Woman alleges Disney waterslide knocked her unconscious and caused brain injury in lawsuit – 2024

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks alleging that she sustained a brain injury after she was knocked unconscious and left “limp” and bleeding after riding a waterslide at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida. The lawsuit, filed Monday in an Orange County, Florida, Circuit Court, alleges that Disney failed to provide a safe … Read more

North Carolina man sentenced to 25 years for teaching bomb-making to person who targeted authorities – 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a North Carolina man to 25 years in prison for teaching someone how to make bombs meant to kill federal law enforcement officers. A jury had found Christopher Arthur, 40, guilty in 2023 for the bomb-related charges, as well as for illegally possessing weapons, including improvised explosives … Read more

Hundreds walk out of Harvard College graduation; UCLA contends with new protest – 2024

LOS ANGELES — The end of encampments at some American college campuses this spring was not the end of pro-Palestinian protests at Harvard and UCLA. Hundreds who attended annual graduation Thursday at Harvard College, Harvard University’s undergraduate college, staged a walkout to decry its disqualification of 13 students involved in earlier protests. At UCLA on Thursday, … Read more

Sean Kingston arrested on suspicion of fraud after his mother was taken into custody in Florida mansion raid – 2024

Singer Sean Kingston was arrested in California, the same day his mother was taken into custody in a raid at his residence in Florida, authorities said Thursday night. Kingston’s arrest happened Thursday evening in Fort Irwin, a small desert town adjacent to the U.S. Army National Training Center, about 180 miles southwest of Las Vegas, … Read more

Americans arrested in Turks and Caicos on ammunition charges form close bond while awaiting sentencing – 2024

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — The airport was hectic as Ryan Watson and his wife were preparing to fly home to Oklahoma after celebrating his 40th birthday on the archipelago’s white sands. A search of his duffel bag was slowing things down, but two of his friends who came along were ribbing him for it: He … Read more

New coach Emma Hayes seeking to restore U.S. women’s soccer glory – 2024

New U.S. women’s national soccer coach Emma Hayes stopped short of predicting Olympic gold for her squad Thursday, saying the world’s commitment to the sport has made it “an equal playing field.” In her first national TV interview since she was hired to run the world’s most famed women’s soccer program, Hayes diplomatically sidestepped when … Read more

‘I will always be recovering from my past’ – 2024

Cassie has spoken out publicly for the first time since video emerged last week that to showed her former romantic partner Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting her in a hotel in 2016. The 37-year-old singer, whose name is Casandra Ventura, said in a candid Instagram post Thursday that domestic violence “broke me down to someone I never … Read more

Tornado causes havoc in Texas as record-breaking heat wave looms – 2024

A tornado ripped through central Texas on Wednesday evening, causing huge damage and destroying homes, as forecasters warn of a potentially record-breaking heat wave in the state. The city of Temple, northeast of Austin, declared a state of emergency and opened a shelter for displaced people after a twister caused widespread devastation. Cars were overturned, … Read more