The Portland Trail Blazers fired a new play-by-play broadcaster within hours of hiring him after past racist and misogynistic posts surfaced on X. The team dumped Braiden Bell, 29, after posts from 2012 and 2013 surfaced, when he was about 15. They included comments about “Asian people” and used the terms “s--t” and “wh--s” to refer to women. KGW in Portland reported that one of its journalists spotted the posts and asked the Blazers for comment before the team announced Bell’s firing. “The Portland Trail Blazers have zero tolerance for racist, sexist, or harmful comments,” the team said in a statement. The posts are in “clear violation of team and league policies, as well as our values and expectations.” “We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City,” the statement said. One post read, “I’m not racist at all.. But not gonna lie.. Asian people p--- me off! Hahaha #Honest.” Bell wrote it on Dec. 9, 2012. KGW’s report noted it found no offensive posts from Bell as an adult. As of late Thursday night, posts using the language were still on his X account when The Post viewed it.

An adopted man got the shock of a lifetime after discovering his biological father is five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. A routine DNA submission to 23andMe sparked a notification matching Michael Goessling, 58, with a half-brother he never knew existed. That discovery led him straight to his birth mother, who connected him with his biological father over the phone. During the call, the father mentioned he was a musician preparing for a tour through the area. “I said, ‘Are you Michael McDonald?’” Goessling recalled. “And he said, ‘Yeah, I’m afraid so.’” Both birth parents were 14 years old when they conceived Michael, and later put him up for adoption. Decades later, the legendary Doobie Brothers frontman admitted he “always carried that guilt with me” over giving up his son, frequently worrying about how his child’s life turned out. Learning that his son enjoyed a wonderful childhood provided immense relief to the yacht rock vocalist. “The real rock stars in this story are his adoptive parents,” the singer said. The emotional reunion brought another surprise for the 74-year-old musician, who revealed he is “still wrapping my head” around learning he is also a grandfather to Goessling’s two children. The Doobie Brothers won three Grammys for their album Minute by Minute and hit “What a Fool Believes”.

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The iconic Hōlei Sea Arch in Hawaii has collapsed into the ocean after more than half a millennium. Tourists were still taking photos of the landmark in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park last Wednesday, but park authorities said it had disappeared by Sunday night. Pinpointing the exact moment of its collapse is difficult because the area had been closed for three days while Tropical Storm Nolo battered the island state. The structure first formed roughly 550 years ago as waves carved through an ancient flow of lava. Centuries of erosion, worsened by earthquakes, caused its collapse. “Very sad to hear of the loss of the arch,” one person wrote on social media. “It figured in many of our vacation photographs throughout the 1990s. But the natural world is indeed constantly changing.” Another person said: “What a beautiful and special place. We are so sad that it is gone.”

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s fiancé, Ken Urker, died at his Louisiana home on Thursday, which was his 34th birthday. A family member found him unresponsive, a source close to the family told People. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office told People that deputies responded to the home around 6:15 p.m. and found Urker “dead upon arrival.” TMZ first reported his death. According to TMZ, Blanchard had sent Urker a “happy birthday” text but received no reply. Urker’s sister, Autumn, confirmed his death during a TikTok livestream Thursday evening. She said his last words to her were “I love you.” Blanchard and Urker first connected while she was in prison for the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. He proposed in 2018, and they later separated before rekindling their relationship in 2019. They welcomed their daughter, Aurora Raina Urker, in December 2024. In a statement to People, Blanchard called Urker her “soulmate” and said, “I’m in disbelief. I can’t think. I’ve screamed until my throat burns.” She said she believed he died of an overdose but did not know whether it was intentional. “He was not in a good state of mind lately,” Blanchard added.

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Eddie Murphy has been a TV star, a movie star, a stand-up legend, and an Emmy winner. But somehow, he’s never starred in a scripted live-action TV series. Until now. Murphy is set to star in The Chairman, a drama series in development at Peacock from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. Weiner is writing, directing, and executive producing the series, with Murphy also on board as an executive producer. Plot details are being kept tightly under wraps. Murphy first became a TV sensation on Saturday Night Live, joining the cast in 1980 at 19. He later created—but did not appear in—the short-lived sitcom The Royal Family and lent his voice to the animated series The PJs. His career has largely unfolded on the big screen with enormous hits such as Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, and Shrek. He also earned an Oscar nomination for his dramatic turn in Dreamgirls. Now Murphy gets to add another medium to his résumé, with Weiner—one of television’s most acclaimed creators—at the helm.

