News from various sources
Destiny Littleton was supposed to be on a flight from Israel back to the US on Tuesday. That plan is now up in smoke, as she navigates bomb shelters in Jerusalem during Iran’s counterstrike. She has no idea when she’ll be home. The former NCAA and Team USA women’s basketball player moved to Israel in…
American counterterrorism agencies are quietly monitoring suspected sleeper cells on U.S. soil in the wake of joint U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran, stepping up surveillance amid heightened fears of possible retaliation from Iran-linked operatives or sympathizers. Federal and local law enforcement have also boosted on-the-ground security in major U.S. cities as part of a precautionary posture,…
Between death-defying stunts, Ving Rhames embraced a different kind of mission — learning from Tom Cruise how to survive and thrive in Hollywood. The actor, who has appeared in every “Mission: Impossible” movie in the franchise as world-class hacker and confidant Luther Stickell, is taking on a new high-risk operation. As host of the History…
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Saeid Iravani, sparred with U.S. envoy Mike Waltz at a Security Council session on Sunday, telling the American ambassador to “be polite,” a remark that drew a sharp rebuke from Waltz, who accused Tehran of killing “tens of thousands” of its own citizens and imprisoning many more simply for…
Tom Hanks’ son is stuck in Colombia. In an Instagram video shared on Friday, Feb. 27, the 69-year-old actor’s son Chet Hanks, 35, revealed he is stuck in Medellín, Colombia, after traveling there without an American passport. The “Running Point” star explained he first traveled to Puerto Rico to celebrate his friend Max’s birthday, and…
Legendary “Airplane!” and “Naked Gun” director David Zucker argued in a recent interview that the decline of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” led to the rise of the satirical news site the Babylon Bee. While appearing on Mike Rowe’s podcast “The Way I Heard It” on Feb. 17, Zucker was asked by Rowe what he thinks…
