and 2023. Both boxers have advanced to the medal round in the Olympics. The IBA held a news conference on Aug. […]

Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting has become the second boxer engulfed in gender controversy to be guaranteed a medal in the Paris Olympics after winning a quarterfinal match on Sunday. The 28-year-old athlete defeated Svetlana Staneva, 34, of Team Bulgaria in the women’s 57-kilogram division in a unanimous 5–0 point decision. Lin, who has a career record […]

Steven Tyler, best known as the lead singer of Aerosmith, will not fully recover from a vocal cord injury he sustained last year. In a statement released on Aerosmith’s official website on Aug. 2, the band shared an update on the 76-year-old singer’s voice and announced their retirement from touring. “He has spent months tirelessly […]

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif secured an Olympic medal in Paris on Saturday after winning against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in a unanimous 5–0 points decision in a quarterfinal match in the women’s 66-kilogram category. Khelif is engulfed in controversy over gender eligibility after the 25-year-old was disqualified from a women’s boxing event last year […]

Lin Yu-Ting, a Taiwanese boxer previously banned from competing in a women’s event after failing to meet gender eligibility criteria, easily won against Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova of the women’s 57-kilogram division in a round of 16 match. The 28-year-old defeated Turdibekova in a unanimous 5–0 points decision on Aug. 2. The three-time world championship medalist […]

Former Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward announced on Aug. 1 that he’s retiring from the NBA after 14 seasons. In a statement shared on X, the 34-year-old said he looks forward to “new adventures and challenges” and spending more time with his wife and children. “I want to thank God for giving me the grace […]

Algeria’s Imane Khelif, a boxer disqualified from the 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championships for failing to meet unspecified gender eligibility criteria, won the women’s opening Olympics match in Paris on Aug. 1 against Italy’s Angela Carini. The match between Khelif and Carini lasted a mere 46 seconds, and the two opponents exchanged only a few […]

The New England Patriots have announced that star player Christian Barmore has received treatment at Mass General Brigham after he was diagnosed with blood clots. In a statement released on the Patriots’ official website on July 28, the franchise said “there is no timetable” for when Barmore, who turned 25 on July 28, will be […]

Three members of the American gospel band The Nelons were killed in a plane crash Friday afternoon while traveling to a music concert, their management group announced. A statement from Gaither Management Group released on July 26 says seven people were aboard the private airplane, Kelly Nelon Clark and her husband, Jason Clark, Amber Nelon […]

Stevie Nicks, an American singer best known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac, has offered more details on her recent health scare and sudden postponement of two concerts earlier this month. The 76-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee told the audience at a rescheduled show in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 24 […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned this week that several stores are still selling previously recalled mushroom-infused products from the brand Diamond Shruumz. On July 16, the FDA said in an update posted to its website that the recalled “microdosing” candies laced with a chemical found in mushrooms “are still on the shelves at […]

Rob Lowe has recalled when his long-time friend and “The Outsiders” co-star Tom Cruise knocked him out when the two actors sparred in a hotel hallway. Speaking during an episode of “The Rich Eisen Show” that aired on July 15, Mr. Lowe said he was 17 when he first met Mr. Cruise in the early […]

The number of illegal immigrants arrested at the U.S. southern border fell by nearly 30 percent in June, reaching the lowest monthly total since January 2021, according to figures released this week. Arrests totaled 83,536 illegal immigrants in June, down from 117,901 in May, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a June 15 statement. […]

Rapper Wiz Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, was arrested for illegal drug possession at a music festival in Romania on July 13, according to authorities. Mr. Thomaz, 36, was found with more than 18 grams of cannabis during a recital at the urban music festival “Beach, Please!” in Costinești, a resort located […]

A man accused of killing a woman and her two young children in Stockton, California, in late June was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) over the weekend, according to authorities. The suspect, identified as Jose Carmen Cardona, a 59-year-old Hispanic male, has been charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted […]

The United States is offering financial rewards totaling $12 million for information on three leaders of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, a notorious transnational criminal organization. In a statement released on July 11, the Department of State said the rewards will be provided to anyone able to offer information leading to the arrest and/or conviction in […]