The Philadelphia Phillies fired manager Rob Thomson on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, following the team’s 9-19 start to the season, tied for the worst record in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets. Don Mattingly, the bench coach, has been named interim manager for the remaind
Lauren Hashian went on Instagram on Sunday, April 26, 2026 to address a rumor that she and husband Dwayne Johnson had welcomed a new baby. The rumor was not based on any real news. It was based on AI-generated photographs that had gone viral on Facebook, showing her and Dwayne ho
Wren US Holdings Inc., the American subsidiary of UK kitchen retailer Wren Kitchens, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in Delaware on April 24, 2026, and simultaneously shutting all 15 of its U.S. showrooms. The business is closing its studios inside Home Depot locations
The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, that it is leaving OPEC effective May 1, ending nearly six decades of membership in the world’s most powerful oil producers’ cartel and stripping it of its third-largest producer at one of the most volatile moments in
Nathan Chasing Horse, the actor known for his role as Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner’s 1990 Oscar-winning film “Dances with Wolves,” was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison on Monday, April 27, 2026, by District Judge Jessica Peterson in a Las Vegas courtroom. He is 49 years o
By Frank Parlato Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz ran a San Francisco company called OneTaste that focused on sex and enlightenment. Sixteen thousand people took courses. Years later, they found themselves in a federal courtroom not in permissive San Francisco but in Brooklyn,
Harry Styles is engaged. People magazine confirmed on Monday, April 27, 2026 that the 32-year-old singer and 37-year-old actress Zoë Kravitz are engaged after eight months of dating. Styles proposed and Kravitz said yes. The couple has been sharing the news with a small circle of
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the most coveted player in this year’s college football transfer portal, the No. 1 rated transfer in ESPN’s rankings, and a player under contract for approximately $5 million in NIL, is taking an immediate, indefinite leave of absence from t
Jimmy Kimmel recorded a White House Correspondents’ Dinner parody on his ABC show on Thursday, April 23, 2026. In it, he looked at Melania Trump and said, “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.” Two days later, on Saturday night, a man named Cole Tomas Allen drove
When reviews for the biopic ‘Michael’ were released ahead of the film’s premiere to audiences this weekend, critics were harsh to say the least. The film debuted with a 27% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the lowest rated films released this year, and ranking i
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Naomi Osaka in the fourth round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, April 27, 2026, on the Manolo Santana Stadium clay, their third meeting ever and the first time the two four-time Grand Slam champions had faced each other on a surface other than hard co
Jury selection in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI begins Monday, April 27, 2026, in federal court in Oakland, California. Opening statements and witness testimony begin Tuesday. Both Musk and Altman are expected to take the stand. The trial is scheduled to last
