Jalil Bethea put on a clinic on Monday night, winning the Powerade Jam Fest Dunk Contest. The guard, who committed to Miami in September, showed off his highlight ability in the competition. Bethea put on a show, with multiple dunks involving him jumping over a player. He was in a battle on the night with … Read more
The parents of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy pleaded no contest Friday to murdering and torturing their son, in a case that brought renewed scrutiny on Los Angeles County’s child welfare system. Ursula Juarez, 30, and Jose Cuatro, 32, were accused of killing their son, Noah, in July 2019, a month shy of the boy’s fifth … Read more
LONDON — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, will be the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. — and, according to him, of … Read more
LONDON — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, who is currently Welsh economy minister, narrowly beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Drakeford announced late last year he would … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The camps of the two Indonesian presidential candidates who appear to have lost in an election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the official results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud. Indonesians voted on Feb. 14 for a successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several prominent House Democrats are jostling to fend off Republican former baseball great Steve Garvey in the yearlong battle to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, with two slots on California’s November ballot at stake. In a state where a Republican hasn’t won a … Read more
Play video content TMZSports.com NFL star Joey Bosa is a quarterback’s nightmare on the football field, but he admits he’s no match for Joey Chestnut … telling TMZ Sports he’s predicting to take an L from the professional eater in Monday’s pistachio contest. The Los Angeles Chargers defensive weapon will be participating in the second … Read more
A woman who tried to claim €760,383 (£649,967) for injuries she suffered in a car crash lost her case after she was pictured winning a Christmas tree throwing contest. Kamila Grabska, 36, said she was left with a ‘‘disabling’’ condition following the accident where the vehicle she was in was hit from behind in February … Read more
Tonight, the 73rd NBA All-Star Weekend features the highly anticipated NBA All-Star Saturday Night when our favorite athletes perform impressive feats. The festivities begin with the Kia Skills Challenge as Team Pacers, Team Top Picks and Team All-Stars compete for All-Star glory, culminating in the 2024 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. Watch All-Star Saturday on Sling … Read more
Taylor Swift tribute artist and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant Jade Jolie is calling all Swifties … for a meet and greet and Swiftie look-alike contest ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. Jade is hosting the contest at the Cat’s Meow in Downtown Vegas the day before Taylor’s beau Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs take … Read more