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Billionaire mogul David Geffen's refusal to leave his now ex-husband his $590 million superyacht helped lead to their ugly divorce, a new report claims. Geffen, 82, first connected with Donovan Michaels, 32 - also known as David Armstrong - on SeekingArangements.com in 2016 and went on a date the billionaire said cost him $10,000. Soon, Geffen asked Michaels to get a passport so he could more easily join him aboard the Rising Sun, a a 454-foot-long super-yacht with a basketball court, wine cellar and a crew of 45, the Wall Street Journal reports. symbol 00:25 02:24 Read More The yacht,...

The gunman accused of shooting two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota has been taken into custody. Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested late Sunday night for the murders of Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the attempted murder of Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife. He is facing both state and federal charges, with authorities announcing on Sunday that there is both a 'nationwide warrant' for Boelter's arrest for the murders and attempted murder at the state level as well as a federal warrant for 'unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.' Boelter, a Trump supporter, was tracked into...

An elementary school teacher and principal made a six-year-old student clean up her own feces after she had an accident caused by a dairy allergy, the young girl's fuming mom claims. Jamisha Augustine told WFAB that her daughter has a dairy allergy, but drank milk for breakfast at Rollins Place Elementary in Louisiana and became sick almost instantaneously. The young girl then asked her teacher several times to let her use the bathroom, but eventually stopped letting her go, Augustine said. 'She asked here teacher to go to the restroom, but she said "no" because she went too many times,'...

A California university is doing away with traditional men's and women's locker rooms in an effort to support transgender students - even as the state's governor condemns transgender athletes in female sports. The University of California, Davis announced plans last month to renovate the locker rooms at its Activities and Recreation Center, citing student feedback as the motivation for the $5 million project. 'We value inclusive, accessible environments that accommodate the diverse needs of our community,' schools officials said at the time, according to Fox News. 'We are pleased to announce that we will be remodeling the current locker room...

President Donald Trump demanded MSNBC pay restitution for 'damaging' the nation and branded host Joy Reid a 'mentally obnoxious racist' after learning her show had been canceled. The move to fire Reid was announced on Sunday, prompting Trump to lash out at the liberal network amid a months-long ratings dip that led to a frantic staff realignment in a desperate attempt to stay relevant. The embattled network faced its lowest-rated January in history in the highly sought-after 25-54 demographic, which is of great importance to advertisers due to the group's spending power. Trump began his broadside of MSNBC by referring...

Elon Musk issued an ominous warning to a Boston University worker who threatened his nerd army, writing on X that he'd 'committed a crime' that has been 'noted'. The worker, Jared May, shared a 'dead or alive' wanted poster on his Bluesky account, claiming the college-aged men are 'carrying out a coup' for the Tesla boss. The post pictured five of the six men who have been catapulted to MAGA stardom since receiving their appointments. May captioned their photos: 'WANTED FOR TREASON, DEAD OR ALIVE.' His original post has since been deleted but it didn't go unnoticed, with a screenshot...

The Trump administration gave the former highest-ranking woman in the military just three hours to leave her home following her ouster over her support of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. President Trump fired Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Linda L. Fagan, almost immediately after he took office on January 20 - leaving her to discover the news while waiting to take a photo with Trump at the Commander in Chief ball that night. Still, Fagan continued to live at her government-funded home on Joint Base Anacostia Bolling until she was abruptly evicted on Tuesday

'Hey Selena Gomez, How about you call all of "your people" you're crying about being deported and invite them to stay at your mansion behind your big walls and gates until they leave?' Boller wrote. Gomez had purchased the home of late rock star Tom Petty for $4.9million in 2020, according to Home Beautiful. The more than 11,000-square-foot Encino, California property - which was custom-built by Petty and his wife Jane Benyo in 1989

Alexander Paffendorf, 20, of Carlsbad, was detained by FBI agents on suspicion of 'plotting' to coordinate a mass shooting at government buildings in conjunction with Rupnow, according to an emergency gun violence restraining order reviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It notes that FBI agents 'saw the messages from Paffendorf to Rupnow.' It was not immediately clear how Paffendorf knew Rupnow, and Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told the Journal Sentinel he did not have any information about the arrest in California, and referred questions to the FBI.

Former President Donald Trump has claimed his opponent Kamala Harris is faking the size of her rally, as he posted what he called an 'AI doctored photo' - even though there is no evidence that the photo was manipulated. At issue is an image that emerged from a Harris-Walz rally at the Detroit Metro Airport on Wednesday that shows a large crowd standing in front of Air Force Two - the official airplane of the vicepresident. Right-wingers have wrongfully alleged that inconsistencies in the news photo reveal that it was digitally manipulated - pointing to a lack of a reflection...

