Britney Spears’ ex-husband reportedly crashes wedding
Spears’ first husband, Jason Alexander, reportedly attempted to crash the superstar’s surprise nuptials to Sam Asghari on Thursday in California.
Spears’ first husband, Jason Alexander, reportedly attempted to crash the superstar’s surprise nuptials to Sam Asghari on Thursday in California.
As construction crews race to meet the 2024 deadline set by French President Emmanuel Macron for the reopening of Notre-Dame, a jury chaired by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has revealed the winning project for the redevelopment of the area surrounding the cathedral. The project, estimated at 52 million euros ($54 million), is being led by Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets, with a team composed of urban planning agency GRAU and architecture agency Neufville-Gayet. "There were three essential points for us: it was to reveal the cathedral, second to improve the connection with the Seine, and thirdly, to multiply the uses through this climatic approach," Smets told ABC News.
Basketball star turned activist Maya Moore and her husband, Jonathan Irons, are now parents to a baby boy. Moore and Irons revealed exclusively on "Good Morning America" Tuesday that they welcomed their first child, a son named Jonathan Hughston Irons Jr., in February. Moore and Irons wed in 2020, shortly after Irons was freed after spending over two decades in prison.
Authorities are combing through social media posts they believe are associated with the 22-year-old person of interest in Monday's mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Six people were killed and about 24 others were seriously hurt in the suburban Chicago shooting, which police described as a "random act of violence." It appears the gunman fired from a roof where a high-powered rifle was recovered, police said.
A gunman opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in an affluent suburb north of Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 30 others, including children. Five of the victims died at the scene of the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, while one died at a hospital, according to officials. Highland Park Hospital admitted 25 people with gunshot wounds, 19 of whom were treated and discharged.
As Abby Brosio stood with her father-in-law watching the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday morning, a hail of bullets began to fly from top of the building directly across the street. As she turned to pull her 1-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son into Gearhead Outfitters, a store managed by her husband, Tony, she was grazed by a bullet, she said. Six people were killed and more than 24 others were injured in Monday's mass shooting in Highland Park, a suburb north of Chicago, according to officials.
One person has died and four people have been seriously injured in a Fourth of July shooting at a residence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police said. The incident occurred at approximately 10:20 p.m. at a home in the 6300 block of 25th Avenue when authorities responded to reports of a shooting at the house and encountered a “chaotic scene with obvious evidence of multiple gunshots being fired,” according to a statement released by the City of Kenosha Police Department. As of now, the Kenosha Police Department say there is no known motive, no suspects in custody and that the investigation into the shooting is “open and active.”
The Democratic Governors Association hopes to turn anger at the overturning of Roe v. Wade into big-dollar fundraising for critical races where governors will hold sway over abortion access at the state level. The DGA on Tuesday launched the "Protect Reproductive Rights Fund" to support gubernatorial races in states where access to abortion is at risk. The DGA said it aims to raise $10 million for the new fund.
Four Army veterans are being recognized with the Medal of Honor for their "acts of gallantry and intrepidity" during the Vietnam War. President Joe Biden will present Specialist 5 Dwight W. Birdwell, Major John J. Duffy and Specialist 5 Dennis M. Fujii with the nation's highest military honor at a White House ceremony on Tuesday morning. Staff Sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro will receive the award posthumously.
Summer has just started but millions around the country have already experienced record-breaking heat waves, forcing people to blast air conditioning and think of ways to protect their homes during an onslaught of high temperatures, all while trying to keep energy costs low. The U.S. has already seen heat indexes reach dangerous levels this summer. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, some tips homeowners could use to protect their home include adding insulation to keep the heat out, incorporating window reflectors and weather stripping windows and doors.
Two police officers were shot near the conclusion of a Fourth of July fireworks show in Philadelphia. One officer assigned to highway patrol received a graze wound to the forehead, police said. The other officer, who was assigned to the Montgomery County Bomb Squad, sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder.
Adele is opening up about her decision to postpone her Las Vegas residency in January due to COVID-19. In an interview with Lauren Laverne of BBC's Desert Island Discs, Adele said she was a "shell of a person" for a few months after announcing her decision, but she stands by it. In January, the "Easy on Me" singer shared a tearful post on Instagram to let her fans know that her show wasn't ready. Adele said that due to delivery delays and COVID-19, "it's been impossible to finish the show."
Eyewitnesses who scrambled for their lives after a gunman opened fire at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, described a frightening, chaotic scene Monday. Zoe Nicole Pawelczak told ABC News that she attended the parade with her father, and at first, they thought they heard fireworks. "It was like no fireworks that I heard," she said.
Brittney Griner personally reached out to President Joe Biden, urging him to help get her out of Russian custody, according to her representatives. A handwritten letter from Griner, portions of which were made public, was delivered to the White House on Monday. In it, she expressed fears she will be held in Russia "forever."
Black community leaders in Boston are marking the Fourth of July by responding to the white supremacists who marched through Boston two days ago. Members of the group, identified by police as Patriot Front, marched through the city on Saturday with concealed faces, wearing shirts that read "Reclaim America." The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks hate groups nationwide, has called Patriot Front a white supremacist group that spreads racism, antisemitism, and other forms of hate online.
President Joe Biden on Monday afternoon shared his "shock" and support after a deadly mass shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb earlier that day -- the latest in an ever-longer string of mass shootings in America. In his statement, Biden also noted the threat posed by the suspected gunman, who had not yet been taken into custody. As always, we are grateful for the first responders and law enforcement on the scene.
Queen Elizabeth is reducing her workload. According to the Telegraph, Buckingham Palace changed the details of the queen’s job description in its annual report by swapping out the “Queen’s programme” of engagements for more general “visits in royal programmes.” Instead, members of the royal family, including Prince Charles, will step in and support some of her duties.
A U.S. analysis of Israeli and Palestinian investigations has determined that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May but there was "no reason to believe" her shooting was intentional, the State Department said Monday. An Israeli ballistics test of the actual bullet that killed her was inconclusive because of too much damage to the bullet that had been provided by the Palestinian Authority to U.S. security officials who monitored the new test, the U.S. statement said. The finding came after what the U.S. said was inconclusive tests by independent ballistics experts under U.S. oversight of the bullet fragment recovered from Abu Akleh's body.
In the weeks before a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, federal law enforcement officials had again been on alert because of a "heightened threat environment" fueled in part, they said, by domestic extremists and social upheaval. Six people were killed and about 24 others were seriously hurt in the mass shooting at the parade in Highland Park, Illinois, according to officials. The Department of Homeland Security recently indicated that there was real potential for another spate of violence in the near term and in the foreseeable future because of what federal authorities described as extremists and so-called "lone actors" becoming animated by events and issues ranging from Pride Month to the House's ongoing Jan. 6 hearings to controversial Supreme Court rulings.
For decades, Judy and Ed Craine parked their car in the driveway in front of their San Francisco home. Parking in the Golden City can be tricky with its steep hills and busy streets, and the Craines say they were lucky to have a spot that's all their own for the past 36 years. The Craines told ABC-affiliate KGO-TV that the San Francisco Planning Department is enforcing a decades-old section of code that bans motor vehicles of all kinds from being parked on a carpad or setback in front of a house unless it's accompanied by a garage or cover.
The Fourth of July brings lots of celebrations and lots of shopping -- and the Banana Republic Factory sale is an exciting part of the festivities. The fashion retailer is offering 50% off everything from summer essentials to go-to basics that can be worn all year long.