A Hollywood director was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for stealing $11 million from Netflix – and using the riches to splurge on Rolls-Royces and stays at five-star hotels. Carl Rinsch, 48, who directed a handful of sci-fi and action films, received a sentencing just half the length of the prosecution’s recommended jail time after the judge appeared to be swayed by star-studded testimony from character witnesses including actor Keanu Reeves. Judge Jed Rakoff of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered Rinsch to repay Netflix the $11 million he was convicted in December of stealing from the streaming…

WASHINGTON — NPR retracted a story Tuesday announcing the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. The formerly publicly funded outlet posted the story by longtime legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg moments after the Supreme Court finished its 2025-26 term, and cited a statement from the press office.  However, no such announcement was made, nor did Alito make any comment from the bench about his future.  “NPR’s reporting regarding Justice Alito is inaccurate. And their reporting that there was any kind of court statement is inaccurate,” court spokesperson Patricia McCabe told Politico in a statement. NPR Editor in Chief Tommy Evans later…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday accused Justice Clarence Thomas of echoing “one of Dred Scott’s core tenets” by opposing the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship. In Jackson’s concurrence with the majority’s opinion in Trump v. Barbara, she argued that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was historically intended to apply to all people born in the United States, including children of illegal immigrants, contrary to Thomas’s position that the amendment was ratified specifically to provide slaves freed after the Civil War with citizenship.”Freed Blacks fought for the shared humanity of all…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A mother of two and longtime postal worker was killed while delivering mail Tuesday in North Carolina, officials said, leaving her children orphaned just months after their father died in a December car accident.Brandi Reynolds, who was a postal deliver driver for the United States Postal Service, was shot and killed on Friday just before 4:16 p.m. in Hayes, North Carolina, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. William Craig Durham was arrested after allegedly killing Reynolds and is charged with kidnapping and murder.Authorities found Reynolds dead when they arrived…

America’s 250th birthday is right around the corner — a celebration the country has excitedly been preparing for all year. The last time the U.S. was this excited for a 4th of July celebration was half a century ago, when America celebrated its 200th anniversary of independence. The 1976 Bicentennial is remembered with nostalgia for the patriotism and optimism that defined the era. At the time, the anniversary was marked by celebrations, memorabilia and a sense of patriotism that people today still look back on fondly — and the 250th celebration will certainly try to echo that. From pop culture…

Jerry O’Connell isn’t afraid of a little perspiration. The actor candidly shared his appreciation for wife Rebecca Romijn’s body odor in an interview on the “Thanks Dad With Ego Nwodim” podcast on Monday, June 29. Romijn, 53, came up in the conversation as O’Connell, 52, and Saturday Night Live alum Nwodim, 38, discussed antiperspirants, with the actor sharing that he prefers spray deodorants over roll-ons. O’Connell then admitted, “I have to tell you, my wife, Rebecca Romijn, rubs crystals under her arms. And I’m here to tell everyone it doesn’t work … the crystals under the arms doesn’t work.” “Now,…

The only thing LeBron James was sweating in the hours before his stunning Lakers decision went public was an intense workout. In some videos James shared to his Instagram page on Tuesday morning just before it was revealed he won’t wear purple and gold in 2026, the future Hall of Famer looked carefree in the gym. James got in a sweat session while listening to Jeezy’s “Go Hard,” and at one point during the workout, he stripped off his shirt to do some plyo ball work. James briefly paused the conditioning to show off his topless frame in a mirror…

A stomach-churning parasite that causes explosive, watery diarrhea has sickened over 140 people across multiple states — with the highest number of cases in New York. According to the CDC, 145 people ranging in age from 5 to 86 years and from 20 states contracted the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis between May and June 16, with 20 hospitalized. Fortunately, there have not yet been any deaths. Since none of the patients had traveled recently, officials believe the cause is food — although they’re unsure of the exact source. The cyclospora parasite causes cyclosporiasis, a type of food poisoning that leads to diarrhea, severe…

Two lumps of potato discovered in a roughly 500-year-old Inca storage room in Peru are a rare find: freeze-dried potatoes predating the Spanish invasion, a new study finds.These freeze-dried potatoes, known as chuño, were once a backbone of the Inca Empire’s food supply and a product so fragile that they almost never turn up at archaeological sites.The new discovery, made along Peru’s arid south coast, is only the second time chuño has been recovered from an Inca site, researchers reported in the new study. It is concrete evidence that the empire directed one of its most important food sources hundreds…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins ripped Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s progressive agenda on Tuesday, warning that New York’s leaders are “beginning to speak the language of control rather than of freedom.” President Trump’s Wall Street cop did not name the democratic socialist mayor in his keynote address, but left little doubt about his target as he framed the city’s direction as a betrayal of the principles that built American capitalism as the country prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday this weekend. “Just step outside, where leaders entrusted to govern this great city that built American commerce are beginning to…