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Kanye West and wife Bianca Censori are reportedly headed for divorce on the heels of the rapper’s antisemitic and misogynistic social media rant.

Both sides are said to have contacted divorce attorneys to navigate the end their two-year marriage, sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ.

News of the split comes less than two weeks after the couple’s controversial appearance at the Grammy Awards, where Censori took off a fur coat to reveal a fully sheer mini dress, leaving nothing to the imagination.

The ensuing week and a half saw West make numerous antisemitic social media posts, before his X account was limited for posting pornography and he deactivated it in response. He then began selling swastika T-shirts on his website — before it was taken offline — after reportedly paying $8 million for a bizarre Super Bowl commercial directing people to the site.

Earlier this week, Ye was sued by a former employee for harassment and retaliation. Among the accusations in the lawsuit were numerous instances of West referring to himself as a Nazi and praising Adolf Hitler.

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Blake Lively’s legal team has subpoenaed Justin Baldoni’s communications as part of the discovery process in her suit claiming her “It Ends With Us” director conducted a smear campaign following alleged on-set sexual harassment.

Lawyers for Lively, 37, subpoenaed Baldoni’ phone records from AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. She’s is also seeking the records of his fellow Wayfarer Studios co-founders, Jamey Heath and billionaire Steve Sarowitz, as well as publicists Jennifer Abel and Melissa Nathan, according to Variety.

As part of the subpoena, the Lively camp is seeking more than two years’ worth of calls, texts and location data, according to Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman, who said the requested scope is “extraordinary.”

Lively’s attorneys have also subpoenaed Cloudflare, AOL and crisis consultant Jed Wallace, who last week filed a defamation lawsuit against the “Gossip Girl” alum for accusing him of participating in the alleged smear campaign.

“Phone records belonging to all of the individual defendants will expose the full web of individuals who were involved in the smear campaign against Ms. Lively,” a representative for the “A Simple Favor” actress told Variety in a statement. “Such records will provide critical and irrefutable evidence not only about who, but also about when, where, and how their retaliation plan came together and operated.”

Lively accused Baldoni in late December of sexual harassment during the filming of “It Ends With Us” and alleges he and his associates launched a smear campaign to discredit her before those allegations came to light.

Her claims were spotlit in a New York Times article. Baldoni on Dec. 31 sued the outlet for $250 million for defamation, the same day Lively formally sued him for sexual harassment.

Baldoni then sued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane in January for $400 million, accusing them of defamation and civil extortion.

The “Jane the Virgin” alum, 41, also claims Lively tried to intimidate him into giving her creative control over the film by leveraging the star power of her husband as well as best pal Taylor Swift.

The dueling lawsuits are currently set to head to court March 9, 2026. A mediator was assigned this week.

Judge Lewis Liman has declined to grant Lively’s request for an extension on the deadline to amend her complaint and demanded it be submitted by Tuesday.

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A team of veterinary surgeons performed cataract surgery on Thunder, a resident bald eagle at Moccasin Lake Nature Park in Clearwater, at a clinic in Brandon on Thursday.

Thunder was rescued after being shot by a poacher as an eaglet in her nest in Sebring in 1995, when bald eagles were still endangered. She survived, but the attack killed her sibling and severed an optic nerve, leaving her blind in her right eye, according to Barbara Walker, who cares for Thunder at the Sanctuary.

At age 9, Thunder laid an egg, confirming she was female. She was transferred to the sanctuary in 2023, where a partial cataract was discovered in her left eye. Over the past six months, the cataract has worsened, making surgery necessary to preserve her quality of life, Walker said.

Since her rescue, Thunder has served as an ambassador for public education, including a trip to Maine for Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit that honors fallen U.S. military service members.

Tampa Bay Raptor Rescue supports the raptor program at Moccasin Lake Nature Park, open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free. If you wish to donate to support Thunder or other raptors at Moccasin Lake Raptor Sanctuary, visit moccasinlakeraptorsanctuary.org, or visit the sanctuary in person at 2750 Park Trail Lane in Clearwater.

