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An Oklahoma man, alongside his girlfriend, “bludgeoned” his girlfriend’s relative with a brick, before dumping the victim’s remains in a wildlife refuge, federal authorities said.According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Oklahoma, Tevin Terrell Semien, 29, and co-defendant Nicole Leigh Logsdon, 24, were indicted for the May 2023 murder of 68-year-old Karon “Dinkers” Conneywerdy Smith.Semien admitted to officers that he “agreed” to kill Smith and went to her home and “bludgeoned” Smith to death “with a brick, put her body in the trunk of her vehicle, and disposed of her body in the Wichita Mountains…

Gwyneth Paltrow is just like Us: Sometimes she needs her kids to translate internet memes and pop culture in-jokes. In an interview with Cultured, the Oscar-winner and lifestyle guru, 51, admitted that her son Moses, 18, and daughter Apple, 19, who she shares with ex-husband Chris Martin, act as her own personal meme translators. “This one meme, ‘I’m baby,’” the GOOP founder said. “I’m like, What the f—? What does that mean? And then everyone tries to explain what ‘I’m baby’ means. I finally got it.” The “I’m baby” meme has been around since 2017 and stems from an unfortunate…

Caitlin Clark’s ascension to the WNBA isn’t the only major milestone the basketball superstar celebrated this month.  Clark and her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, celebrated their one-year anniversary Wednesday with a pair of heartwarming social media posts.  “One year of the best mems w my fav person,” Clark wrote in an Instagram post that featured a black and white photo of the couple cozied up together. “You make everyday better and I can’t wait for many more adventures together… love you.”  McCaffery — a former member of Iowa’s men’s basketball team and the son of Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery —…

“Squad” Rep. Jamaal Bowman claimed a pro-Israeli group backing his Democratic primary opponent is racist. “That is why AIPAC’s [ American Israel Public Affairs Committee] is coming after us, coming after us with hate, coming after us with bullying, intimidation, and fear. You should see what they’re doing in my district,” Bowman said during a virtual town hall meeting on Monday. After he claimed AIPAC members are lying about his record and calling him antisemitic, Bowman said, “They don’t like my style, I’m a little too radical, I’m a member of the ‘Squad.’ They want to call me the N-word, but…

Hypocrisy’s the root of the problem.Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont had thousands of trees and bushes illegally chopped behind his sprawling Greenwich home — despite publicly championing a statewide effort to plant more conifers, according to angry neighbors and other sources.The wealthy 70-year-old Democrat was hit with a citation for cutting down more than 180 trees in a protected wetland area to allegedly get a better view of a pond from his $7.6 million abode, CT Insider reported Tuesday.”[It’s a] chainsaw massacre,” land use attorney John Tesei, who represents nearby property owners INCT LLC, said according to the outlet.AMERICAN CAUGHT WITH…

The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to ban noncompete agreements, and the Biden administration finalized a rule that will make more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay.Beginning July 1, employers will be required to pay overtime to salaried workers making less than $43,888 a year in certain administrative, executive and professional roles.The FTC’s move to ban noncompete agreements, which limit an employee’s ability to leave for a rival company or start a competing business for a stated period of time, is already being challenged in court.For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that…

Selena Gomez always looks stellar in leather. Gomez, 31, stepped out in a sleek ensemble while attending the Time100 Summit at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Wednesday, April 23. Her dress featured a black leather top, a square neckline and a fitted floor-length skirt. Gomez accessorized with a leather trench coat from Aggie by Ducie, a dark purse and peep-toe heels. The actress added just the right amount of sparkle to her getup with a diamond necklace and silver hoop earrings. For glam, the singer donned soft makeup including filled-in and feathered eyebrows, minimal eyeshadow,…

Coming off their worst season in years, the Nets unveiled the new head coach tasked with turning them around. And a confident Jordi Fernandez said that the turnaround starts now. “We will see results right away,” said Fernandez, 41. “This industry is about getting results and getting better. So how much are you going to get better? It’s how we believe the process is important. We know that there’s proper steps to take and we’ll see improvement right away. But the most important thing to me is to believe in team success over personal success. “[They] will put the team…

Rep. Jared Moskowitz appears to have some choice words for his Democratic colleague Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — though it might not be in English. Following a social media tussle with Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the Florida lawmaker briefly liked a post from outspoken actor Michael Rapaport roasting the congresswoman saying, “What’s the Hebrew translation for F— Off Lady?” Moskowitz (D-Fla.) later unliked the X post. The exchange began when Moskowitz called out Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for complaining about being blocked from a vote on an amendment to undercut aid to Israel. Sanders dubbed the ordeal a “dark day for democracy.” But…

A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday revealed information about Americans’ views on abortion that could surprise voters as the November election draws nearer.The poll comes as Democrats seek to make abortion a central issue this election year, hoping it will drive turnout across the country in their favor as they seek to win control of the House of Representatives and hold the Senate and the White House.According to the poll, a record number of Americans (66%) now support legal abortion in some or all cases, the highest level of support ever recorded by the poll in its two-decade history.…