Emmy nominee Constance Zimmer says she’s cancer-free after private breast cancer fight
The “Love Story” actress said she was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer in March and went through three surgeries and radiation while promoting the FX series.
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Pedro Pascal says learning cello for ‘Behemoth!’ was his hardest creative challenge
Tony Gilroy’s music drama premiered as the New York Film Festival’s centerpiece, with critics praising Pascal’s playing and the score while splitting on its time-jumping story.
Zach Bryan draws record 73,538 fans to Gillette Stadium, topping Ed Sheeran’s mark
The country star’s second night in Foxborough drew the biggest crowd in the stadium’s history, and he again took the stage in a “Free Palestine” shirt.
Taylor Swift pops up in Dakota Johnson’s ‘SNL’ monologue, returns with birthday cake
The pop star played the host’s reluctant confidante in a surprise cameo, then returned at the end of the night with a cake for Johnson’s 37th…
Gypsy Rose Blanchard launches ‘Kenan’s Law’ petition after Ken Urker’s death
Blanchard says her late partner faced relentless online harassment, and she wants social media platforms to change how they handle repeated reports.
Kim Kardashian says she was ‘really single for five years’ before Lewis Hamilton
In a new interview, the reality star said she needed time to heal after her divorce from Kanye West, but she is keeping her romance…
Paul McCartney says Taylor Swift asked him to sing at her wedding
The Beatles legend told Jimmy Kimmel that Swift asked him to perform “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at her July wedding to Travis Kelce…
Former Prince Andrew launches legal challenge to police search warrants
King Charles III’s younger brother wants a judge to rule on the warrants police used to search two of his homes after his February arrest.
Tampa-area dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades
Florida has confirmed 252 locally acquired dengue infections this year, 223 of them in Hillsborough County, as three Tampa Bay counties operate under emergency orders.
MMR vaccinations surge as Pennsylvania battles worst measles outbreak in decades
State health officials reported 977 cases and five measles-associated deaths as of Oct. 2, while monthly MMR doses climbed to about twice their usual level.
Tennessee prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
Gov. Bill Lee has paused executions and brought in a former U.S. attorney to review what went wrong in the Sept. 30 lethal injection attempt.
Lancet series ties problematic screen use to poorer youth health, urges regulation
Researchers who reviewed data on about 9 million young people say governments and tech companies, not just parents, must act, while noting the evidence cannot prove…
FDA closes lettuce outbreak probe after finding cyclospora at Mexican sites
Inspectors found the parasite in a Taylor Farms de Mexico plant’s wastewater tank and in a grower’s drainage ditch, but the agency could not say how…
Appeals court pauses Minnesota’s AI ‘nudification’ ban amid xAI lawsuit
The 8th Circuit order puts the first-in-the-nation law on hold while Elon Musk’s xAI pursues its claim that the measure violates free speech protections.
Amazon pledges $1 billion to data center towns as local opposition grows
Amazon Web Services says the money will pay for job training and energy upgrades near its sites, while its CEO warns that local resistance threatens…
Apple plans new safeguards for Mac ‘Full Disk Access,’ citing AI agents
The company says some developers use the powerful macOS permission in ways that can expose users’ files, mail and messages without their full understanding.
South Korea orders probe as suspected AI-assisted hacks hit major banks
Regulators say they cannot rule out that artificial intelligence tools were used in a string of breaches that exposed customer data at banks and smaller lenders.
Arizona court orders new sentencing over AI-generated video of road rage victim
An appeals panel upheld Gabriel Horcasitas’ manslaughter conviction but said the judge should not have relied on an AI depiction of Christopher Pelkey offering forgiveness.
Record October heat bakes California as extreme heat warnings run through Thursday
More than 35 million people were under heat alerts Sunday, and forecasters say a dome of high pressure will keep the West well above normal…
Coast Guard suspends search for 6 aboard air ambulance lost off Nantucket
Debris from the Bermuda-to-Boston medical flight was found about 20 miles off the Massachusetts island, and the operator says everyone aboard is presumed dead.