Comedian Ken Flores, a rising talent in the Los Angeles stand-up comedy scene, died on Tuesday, according to his manager, Cameron Silzle. His body was discovered at his home Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m. No cause of death was immediately available. He was 28. His family shared the news on his Instagram account Wednesday. “It is with…
Actress Sigourney Weaver was rushed off the stage on Monday as two climate activists staged a protest in the middle of a performance of “The Tempest” at the Theatre Royal in London’s Covent Garden. The Daily Mail reported that London’s Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that a 60-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were arrested Monday on…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a measure designed to slap stricter penalties on undocumented immigrants who commit crimes on U.S. soil, giving him a platform to push his top issue during the first bill signing of his whirlwind second term. Speaking at the bill signing ceremony in the White House’s ornate East Room, Trump hailed the Laken Riley Act…
Dwyane Wade, a retired National Basketball Association (NBA) star, recently announced that he had 40% of one of his kidneys removed after doctors discovered a tumor that was later determined to be cancerous. During a podcast episode of “The Why with Dwyane Wade” on Thursday, the 43-year-old NBA star revealed that he had surgery in…
A new video featuring iconic actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reprising their roles from “True Detective” urges Texas lawmakers to incentivize film production in the “Lone Star State.” McConaughey shared the video Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, writing, “Texas stories deserve a Texas backdrop. That’s why I teamed up with Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson,…
Advocate Health Care is closing all 47 of the clinics it operates inside Walgreens stores in Illinois, the health system announced Wednesday. The clinics will close Feb. 6. One or two medical office assistants work at each of the clinics, along with additional clinicians who support virtual care, and Advocate is working to find alternate roles for…
Patti Smith, an American singer, songwriter, and poet, collapsed suddenly on stage at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday. Folha de S.Paulo, a Brazilian news outlet, reported that Smith collapsed on stage roughly 30 minutes after the start of her Wednesday performance with Soundwalk Collective at the Teatro Cultura Artística. According…
Federal immigration enforcement officials are continuing to release details on the illegal criminals they rounded up in their early actions under the Trump administration across the Boston area, with the arrest of a 19-year-old MS-13 gang member the latest coming to light. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston grabbed and charged Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez, an illegally present Guatemalan, with drug…
Hollywood star Josh Brolin recently revealed that he contracted a “mild case” of Bell’s Palsy due to the stress of moving back to Montecito, California. During an episode of SiriusXM’s “Literally! With Rob Lowe,” Brolin was asked about his recent move to Montecito. Asked by Lowe about the “ghosts on every corner” that he has…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. China’s spy agency has called on the country’s citizens to beware of “endangering national security” over the holiday period, a phrase commentators said was a warning to people to be careful what they say, and to not pass on information that…
