Eric Trump, a son of President Donald Trump, threw his support Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, behind a Republican senator’s demand for a federal investigation of ABC News over a since-corrected report on his family’s investment ties to defense contractor Anduril Industries. “Thank you @berniemoreno — can’t wait to participate!” he...

Polish chef and restaurateur Mariusz Komenda, who reached the semifinals of “MasterChef” Poland, has died at 44, less than a year after a brain tumor diagnosis. He died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. TVN, the Polish broadcaster that airs the cooking competition, confirmed his death in a statement translated from Polish. “Mariusz...

Ben Affleck, the 54-year-old actor, said his mother and father died two months apart this year, speaking about the back-to-back losses in a GQ interview published Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. “It’s a big year of life. My brother and I, our parents died just two months apart, beginning of...

Hunter Biden said his father, former President Joe Biden, is holding steady and has not received a new diagnosis, while describing the treatment keeping the former president’s cancer in check as brutal. Hunter Biden made the comments on the podcast “Howie Mandel Does Stuff,” hosted by comedian Howie Mandel, in...

The Birmingham Police Department has charged Ernesto Pablo, 20, with capital murder in the Sept. 28, 2026, shooting death of a 20-year-old man in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on Bessemer Road in Birmingham, Ala. Police also identified him as Ernesto Gama Pablo. Pablo also faces charges of attempted...

Coadjutor Archbishop Dominic Kimengich spoke at a joint requiem Mass on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, for the 17 Catholic pilgrims killed in a crash on the highway leading to Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa. "We believe they are now in heaven," he said. Among those remembered at the Mass were...

A source close to the couple said that Prince Harry, 42, and Meghan Markle, 45, have no intention of offering an apology to Prince William and Kate Middleton over their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. The denial rejects a Daily Express report published Oct. 6, 2026, which framed an apology...

President Donald Trump flashed the inside label of his navy suit jacket while dancing onstage at the close of a midterm campaign rally in Grand Island, Neb., on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, and the tag read Jos. A. Bank. Trump spoke at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center on the Nebraska...