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John Lithgow could very well play the new Albus Dumbledore as the Oscar nominee reportedly circles HBO’s hotly anticipated “Harry Potter” series.

The 79-year-old “Conclave” star, who is also a six-time Emmy winner, is in final talks to play the Hogwarts headmaster in what HBO promises will be “a faithful adaptation” of J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series, Deadline reports.

“We appreciate that such a high-profile series will draw a lot of rumor and speculation,” the network said in a statement to Deadline. “As we make our way through pre-production, we will only confirm details as we finalize deals.”

The series, set to span more than 10 years, is currently expected to debut late next year or in early 2027, over a quarter of a century after the first big screen blockbuster in 2001.

“Harry Potter” books and films were a worldwide phenomenon until the finale “Deathly Hallows,” which hit shelves in summer 2007. The two-part “Deathly Hallows” film hit theaters in November 2010 and July 2011.

The films starred Daniel Radcliffe in the titular role alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry’s best friends Ron and Hermione. Richard Harris was the first to take a crack at Dumbledore, a role he portrayed in the first two films, prior to his 2002 death. The late Michael Gambon took over the role for the remaining films while Jude Law portrayed young Dumbledore in the “Fantastic Beasts” prequels.

An estimated 32,000 children have thrown their hats in the ring to play the lead trio.

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A shocking video shows a 50-year-old man with a knife attacking a priest on the stage of a Polish Catholic church in Winnipeg, Canada, on Sunday.

In a Monday press release, the Winnipeg Police Service said police responded to a report of “an armed male disrupting a church service” at roughly 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Police officials said a 50-year-old male suspect, who was armed with a knife, approached the church’s 38-year-old pastor and “attempted to assault the victim, who managed to escape unharmed.”

“The suspect drove the knife into the altar before sitting in a chair at the back of the altar,” the Winnipeg Police Service added. “No injuries were reported during the incident.”

A video from the church’s livestream, which was shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows the suspect charging toward the priest inside the Holy Ghost Church and attempting to attack him as the priest quickly runs off the stage. The suspect can then be seen stabbing the knife into the church altar.

According to police officials, an off-duty Royal Canadian Mounted Police member and other members of the church were able to detain the suspect, who has been identified as 50-year-old Pawel Olownia, until law enforcement officials arrived and arrested the suspect.

The Winnipeg Police Service confirmed that Olownia currently faces multiple charges, including assault with a weapon, disturbing a meeting, and the possession of a weapon.

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According to City News, the pastor told the Winnipeg Police Service that the suspect involved in the assault incident was not a regular attendee of the Holy Ghost Parish.

“The pastor was able to see what was happening, whether he saw the knife in his hand or just had a sense that something wasn’t right, was able to get off the … alter fast enough,” Stephen Spencer, a Winnipeg police spokesperson, said.

“If he was really motivated, it could have been a lot worse,” Spencer added. “The fact that he made the attempt to assault the pastor then got rid of the knife and just sat down, was the best case of a worst case scenario that somebody would face. It could have been a lot worse. Luckily, nobody got hurt.”

The Winnipeg police spokesperson told City News that the incident does not appear to be a “targeted attack” but was a “very rare” and “quite random” incident.

“It’s a very rare incident and I think everybody involved is quite shaken up as a result,” Spencer said. “Nobody expects that when they go to church on Sunday or any day of the week, that somebody’s going to be there with a weapon and try and attack somebody in the church.”

A soldier whose pregnant wife vanished last year and is presumed to be dead is headed toward a military trial, or court-martial, Army officials in Hawaii said.

The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel has referred five charges and 19 specifications against the Hawaii-based Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II, according to a Feb. 12 news release from U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii.

That means “the case will be assigned to a military judge who will schedule dates for an arraignment, pretrial hearings and the trial itself,” officials said.

“The general nature of the charges,” officials said, “are for the murder of Mischa Johnson, intentionally killing her unborn child, obstruction of justice, providing false official statements, possession of child pornography and the production and distribution of child pornography.”

Pfc. Johnson doesn’t have a civilian attorney who could provide a comment on his behalf, an Army Office of Special Trial Counsel spokesperson told McClatchy News. He’s being represented by military defense counsel.

