On Monday, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden met with local law enforcement, survivors, and families who were impacted by the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that left 14 people dead and several others injured. Before Biden arrived at St. Louis Cathedral, where he addressed at an interfaith prayer service on Monday night, they had a private meeting. In those statements, Biden expressed his sorrow for the deaths and solidarity with those hurt in the assault, including two cops he had met while there. Additionally, Biden stated that his administration would support "all the people to New Orleans as they heal" as well as the French Quarter, the scene of the attack. And if we know anything, it's that New Orleans epitomizes fortitude and tenacity. In reference to previous hurri...

Two agencies involved in the criminal investigation that accused the president-elect of mishandling sensitive materials are experiencing critical role turnover as Donald Trump prepares to take office this month. According to a spokeswoman on Monday, Jay Bratt, a lead prosecutor in the since-dismissed papers case, departed the Justice Department last week. After 34 years with the agency, Bratt, a senior national security official assigned to special counsel Jack Smith's office, announced his retirement on Friday. Smith and his team had previously announced their intention to step down prior to Trump's inauguration on January 20th, according to an NBC News story. Trump, meantime, said on Monday that he plans to take Colleen Shogan's position as director of the National Archives. Trump inform...

Actress Aubrey Plaza discussed her husband, writer and director Jeff Baena, who passed away recently, on Monday. In a statement on behalf of the Baena-Stern family, Plaza described the death of her late husband as an unfathomable sorrow. We sincerely appreciate all of the assistance that we have received. During this period, please respect our privacy," the statement read. According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner, Baena, who co-wrote I Heart Huckabees and directed Life after Beth, committed suicide on Friday. His age was 47. Plaza, 40, and Baena got married in 2021. The pair collaborated on a number of movies, including Life After Beth (2014), in which Plaza starred. Our sincere gratitude to Jeff Baena for sharing his stories and helping to create the enduring memories we have ...

The Summary Lead pollution likely dropped the average IQ in ancient Rome by 2.5 to 3 points, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of lead concentrations in ice cores extracted from Greenland. The findings offer evidence that lead may have contributed to Rome s downfall, a question historians and experts have debated for decades. According to recent study, the airborne levels of hazardous lead in ancient Rome were so high that they probably caused the average person's IQ to plummet by 2.5 to 3 points. The study, which was released on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publication, raises long-standing concerns about whether or not lead contamination contributed to the fall of the empire. After connecting lead discovered in Greenlan...

According to the FBI on Sunday, the guy who crashed a pickup truck into partygoers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day wore Meta smart glasses while preparing and carrying out the assault. The use of the glasses as a tool to carry out a terrorist act is a troubling development for the product, which Meta introduced in 2023, even if there is no proof that they were necessary for the incident, which left 14 people dead and numerous others injured. The company's foray into the market, where Google and Snap had already tried and failed, is Meta smart glasses, which are functional eyeglasses with many of the features found in smartphones, such as a camera, speaker, and an AI assistant that can translate text and look up answers online. On Meta's website, models range in price fro...

On Monday, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden met with local law enforcement, survivors, and families who were impacted by the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that left 14 people dead and several others injured. Shortly before the president arrived at St. Louis Cathedral, where he will make remarks at an interfaith prayer service on Monday night, the secret meeting took place. Biden was welcomed to New Orleans by Democratic Mayor LaToya Cantrell and other officials, including FBI special agent Lionel Myrthil, who was in charge of the investigation, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and his wife, Laura Cassidy. In the afternoon, the president and first lady made a visit to Bourbon Street. At a memorial service for the victims, Jill Biden placed flowers, and both of them stood si...

The Los Angeles County medical examiner reported that Jeff Baena, an independent filmmaker best known for co-writing I Heart Huckabees and directing Life After Beth, passed away on Friday.His age was 47. Since 2021, Baena and actor Aubrey Plaza have been wed. Plaza starred in the 2014 movie Life After Beth, one of the several movies the couple worked on together. According to the medical examiner's reports, he committed suicide at home. On behalf of the Baena-Stern family, Plaza stated in a statement on Monday, "This is an unfathomable tragedy." "We sincerely appreciate all of the support that we have received. Please be considerate of our privacy at this time. According to Deadline, Baena relocated to Los Angeles to further his career after graduating from the film school at New York Univ...

Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump attorney, was convicted in contempt of court by a federal judge in New York for failing to provide two former Georgia election workers he defamed with information about his holdings. After Giuliani testified for two days to answer questions about why he had not turned over assets and court-ordered discovery information to help satisfy Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Shaye Moss's $146 million defamation judgment against him, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman made the contempt finding Monday afternoon. Liman claimed that Giuliani, the former U.S. attorney and mayor of New York, "willfully violated an unambiguous order of the court" by not providing information when he was required to. "The defendant has attempted to run the clock by stalling," he stated. "Discovery is not s...

While Nicki Minaj was on tour in Detroit, her former manager has accused the rap artist of repeatedly slapping and berating him. Brandon Jovan Garrett filed a lawsuit alleging that Minaj, 42, who is actually Onika Maraj, attacked him on April 21 during a performance at Detroit's Little Caesars Arena. The Grammy-nominated performer is accused of assault, violence, and deliberate emotional distress in the case, which was submitted to the Los Angeles County Superior Court for the State of California on Friday. Pink Personality Inc., her business, is also listed as a defendant. A request for comment on Monday was not immediately answered by Minaj's lawyer. In the lawsuit, Garrett, who identified himself as Minaj's "day to day manager," claims that on April 21, while returning after purchasing ...

At least 67 instances of bird flu have been reported in the United States, marking the somber milestone of the country's first human fatality from the illness. Considered the nation's first serious human H5N1 infection, the patient, who was over 65 and had underlying medical issues, was admitted to a Louisiana hospital in December. The patient was exposed to both wild and backyard birds, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. In a statement, the Department offered its sincere condolences to the patient's friends and family as they grieve the loss of a loved one. This will be the patient's last update due to patient confidentiality and family respect. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all but one of the documented human bird flu cases in the United Stat...