Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a 2023 ceremony that drew 18.7 […]

A former Gary police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to violating a handcuffed man’s civil rights by using excessive force while arresting him. A U.S. District Court judge in Hammond sentenced Terry Peck to one year and one day in prison followed […]

The U.S. Army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers — 19 of whom were executed — for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago, an effort to atone for imposing harsh punishments linked to Jim Crow-era racism. U.S. Army officials announced the historic reversal Monday […]

There are now 22 players in the history of Major League Baseball to win multiple Cy Young Awards. Blake Snell was named the 2023 NL Cy Young Award winner on Wednesday night, thanks to his superb season with the San Diego Padres. The left-hander now joins elite company – 11 […]

An investigation into what authorities described as a major drug trafficking group based in southern Oregon resulted in two dozen arrests and seizures of guns, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs, law enforcement agencies said Wednesday. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Oregon State Police and the Grants Pass Police Department were among […]

A Florida man was apprehended by TSA officers at Raleigh County Memorial Airport in West Virginia on Monday after attempting to bring a loaded pistol onto a plane, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In a press release, the TSA stated the incident happened when one of its officers […]

Police say they have not uncovered evidence of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. being hit by a car. ESPN initially reported Saturday night Oubre was struck by a vehicle while walking in Center City, the area of the team’s proposed future arena, and was receiving treatment at a hospital, […]

Multiple members of “Bills Mafia” were seen brawling at Highmark Stadium on Monday night during the Bills’ loss to the Denver Broncos. The altercation in the upper decks began when one fan, wearing a No. 17 Josh Allen Bills jersey, tossed his beer onto a group that took obvious exception […]

A Burmese army battalion based near the Chinese border surrendered to an alliance of ethnic armed groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against the military, a spokesperson for one of the groups said Wednesday. The surrender on Sunday of 261 people — 127 soldiers and 134 family members […]

U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq have been attacked 57 times since mid-October, a defense official told Fox News on Wednesday. The official told Fox News that three of those attacks have taken place on Wednesday, when rockets were fired toward Mission Support Site Green Village in eastern Syria. According […]