The head of personnel at Russia’s Defense Ministry has been arrested on suspicion of bribery after more than $1 million in cash and valuables were discovered at his properties, investigators said on Tuesday. The arrest of Yuri Kuznetsov signals a widening of the biggest government corruption scandal in years, two days after President Vladimir Putin … Read more

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up about how she chooses to celebrate Mother’s Day. Blanchard — who pled guilty to second-degree murder after helping her boyfriend kill her abusive mom and served seven years in prison — posted a lengthy TikTok video on Mother’s Day honoring the many maternal figures who have made positive impacts on her … Read more

A Mississippi man wanted in connection with a triple shooting that left his mother and two sisters dead was fatally shot by state troopers in Arizona, authorities said Monday. Authorities in Ridgeland, north of Jackson, discovered the women’s bodies at a home on Mother’s Day, Police Chief Brian Myers said in an email.  Police believe … Read more

Lisa Bluder, who coached the Iowa women’s basketball team to the last two NCAA championship games, announced Monday that she is retiring after 24 years leading the Hawkeyes. Her longtime assistant, Jan Jensen, was named her successor. Bluder made the announcement five weeks after Iowa lost to South Carolina in the national title game and superstar Caitlin … Read more

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday granted a request to delay enforcement of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. The court granted Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes’ request for an additional 90 days before the Civil War-era ban can be enforced. Even though Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a repeal of the ban … Read more

While fans may dispute who won the recent rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, just one finished on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which was released on May 4, hit No. 1 on the charts on Monday, according to Billboard. The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper released four … Read more

An Australian punk rock singer jumped into a western New York crowd and badly injured a fan that he landed on, sending her to the hospital paralyzed, she and loved ones said Monday. Since the April 30 incident during the Trophy Eyes concert at Mohawk Place in Buffalo, 24-year-old Bird Piché had regained use of … Read more

Michael Cohen — the most pivotal witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s historic criminal case against Donald Trump — testified Monday about the hush money deals he said he helped arrange at the direction of his former boss in order to benefit Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign — including burying what Cohen feared would be one … Read more

Jury selection began Monday in the federal criminal trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who is charged with accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes — including some in gold bars — in return for official acts. The once-powerful former head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee appeared in a Manhattan courthouse in … Read more

Crystal Dunn, the veteran defender on the U.S. women’s national soccer team heading into the Olympics, says it’s about time people are taking notice of women’s sports. “Finally,” she told NBC News on the eve of the WNBA draft. “What you see is just what happens when people pay attention. People are like, ‘Oh, women … Read more