Michael Pennington, one of the finest Shakespearean stage actors Britain produced in the second half of the twentieth century, and the man who gave Moff Jerjerrod his cool, bureaucratic menace in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, died on Sunday May 10, 2026. He was 82. Th
Robert Irwin appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday May 6, 2026, to tell the talk show host that he had nearly been killed by a 14-foot, 700-pound crocodile. The crocodile’s name is Jimmy Fallon. Robert named it after the host when it was a baby, years befor
Passengers who boarded the Disney Adventure in Singapore on Thursday May 7, 2026 for a four-night cruise were still aboard the docked ship the following afternoon when the captain announced that the voyage was not going to happen. The mechanical issue that had been preventing the
A 27-year-old Montana ranch wife named Callie has turned one of the most alarming living situations in rural America into one of the most watched stories on TikTok, and it is not hard to understand why. She lives in a farmhouse that is built on top of a garter snake den. Not near
As mini dramas and vertical-screen series continue to expand across global platforms, their success raises a deeper creative question: why do these short, highly dramatic stories travel so quickly between cultures? For writer Jiayan He, the answer lies less in the format’s speed
Two Czech businessmen — Marek Čmejla and Jiří Diviš — placed their trust, and a great deal of money, in a real estate operator named Radovan Vítek. Vítek ran the company. They called it a “parity partnership.” With Čmejla and Diviš’s money Vitek bought buildings, land, hotels, an
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski did not throw one of the fastest pitches ever recorded from a starting pitcher on Friday night at American Family Field. He threw ten of them. Three reached 103.6 mph, a velocity no starting pitcher has ever touched in the Statcast
A norovirus outbreak aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship has sickened 102 passengers and 13 crew members, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday after the ship reported the outbreak on Thursday May 7, 2026. The ship is currently carrying 3,116 passe
The Bahamas is holding its general election on Tuesday May 12, 2026, and under Bahamian law, the sale of alcohol is banned across the entire country from 8 AM to 6 PM on polling day. That law applies to every establishment on Bahamian soil, restaurants, bars, resorts and, as Roya
A Frontier Airlines flight headed from Denver to Los Angeles struck and killed a person who was walking across the runway during takeoff at Denver International Airport late Friday night, triggering an engine fire, an emergency abort and the evacuation of 231 passengers and crew
Investigators searching the home of Susan Flores, the mother of the man convicted of killing Kristin Smart in 1996, told reporters Friday that soil tests at the Arroyo Grande, California property and the neighboring home have returned results consistent with human decomposition.
Porsche is building as many gas-powered Macans as it possibly can right now. The company confirmed on its Q1 2026 earnings call that production of the first-generation gasoline Macan will end this summer, with July 2026 as the most specific target date available, and Porsche CFO