A woke female judge has been suspended after she accused a prosecutor of going after 'every young black man,' in addition to allegedly changing a jury's verdict and convicting a defendant of a crime that didn't exist. The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to remove 19th Judicial District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose from her elected post on an interim basis - with pay - amid a formal investigation by the Louisiana Judiciary Commission, NOLA.com reports. The Court ruled that she 'presents a substantial threat of serious harm to the public,' and said there 'does not appear to be direct precedent...

A Tennessee store clerk was allegedly caught on surveillance footage celebrating after he stole a customer's $1million lottery ticket. Police say the lucky winner purchased two winning Diamond & Gold scratch-off tickets from a Shell gas station in Murfreesboro...Patel then allegedly paid the unidentified Antioch father for the $40 ticket, and told him the other ticket lost and threw it in the garbage - when in reality it was actually a $1million winner, News Channel 5 reports....What he apparently did not realize is that lottery officials vet all of the major winners - including by checking security video from the...

A White House staffer who has worked closely with President Joe Biden for years has revealed how the commander-in-chief's mental acuity has seemingly declined. The senior White House official who worked with the Biden during his presidency, vice presidency and 2020 campaign told the New York Times he no longer believes the 81-year-old has what it takes to defeat Trump. That official, who declined to be named so he could speak openly, said the president has shown more and more signs of his age in recent months - speaking more slowly, haltingly and quietly. Biden has also appeared more fatigued...

Joe Biden is said to be in 'denial' about having to withdraw from the presidential election following his dismal debate performance last week, as some of his campaign donors become ever more worried about his mental acuity. The 81-year-old commander-in-chief has insisted he is staying in the race amid calls from members of his own party to step aside and hand the reins over to a younger Democrat. But even those who are publicly vouching for Biden have admitted in private that there is no path forward with him at the top of the ticket, according to the Washington Post....

The Democrat mayor of Atlantic City’s home was raided by armed police officers last week in what he now calls a “political” attack as police investigated a “family matter.” Mayor Marty Small Sr. said Monday he was approached by two Atlantic City Prosecutor’s Office officers while he was helping his mother-in-law into the car so his wife could take her to get bloodwork done at around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Fox 29 reports. The officers then presented him with five search warrants on Small’s home and vehicles as part of an ongoing investigation the mayor said he had been aware...

What a score! Mayor Adams teamed up with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy early Monday to tout the huge economic boost expected from netting the next soccer World Cup Final for MetLife Stadium. “This is a big win for all New Yorkers,” Adams told Fox 5 New York Monday morning of the giant win. While the stadium is just across the Hudson in the Garden State, the 2026 tournament is projected to generate over $2 billion for the region. It is also expected to create at least 14,000 jobs as about a million people are expected to hit the region...

This is the disturbing moment Steven Crowder berates his heavily-pregnant wife for not 'performing her wifely duties'. In the video obtained by journalist Yashar Ali and posted to his Substack, the YouTuber, 35, can be seen on shocking new Ring footage laying into Hilary as she struggles to stand while nearly eight months pregnant with twins. He bans her from using their only car to go grocery shopping - because it would mean he could not go to the gym - and tells her to feed their dogs medicine that she feared would be toxic for their unborn children. She...

Bill Maher blasted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive ilk for losing the debate on abortion thanks to the use of woke slang including 'pregnant people.' Speaking on his show Real Time with Bill Maher Friday - hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade - Maher told viewers that abortion is a 'difficult issue for the Democrats to lose on, but they're trying. He also warned that the party could no longer blithely count on traditional support from minority groups, warning that Latin-Americans' voting-preference was just as 'fluid' as AOC claims gender is. 'For decades, liberals have said,...

Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who smashed women's records this year, will be banned from competing against women in international events after the world swimming's governing body announced that it will bar transgender athletes who went through male puberty. FINA, the international federation sports federation for swimming, announced on Sunday that it is changing its policies so that transgender women can only compete in women's races if they have completed their transition by the age of 12. They will then have to prove to the federation that they have continuously suppressed their testosterone levels since that time.

Hilaria Baldwin has claimed husband Alec Baldwin is suffering from PTSD and has been battling it for a 'long time'. 'My husband is suffering from PTSD right now,' Hilaria, 37, said on Thursday, adding that it has been something he's dealt with long before the Rust shooting. 'It's something that is not just from what happened recently but he's been suffering from this for a very, very, very long time...' The post on Hilaria's Instagram Stories site comes as Alec shared an open letter from members of the Rust film crew and cast members on Instagram, hitting back at claims...