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Twitch streamer Kai Cenat reached out to rap star Drake after his flight with Air Canada got delayed, sparking a heated rant from the streamer about how he’s “never” flying with them again.

Grossman, who will turn 61 on Friday, spoke at her sentencing hearing and told the family how sorry she was, and insisted that she never saw the boys in the street the night of the crash. "God knows that I never saw anybody," she said. "I never saw anyone. I believe he knows the truth."

The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. Every single month from June 2023 to May 2024 was the world’s hottest such month on record, Copernicus data showed. The 12-month heat streak was “shocking but not surprising” given human-caused climate change, said Carlo Buontempo, the director of Copernicus, who warned of worse to come. Unless planet-warming fossil fuel pollution is slashed, “this string of hottest months will be remembered as comparatively cold,” he said.

NBA Hall of Famer and former Miami Heat great Alonzo Mourning is speaking publicly for the first time since announcing his cancer diagnosis. "This isn't about me. This is much bigger than me. It truly is. You know, I feel like God is kind of using me as a vehicle in order for me to get the word out," said Mourning. Mourning is warning about prostate cancer following a stage three diagnosis in February.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP and allied parties were leading in early election results, but the opposition was doing better than expected.

Cyndi Lauper is retiring from the road. The “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” singer-songwriter announced a farewell tour Monday morning, setting one last national jaunt that will take her to arenas in 23 cities in North America this fall before she calls it a day as a touring artist. Lauper did not release any statement explaining her reasons for deciding to do a farewell tour now, although she is expected to talk about it later this week as she promotes a new documentary about her career, “Let the Canary Sing,” that premieres on Paramount+ Tuesday. The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, which is being described as her first major road trip in a decade, will begin Oct. 18 in Montreal and end Dec. 5 at Chicago’s United Center.

President Joe Biden says he’s restricting asylum to help “gain control” of the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden signed the proclamation Tuesday as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability before November’s elections.

2:20 AM GMT+8 PHOTOS: Mexicans vote in historic election likely to usher in first woman president 1:55 AM GMT+8 Challenges in opening polling places 1:36 AM GMT+8 Mexico votes for new president: Who is Xóchitl Gálvez? 12:57 AM GMT+8 What would it mean for a woman to be president in Mexico? 12:37 AM GMT+8 Mexico votes for new president: Who is Claudia Sheinbaum? 12:22 AM GMT+8 Dogs head to the polls 12:05 AM GMT+8 Migration: At the core of U.S. election, a side issue in Mexican vote JUNE 2, 2024 11:54 PM GMT+8 At Mexico’s southern border people worry about immigration and security 11:21 PM GMT+8 Cheers, selfies as candidates arrive to vote 10:51 PM GMT+8 Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum heads out to vote 10:33 PM GMT+8 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador casts his ballot 10:02 PM GMT+8 Polls open in Mexico’s biggest election in history 9:48 PM GMT+8 Women are excited by the chance to vote for female candidates in Mexican election 9:28 PM GMT+8 Voters line up ahead of Mexico’s historic election 9:01 PM GMT+8 AP is on the ground covering Mexico’s historic election LIVE Mexico election 2024 live updates: Mexicans likely to elect first female president LIVE Mexico election 2024 live updates: Mexicans likely to elect first female president The leading candidates have cast their votes in Mexico’s election. Nearly 100 million people are registered to vote in Mexico’s historic contest to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The US government has "every expectation" that Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza if Hamas takes the deal, according to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. The three-part plan unveiled by President Joe Biden last week would also be a "surge" of humanitarian aid, as well as an exchange of some hostages for Palestinian prisoners before a permanent end to the war.

Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The seven-man, five-woman panel is tasked with deciding whether Trump is guilty of any of 34 felony counts of falsifying his company’s records. Prosecutors say Trump falsified the records to veil reimbursements to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen, who had paid porn actor Stormy Daniels $130,000 in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign not to air her claim that she and Trump had sex a decade earlier.

As part of China’s crackdown on even peaceful dissent, a court in Hong Kong convicted 14 people, who now face prison time along with dozens of others.

Forecasters said the severe weather could shift to the East Coast later Monday and warned millions of people outdoors for the holiday to watch the skies. A tornado watch was issued from North Carolina to Maryland. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who earlier declared a state of emergency, said at a Monday press conference that five people had died in his state. The fifth death was a 54-year-old man who had a heart attack while cutting fallen trees in Caldwell County in western Kentucky, the governor’s office said.

The Israeli leader’s comments came at a particularly delicate time, just days after the International Court of Justice appeared to order Israel to immediately halt its offensive in the city.

Papua New Guinea informed the UN on Monday that more than 2,000 people were buried in a massive landslide that swept over a remote village, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP. "The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction," the country's national disaster centre told the UN office in the capital Port Moresby.

Wactor was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning, his mother Scarlett tells TMZ. She says Johnny was with a coworker when they saw three men messing with Johnny's car. While authorities haven't release his name, this matches the description of an incident where three suspects allegedly tried to steal a catalytic converter.

Severe storms and tornadoes killed at least 15 people in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Some of the tornadoes hit late Saturday night into the overnight hours of Sunday morning. Those who made it out were stunned by the devastation revealed by Sunday’s daylight.

At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike in Rafah on Sunday, the Gaza health ministry said. The strike hit a camp for displaced people, according to Gaza authorities. The IDF claimed it struck a Hamas compound in the area, killing two senior officials from the militant group.