Footage of musician David Foster labelling his American Idol star wife, Katharine McPhee, as “fat” has resurfaced online, after it was posted online earlier this year. The pair were performing in concert together when Foster, 74, shocked the audience by calling McPhee, 40, “fat” while she was a contestant on American Idol back in 2006. … Read more
A massive 30m-wide sinkhole has opened up in a US park, swallowing a light pole in the middle of sporting fields and leaving a gaping abyss. The terrifying moment was caught on a nearby surveillance camera , showing an area between soccer and football fields open up around a light pole which is sent tumbling … Read more
Bill Cobbs, a prominent Black American actor with roles in more than 150 films and television shows, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, his family said. “A beloved partner, big brother, uncle, surrogate parent, godfather and friend, Bill recently and happily celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by cherished loved ones,” his brother, Thomas … Read more
A man has died after being struck by lightning on a American beach while trying to warn other beach goers of an incoming storm. Patrick Dispoto, 59, was at Seaside Park Beach in New Jersey with his girlfriend on Sunday but they returned to his truck when they realised a storm was approaching. His girlfriend … Read more
Jacksonville, Florida, rapper Foolio, whose real name is Charles Jones, was shot and killed Sunday morning in Tampa, his lawyer said. Police were called to a hotel in uptown Tampa a few hours before sunrise, having received reports of a shooting at the address. Upon arriving at the scene, they found two vehicles that had … Read more
A pair of magnet fishing enthusiasts have reeled in the catch of a lifetime from a New York City lake — a muddy safe with an estimated $US80,000 ($A119,000) in it. “I looked, and it was just pure hundred dollar bills,” said 40-year-old James Kane of the haul he made while ‘magnet fishing’ with his … Read more
The pandemic may have released many of us from the tyranny of the five-day-a-week office schedule, but the grip of busy-work culture is proving harder to shake. Wells Fargo this week disclosed that it had fired more than a dozen employees for “simulation of keyboard activity”, citing filings to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Multiple … Read more
President Joe Biden doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal in the near future, given a US-backed proposal with global support has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas. Biden said international leaders had discussed the ceasefire at the Group of Seven summit in Italy but, when asked if a truce deal would … Read more
Australians looking to trade in the colder weather for summer in the US and Europe have been sent a stern warning. Scammers and criminals are expected to be out in force this summer in the Northern Hemisphere, with major events including the Olympics Taylor Swift concerts. Experts are warning holidaymakers to be on alert for … Read more
The former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo in 1968, showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space, has died in a plane crash. Retired Major General William Anders was killed on Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in … Read more