Mischa Johnson’s body hasn’t been found, but she’s believed to be dead. She was reported missing from Schofield Barracks on Oahu last summer, at six months pregnant, and the Army Criminal Investigation Division offered a $10,000 reward for information, according to a flyer shared Aug. 19 on Facebook by the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division.

Pfc. Johnson was assigned to the division in June 2023 as a cavalry scout, the Office of Special Trial Counsel spokesperson said. He’s originally from Frederick, Maryland.

Mariana Tapiz, Mischa Johnson’s sister told KHON2 that she feels betrayed by Pfc. Johnson because “we accepted him right into our family.”

The family plans to attend his arraignment, she told the outlet.

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President Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will conduct an audit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Trump told reporters that “just about everybody’s going to be looked at” as his administration continues its effort to eliminate waste, corruption, and fraud in the federal government.

According to The Daily Mail, Gavin Kliger, one of DOGE’s top staff members, visited the IRS on Thursday with other DOGE employees to conduct a review of the government agency.

While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked whether his administration was expecting to “close the IRS” in light of DOGE’s visit to the IRS. In response, the 47th president said, “No, I don’t expect it, but I think the Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody else. Just about everybody’s going to be looked at.”

Trump said DOGE leader Elon Musk and the staff members at the department have been “doing a hell of a job” at eliminating waste in the federal government.

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“It’s an amazing job they’re doing,” Trump told reporters. “You know that force is building. I call it the force of super-geniuses, but it’s building.”

“They go up and they talk to some of the people about certain deals, and the people get tongue tied. They can’t even talk, because these people get it,” Trump added. “They’re very smart people. We need smart people.”

Two sources familiar with DOGE’s review of the IRS told Reuters that Kliger met Thursday with senior executives at the IRS and that the meeting was the first time a member of DOGE had made an appearance at the IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

On Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released a statement on X, formerly Twitter, regarding DOGE’s appearance at the IRS headquarters, saying, “My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk’s henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.”

Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire have asked the U.S. Navy to seek an exemption for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers from the Trump administration’s drive to reduce the federal workforce by encouraging resignations.

Collins, a Republican, and Shaheen, a Democrat, cited increasing military threats as a key reason to leave the shipyard workforce intact.

In a letter Tuesday to Terence G. Emmert, the acting Navy secretary, the lawmakers said public shipyard workers are “critical members of our defense industrial base, without whom the ability to repair, retrofit and refuel our country’s submarines would be in jeopardy.”

Collins and Shaheen cited looming military threats from China, which they said is “rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons programs,” as a basis to protect the importance of the U.S. nuclear submarine fleet.

U.S. shipyards “cannot afford to reduce their workforces,” Collins and Shaheen said. The Portsmouth shipyard instead needs to hire 550 workers a year to meet Navy demand, they said.

The lawmakers asked the Department of the Navy to engage with the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s human resources agency, to provide an exception for employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and other parts of the defense industrial base from recently announced “workforce-shaping policies.”

Collins and Shaheen said the shipyard in Kittery has nearly 8,000 civilian employees, adding to more than $1.5 billion in annual economic impact in surrounding communities.

It’s unclear how many shipyard workers accepted the offer to quit. The Navy did not immediately respond to questions from a reporter. The deadline to take a buyout was Wednesday.

Contacted by email Thursday night, Collins’ office could not say whether the exemption would rescind offers to workers who agreed to take the buyout before the deadline passed.

“Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is working with the Office of Personnel Management and the assistant secretary of the Navy to execute all executive orders,” said Gary Hildreth, a spokesman for the shipyard.

The Metal Trades Council, which represents workers at the shipyard, did not reply Thursday to an email asking about its response to the workforce reduction plan. Area news outlets reported that the president of the union representing 3,000 employees advised members to not take the federal government offer, citing conflicting information in emails and letters.

Unions at the federal level that represent more than 800,000 workers sued to stop the program, which was halted since last Thursday. A judge on Wednesday lifted the pause on the so-called deferred resignation program. On Wednesday night, the Trump administration closed the offer to workers who might still have considered it.

