Fatalities have been confirmed after a driver of an SUV plowed through a Christmas parade in a Milwaukee suburb. A live video feed of the Holiday Parade from the City of Waukesha showed a red SUV breaking through barriers and speeding into the roadway where the parade was taking place. Waukesha is located about 15 …
Monthly Archives: November 2021
U.S. missionary group confirms 2 of 17 hostages have been released from captivity in Haiti
Two of the 17 people taken hostage in Haiti last month have been freed, their church organization said Sunday. According to the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, both members are “safe” and “in good spirits,” No further information, including the identities of those freed or how their release was secured, was given. The church group said: “While …
Sacramento Kings fire head coach Luke Walton, promote Alvin Gentry as interim coach
The Sacramento Kings announced on Sunday that they have promoted associate head coach Alvin Gentry to interim head coach after firing coach Luke Walton. The Kings have lost seven of eight games and dropped to 6-11 on the season, which leaves them 12th in the Western Conference. General manager Monte McNair said: “We all know …
Lakers LeBron James, Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart ejected after altercation
Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James and Detroit forward Isaiah Stewart were ejected following an altercation during their game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, in which James struck Stewart in the face and Stewart fought back at James The incident happened with 9:18 remaining left in the third quarter and the Pistons leading 78-66, when …
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Alan Jackson shares ‘Racing the Dark,’ co-written with daughter Mattie
Alan Jackson and his daughter, Mattie Jackson Selecman, have released their collaborative song titled “Racing the Dark,” which coincides with the release of Selecman’s book ‘Lemons on Friday’. Selecman recently lost her husband Ben after only 11 months of marriage. Both song and book detail Selecman’s painful heartbreak while also honoring the life that Ben …
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Kelsea Ballerini reveals her struggle with an eating disorder as a teenager
Kelsea Ballerini is opening up about her struggles in her teenage years in her new poetry book, Feel Your Way Through, The 28-year-old country singer revealed that she had struggled with an eating disorder when she was a teenager, saying, “My parents had just gotten divorced, and I think for me, it was a source …
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ tops North American box office with $44M
‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $44 million in receipts this weekend. Coming in at No. 2 is Eternals with $10.8 million, followed by Clifford the Big Red Dog at No. 3 with $8.1 million, King Richard at No. 4 with $5.7 million and Dune at No. 5 with $3.1 …
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Jonah Hill to portray Jerry Garcia in Martin Scorsese’s new Grateful Dead biopic
Jonah Hill will portray late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia in a new biopic directed by Martin Scorsese. Garcia died in 1995, although the surviving members have carried on as Dead & Company with the assistance of John Mayer. Alongside Hill and Scorsese, surviving Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and Bill …
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Oklahoma governor grants clemency to Julius Jones just hours before his planned execution
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted Julius Jones clemency ahead of his scheduled execution Thursday, commuting his sentence to life without parole following public outcry based on doubts over whether he committed the 1999 murder for which he was convicted. The last-minute executive order by Gov. Stitt came mere hours before Jones was scheduled to be …
Travis McMichael takes stand, testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon
Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday, and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated that Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled a weapon on him during the five minutes he, his father and their neighbor chased Arbery before the 35-year-old McMichael fatally shot him. Travis McMichael, his 65-year-old father, Gregory McMichael, …