The NBA saw a flurry of moves during the offseason, culminating with the Portland Trail Blazers moving on from Damian Lillard last week.  After 11 years in Portland, Lillard asked to be traded in July, with the Trail Blazers pulling off the three-team deal with the Milwaukee Bucks and the […]

Two U.S. soldiers killed when their transport vehicle flipped in a training area outside Salcha, Alaska, earlier this week have been publicly identified. Spc. Brian Joshua Snowden, 22, and Spc. Jeremy Daniel Evans, 23, died in Monday’s vehicle accident in the Yukon Training Area, Fort Wainwright announced Wednesday on Facebook. […]

A senior Defense Department official was arrested in Maryland last week on allegations of facilitating a dog fighting ring for more than 20 years, more than half the time he worked at the Pentagon and held a security clearance. Frederick Moorefield, 62, was arrested on Thursday and served as Deputy […]

“The Drew Barrymore Show” will reportedly have three fewer writers on its staff after former striking writers apparently declined to return. According to sources close to the show, writers Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon and Liz Koe have decided not to return despite the end of the Writers Guild of America […]

A Russian attack on a village in northeast Ukraine Thursday left at least 49 people dead, including a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian officials said. It also left at least six others injured. Presidential Chief of Staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Russian forces shelled the village of Hroza […]

Two Philippine supply boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a recurring confrontation near a disputed shoal some fear could spark a larger security crisis that could draw in the United States. Two Philippine coast guard ships escorted the smaller supply boats, […]

The three Philadelphia police officers injured in a shootout Wednesday evening were responding to a home where people were arguing about a video game, authorities said. Two officers were shot in the leg and one in the hand, which differs from initial reports. All three were hospitalized in stable condition. […]

At least seven people have reportedly been killed in Syria Thursday after a drone attack targeted a military academy graduation ceremony in Homs.  “Seven dead and more than 20 regime officers wounded in a violent explosion in the area of the military academy in Homs, caused by an attack by […]

Now everyone can be the coolest kid in school. Using artificial intelligence, people are turning themselves into nostalgic high school personas in a new and already-viral “AI yearbook” trend. Social media users have tried out AI-powered platforms such as the EPIK AI photo editor, which allows people to turn a […]

Ed Sheeran is looking far ahead into the future.  After he experienced a whirlwind of a year — in addition to facing a copyright lawsuit, he revealed that his wife had been diagnosed with a tumor during pregnancy and also that his best friend had died unexpectedly — Sheeran recently […]