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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Val Kilmer has died at age 65. The versatile actor played flying ace Iceman opposite Tom Cruise in “Top Gun,” Batman in “Batman Forever” and singer Jim Morrison in the biopic “The Doors.” Kilmer’s daughter says he died Tuesday in Los Angeles from pneumonia. He had been diagnosed with throat cancer…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nintendo is set to provide a closer look at its Switch 2 gaming console. The 60-minute Nintendo Direct presentation will be live-streamed at 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday. A release date and price have yet to be announced, but Nintendo said earlier this year the console will hit the market in 2025.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted more than 25 hours. He set the historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions. Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening and finished Tuesday evening. He broke a record…
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health. The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the government without many of the…
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers have saved a 63-year-old woman from earthquake rubble in Myanmar’s capital. But hope is fading of finding many more survivors. The earthquake that rocked the country Friday is compounding the humanitarian crisis caused by a bloody civil war. The Myanmar fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully pulled…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. Bondi made the announcement on Tuesday. Mangione, 26, faces separate federal and state murder charges…
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The future of the tush push has been pushed until next month. NFL team owners had been set to vote Tuesday on Green Bay’s proposal to ban the play that’s helped the Philadelphia Eagles win one Super Bowl and reach another, but the proposal was tabled until May. Team owners…
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — The head of Meta’s artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at the parent company of Facebook and Instagram at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology. Joelle Pineau, Meta’s vice president for AI research, said Tuesday she is…
