Stock photo of alligator.Photo:Getty Getty A man in England has been fined for keeping a pet alligator called Cliff in his backyard. According toBBC News, Ashley Betts, from Rotherham, kept the 4-foot reptile in a tank at the back of his home for a year before police discovered it in July 2024. Betts, 32, claimed he did not know a special license was needed to keep exotic creatures like Cliff....
Matthew Broadley.Photo:Massachusetts State LotteryA Massachusetts man won $1 million in a scratch-off gameMatthew Broadley received the winning lottery ticket inside a Valentine’s Day card from his momBroadley made sure to thank her when he claimed the prize on Wednesday in Dorchester, Mass.A Massachusetts man is thanking his mother after she gave him a Valentine’s Day card that included a $1 million scratch-off ticket!Matthew Broadley of Tyngsborough won the $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Jumbo Cash” instant ticket game on Tuesday night,according to officials....
01of 81 Family Ties Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty 02of 81Action!BackgridEmma Stone gets into character for the upcoming filmAndin New Orleans on Dec. 14. 02of 81 Action! Backgrid Emma Stone gets into character for the upcoming filmAndin New Orleans on Dec. 14. 03of 81Laugh Out LoudNina Westervelt/GettyLily Collins and Ashley Park share a laugh at a special screening of season 3 ofEmily in Parisat The French Consulate General on Dec. 15 in New York City....
01of 87Dark NightSplash News OnlineMariah Carey leaves her New York City apartment in style on Oct. 10. 01of 87 Dark Night Splash News Online Mariah Carey leaves her New York City apartment in style on Oct. 10. 02of 87Happy to Be HereMonica Schipper/GettyRobert Downey Jr. and wife Susan premiere the new documentarySr.,about RDJ’s father, at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 10. 02of 87 Happy to Be Here Monica Schipper/Getty...
Scottsdale Fire Department firefighters work on a crashed Learjet at Scottsdale Airport after it crashed into another parked plane Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz.Photo:AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin The pilot killed whenMötley CrüesingerVince Neil’sprivate plane slammed into another parked jetin Arizona has been identified, authorities said. Joie Vitosky, 78, was the pilot onboard Neil’s jet at the time of the incident. according to theArizona RepublicandThe New York Times....
Marjorie Taylor Greene is pushing to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.Photo:ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty, Chip Somodevilla/Getty ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Greenefiled the motionon Friday, according to multiple outlets, as the House voted to pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill that she opposed in order to avert a government shutdown. She did not file it as a privileged motion, though — which would require immediate action — meaning it will likely be revisited after the upcoming congressional recess, or possibly never....
Mark David Chapman.Photo: AP/Shutterstock Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980, has been denied parole for the 12th time. Chapman, 67, sat for a parole board interview in August, but will not be released from the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Beekman, New York, New York corrections officials told theAssociated Presson Monday. He has been in custody since August 1981 on a second-degree murder conviction....
Photo: Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Mary Alice, the actress best known for her roles inA Different WorldandSparkle, has died. She was 85. Alice died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan, a spokesperson for the NYPD confirms to PEOPLE. A cause of death was not provided. “Mary Alice, known for her roles as ‘Lettie’ on A Different World and Effie Williams in Sparkle, has died, one of her close friends tells me,” Lewis wrote....
A Massachusetts high school football player was hospitalized with a “traumatic brain injury” following a “disturbing” injury during a game on Thanksgiving Day, according to local officials. Sharon High School sophomore Rohan Shukla was taken to Massachusetts General hospital in Boston after he collapsed on the football team’s sideline “after an injury during play,” the school’s superintendent Peter J. Botelho and principal Kristen Keenanannouncedin a joint statement over the weekend....
Police arrive at the scene where a contractor was electrocuted in Wellesley, Mass.Photo:Wellesley Police Department Wellesley Police Department A man was electrocuted one day before Thanksgiving while hanging up holiday lights on an outdoor tree. Police said that the incident occurred around 10 a.m. local time when “the pole being used came into close proximity, or contact with, a primary electrical line on a utility pole.” Officials said the person who reported the incident told dispatchers that the victim was “unconscious and appeared to be having a seizure and had stopped breathing....
Matt Roloffdecides who he’s leaving the farm to on the upcoming season premiere of TLC’sLittle People,Big World—and the property’s future owner may surprise fans.In a PEOPLE exclusive clip of the season 16 premiere, Matt, 62, and his fiancéeCaryn Chandlersit down with his ex-wifeAmy Roloffand her husbandChris Marekto tell them about an update Matt made to his will.“We’re all but decided that when I die we’re giving whatever piece of the farm I still have to Amy,” Matt says in the clip....
Photo: Manuel Velasquez/Getty TheGame of Thronesprequel is certified NSFW. According to starMatt Smith,House of the Dragonmay actually havetoo manysex scenes. The British actor, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen in the upcoming HBO series, opened up about the explicit nature of the show — and how it differs fromThrones. “You do find yourself asking, ‘Do we needanothersex scene?'” Smith, 39, toldRolling Stone. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah, we do.'” “I guess you have to ask yourself: ‘What are you doing?...
It’s a family affair forMatthew Broderickand his sonJames WilkieonElsbeth! The father-son duo are set to maketheir onscreen debut togetheron the Feb. 20 episode — titled “Foiled Again” — of the hit CBS series, which will focus on the investigation into “the mysterious death of a college admissions officer,” according to an official synopsis. “Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) finds herself fencing with Lawrence Grey (Matthew), an independent educational consultant who promises an Ivy League future to high-paying clients and their painfully average kids,” the description continues....