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Rick Ross, 50, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts, appeared in court Thursday morning following a Wednesday arrest on domestic violence charges. Judge Mindy Glazer gave Ross a brutal reality check, saying, “I have no idea who you are,” after attorney Bradley Horenstein asked if the rapper’s release could be “expedited,” citing his fame and concerns for his safety in jail. Glazer said Ross would be treated “just like everybody else here.” The rapper was booked into the Miami-Dade County jail on Thursday on two battery charges. Ross turned himself in after ex-girlfriend, Jazzma Kendrick, 39, accused the rapper of physical abuse. Kendrick shared photos of what appeared to be a swollen lip on social media, alleging Ross had injured her, and wrote, “He saw a punching bag.” She added: “I don’t know a lot of things, but I do know that a man that puts his hands on me, is a man that never loved me and never will.” Kendrick and Ross were first publicly linked in August 2025.

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Marmande, a town in rural south-western France, has officially banned residents from getting sick. Mayor Joël Hocquelet’s declaration says it is “forbidden” to be ill within the town’s limits and advises anyone who suspects they may be coming down with something to “take the necessary steps to postpone it to a later date.” But residents don’t need to worry: the absurd new rule isn’t legally enforceable. Instead, it’s meant to call attention to the local hospital, which may face cutbacks due to financial difficulties. Services like cardiology and diabetology could be axed, forcing residents to travel to the next closest hospital, nearly 95 kilometers away. Hocquelet isn’t the first French official to take such a drastic measure. Nine mayors in rural France banned sickness in 2020 and, in 2019, one town even forbade residents from dying on weekends to highlight the region’s shortage of medical professionals.

Reality star Trina Braxton’s husband, Von Scales, has died at 58. A family representative confirmed Scales’ death to TMZ, saying, “The family appreciates your thoughts and prayers but is asking for privacy at this time as they navigate this unfortunate event.” Although an official cause of death hasn’t been confirmed, sources close to the family said Scales had been battling heart-related problems before he died around 2 a.m. on Thursday in Atlanta, near where the couple lived. The couple married in 2019, a year after 51-year-old Trina’s ex-husband Gabriel Solis died of cancer. She was married to Solis from 2003 until their divorce in 2015. The family’s reality TV show, Braxton Family Values, featured the wedding. Trina is the younger sister of R&B singing icon Toni Braxton, 58. The two performed together in their 90s singing group, The Braxtons, along with their other sisters, Traci, Towanda, and Tamar.

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Politics is characterized most by losing. Nobody always wins. The most reliable winners are those most afraid of losing. There is neither humility nor democracy without losing. But Trump is a “winner.” Were he to be a loser, he would not be a winner, and therefore not exist. There would be no Donald Trump. Because this is a matter of his very being, he would necessarily do anything to not lose. And yet by most estimates, he is facing what could be overwhelming losses in the November midterms. Unlike most other political winners, who continually weigh the popularity of their positions and distance themselves from the unpopular ones, Trump doubles down on his. To do otherwise, to submit to polls or criticism, would make him… a loser. Rather than alter his positions, he has, instead, moved more aggressively than any other president to help ensure his structural advantage in the election. While both Congress and the courts have continually rebuffed his most radical plans, he’s made it clear that he will do anything short of a constitutional crisis to hold his majority, or at least lessen the extent of its loss. And the country is about to find out what “anything” really means.

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The family of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this year, has filed two federal civil lawsuits alleging wrongful death and excessive force. The first complaint names the United States as the defendant and alleges wrongful death, battery, assault, false imprisonment, and negligence. The second suit names Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Good, as well as several federal officials, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. It alleges a conspiracy to violate civil rights and an unconstitutional and excessive use of force. The lawsuits come days after Renee Good’s mother and brother, Donna and Brent Ganger, testified before Congress about her killing. “Our family has waited, our country has waited, and we will not wait any longer. The time is absolutely now for accountability for the deep damage done by ICE and others,” Brent Ganger said.