Burt, the gigantic saltwater crocodile who was on the receiving end of Mick “Crocodile” Dundee’s famous knife in the hit Eighties film Crocodile Dundee, has died. He was believed to have been about 90 years old. Crocosaurus Cove, the aquarium in Darwin City, Australia, where Burt has lived since 2008, …

On Saturday evening, Billie Eilish took the stage at the Kia Forum for the fifth time on the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour — and for her final show of 2024. During the final stretch of the set, the musician serenaded the sold-out crowd with a performance of the …

With employee retention at the forefront of many leaders’ minds this year, finding ways to ensure their teams are happy, healthy and heard is likely on the top of their to-do lists for 2025. One of the most effective ways to improve employee retention is to create a better work …

The House Ethics Committee found former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, concluding that he violated Florida’s statutory rape law. This was one of 20 instances where he paid for sex or drugs, according to the final draft of the panel’s report, which was obtained …

Blake Lively’s lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni includes evidence pointing towards an alleged social media smear campaign against the actress. “We can’t write we will destroy her,” read one text from Melissa Nathan, the crisis management expert Baldoni hired. “You know we can …

PlayerUnknown‘s Battlegrounds, best known as PUBG, continues to harness hundreds of thousands of players since its 2017 release. The battle royale sold 40 million copies in its first year, and reached over 3 million concurrent players on PC via Steam in 2018 — a record that still stands to this …

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges tied to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, The New York Times reports. Mangione appeared in Manhattan court Monday, Dec. 23, to enter his pleas to the 11 charges against him, including first-degree murder as an act of …

As Ranking Member of both the House Appropriations Committee and of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittee, I oversee funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the largest department in the U.S. government. This pillar of our government administers the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency that provides health …

Robert De Niro navigates a sinister web of competing political and industrial forces in the new teaser for Zero Day, the upcoming limited series premiering Feb. 20, 2025, on Netflix. De Niro stars as George Mullen, a respected former U.S. President, who’s brought back into the federal government for one …

Donald Trump’s win in November means not only that the former president will once again be living in the White House, but that dozens upon dozens of the most consequential positions in the federal government affecting every walk of life in America will be staffed by cronies of his choosing. …