Oliver Willis Rupert Grint is facing backlash from some Harry Potter fans after announcing that he will reprise his role as Ron Weasley in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The criticism centers on Grint’s previous public support for transgender people and his disagreement with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling over transgender issues. … Read more
Michael Ralph Fouse is a 41-year-old science teacher at Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas, who was arrested on August 28, 2026, and charged with online solicitation of a minor, a third-degree felony. Richardson Police say the investigation began after detectives received a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Officers later … Read more
John Kane is a 39-year-old New Jersey wrestling coach from Sparta who has been charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Essex County prosecutors allege Kane met a 15-year-old through Grindr, later communicated with the teenager on Snapchat, drove the teen to a … Read more
Freedom Fuel Network, the Trump-promoted chain of discount gas stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is facing scrutiny after Mansfield Oil Company alleged that distributor KRSM Inc. and its president Syed Kazmi failed to pay nearly $4 million for more than 1.1 million gallons of gasoline, some of which Mansfield says was delivered to Freedom … Read more
Sara Baxter is the mayor of Palm Beach County, Florida, and a Republican county commissioner who is facing allegations from a former aide that she engaged in sexual harassment, coercion, retaliation, abuse of power and misuse of taxpayer-funded staff. The former employee alleges Baxter pressured her to enter a relationship with a wealthy 77-year-old political … Read more
The 2026 Kentucky State Fair became the center of an artificial-intelligence controversy after fairgoers and members of the Louisville photography community questioned whether some ribbon-winning photography entries had been created or substantially altered with AI. The fair’s rules required photographs to be the “original work of the entrant,” but they did not specifically prohibit AI-generated … Read more
Philip Henry is a former KPMG Australia partner who has been named in a series of serious allegations contained in a whistleblower letter that was tabled in Australia’s federal parliament in August 2026. The letter accuses Henry of receiving secret cash commissions connected to tax arrangements, accepting personal gifts in place of professional fees, misusing … Read more
Sacha Baron Cohen’s revival of Ali G has triggered a boycott campaign before the new movie Ali G: Who Iz I? has even reached theaters. Critics argue that the character — a white suburban man who imitates elements of Black British, Jamaican and hip-hop culture — relies on racial stereotypes that were controversial when Ali … Read more
Gabriel Perez is a former White House teleprompter operator who was found by federal regulators to have used advance access to President Donald Trump’s prepared speeches to make more than $107,000 trading prediction-market contracts on Kalshi. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Perez repeatedly traded contracts that paid out depending on whether Trump used particular … Read more
Daejon Labrayae Love is a 35-year-old man accused by federal prosecutors of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player and wealthy investor while carrying out a yearslong romance-and-investment fraud scheme that allegedly took approximately $1.3 million from at least 26 women. Prosecutors say Love met many of the women through dating apps, convinced some they … Read more
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