About 75,000 federal workers accepted the buyout, about 3.25% of a civilian workforce of 2.3 million. The program, which encouraged federal workers to resign with the promise of pay through September, is one of several approaches Trump is using to cut the federal labor force.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warned on Wednesday that the Trump administration will hold the “lies” of news organizations “accountable” after The Associated Press confirmed that a reporter was blocked from the Oval Office on Tuesday due to the outlet’s refusal to use the term “Gulf of America.”

During a White House press briefing, Kaitlan Collins, a CNN correspondent, asked Leavitt to identify which Trump administration official made the decision to prevent a reporter from The Associated Press from entering the Oval Office.

In response, Leavitt said, “Let me just set the record straight. It is a privilege to cover this White House… Nobody has the right to go into the Oval Office and ask the president of the United States questions. That’s an invitation that is given.”

Leavitt explained that while there are “hundreds of outlets” that cover news at the White House, many of the outlets are not provided with the “privilege” to enter the Oval Office and ask President Donald Trump questions.

In a Tuesday statement from The Associated Press, executive editor Julie Pace wrote, “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.”

The Associated Press confirmed that a reporter from the outlet was blocked from entering the Oval Office during an executive order signing on Tuesday afternoon.

“It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism,” Pace added in Tuesday’s statement. “Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment.” 

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During the White House press briefing, Collins asked Leavitt if the Trump administration’s decision to block a reporter from entering the Oval Office due to the outlet using “Gulf of Mexico” instead of “Gulf of America” was “setting a precedent” that the White House will “retaliate against reporters” who do not use certain language approved by the administration.

Leavitt answered, “I was very upfront in my briefing on day one that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable.”

The press secretary also noted that “Gulf of America” was already made official by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, adding, “It is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the “Gulf of America,’ and I’m not sure why news outlets don’t want to call it that.”

A new report claims that a Black Lives Matter activist who shot and seriously injured a disabled veteran in the head during a 2020 protest in Colorado has been released early from prison and transferred to a halfway house after only three years of his 11-year prison sentence.

A social media user shared on X, formerly Twitter, that court records show 33-year-old James Edward Marshall IV has been released from prison and currently remains at a halfway house. Marshall shot Danny Pruitt, a disabled veteran, on June 4, 2020, while Pruitt was stopped in his vehicle at an intersection near a Black Lives Matter protest in Alamosa, Colorado, according to The Post Millennial.

According to the Conjeos County Citizen, Marshal fired a shot from a 9mm Glock toward the back of Pruitt’s vehicle allegedly in defense, resulting in the disabled veteran being shot in the head. The outlet noted that while the disabled veteran survived his injury, he suffered a 17-day coma and permanent brain damage.

Sharing a picture of Marshall on social media, Mystery Grove Movie List Co. tweeted, “Marshall shot a disabled veteran in the back of the head at an armed roadblock. He was given an extremely lenient plea agreement by a Soros prosecutor. Even though the judge gave him the maximum sentence, 11 years, Marshall is currently listed as residing in a halfway house.”

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The social media user who shared the report noted that Marshall’s apparent release from prison and transfer to a halfway house occurred after “only serving roughly 3 years” of his sentence.

According to 9 News, Marshall, who previously worked as a defense attorney in Colorado, was arrested and charged with criminal attempt to commit second-degree murder, first-degree assault, criminal mischief, felony menacing, reckless endangerment, prohibited use of weapons, and illegal discharge of a firearm. However, The Post Millennial reported that Marshall was offered a sweetheart plea deal by former Alamosa District Attorney Alonzo Payne. As part of the plea deal, Marshall agreed to plead guilty to one charge of tampering with a deceased body.

The Post Millennial reported that Marshall was ultimately sentenced to 11 years in prison in December of 2021. The outlet noted that the plea agreement contributed to Payne being disbarred in 2022 after the former district attorney was found to have violated the Colorado Crime Victim Rights Act after failing to properly communicate with judges, victims, and defense attorneys and dismissing cases at the last minute.