Former Disney Channel star Skai Jackson was arrested for domestic battery, TMZ reports. The 22-year-old actress, who was known for her portrayal of Zuri Ross on Jessie and Bunk’d, was reportedly arrested last week after deputies responded to a disturbance in Los Angeles’ Universal CityWalk, with the actress reportedly spotted pushing her boyfriend by security. Officers arrested both parties, and, despite the couple denying there was any physical altercation, security footage led authorities to conclude that she should be charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.

Veteran wide receiver Martavis Bryant moved a step closer to his first NFL action in six years, signing Tuesday with the Washington Commanders. The NFL indefinitely suspended Bryant, now 32, in 2018 following multiple drug violations. The league did not reinstate him until last November. He spent time late last season on the practice squad of the Dallas Cowboys, who released him on Jan. 4. He caught on with the Commanders after a workout at training camp. "He's in really good shape and he's really hungry to prove it," Washington coach Dan Quinn said, per ESPN. "He's been ready for a while, so it's good to have him here." Hoping for an NFL comeback, Bryant played for the XFL's Vegas Vipers in 2023 and caught 14 passes for 154 yards and no touchdowns in eight games. Bryant caught 145 passes for 2,183 yards and 17 touchdowns in 44 games (18 starts) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2014-15, 2017) and then-Oakland Raiders (2018). He was a fourth-round pick by Pittsburgh in 2014. Bryant was suspended four games in 2015 for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. He was suspended for the entire 2016 campaign after reportedly missing multiple drug tests, then suspended indefinitely two years later for violating the terms of his conditional reinstatement. The 6-foot-4 Bryant adds much-needed size to the Commanders' receiving corps. "Martavis has a really cool skill set. He's got size and length and the ability to use him in the red zone," said Quinn, who was the Cowboys' defensive coordinator last year when they signed Bryant to the practice squad. "He looks like a linebacker playing wideout from a size standpoint." --Field Level Media.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov, 50, made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio today after being extradited from Greece. According to court documents, Milan Dimitrov allegedly conspired with Ilias Sabirov, 52, of Russia, and Dimitar Dimitrov, 74, of Bulgaria, to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) in a scheme to procure sensitive radiation-hardened integrated circuits from the United States and illegally export those components to Russia through Bulgaria without the required licenses from the U.S. government.

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Antarctica, the world's coldest continent, is experiencing an exceptionally long heatwave during its winter, according to Britain's national polar research institute. Temperature anomalies are not unusual on the continent known as "The Ice" but "the longevity of the warm period is unusual", Thomas Caton Harrison, Polar Climate Scientist at British Antarctic Survey, said to AFP this week.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Chase Claypool landed on injured reserve Tuesday due to a lingering toe injury. Claypool last practiced on July 28. The 26-year-old Claypool was looking for a fresh start in Buffalo after spending his first four NFL seasons in three different cities. He signed a one-year, $1.1 million deal with the Bills in May. The Steelers selected the Canadian in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He spent two seasons with Pittsburgh and tallied 11 touchdowns and 889 yards from scrimmage in his first season in 16 games (six starts). In 2021, he started 13 of his 15 games played and gained 956 yards from scrimmage with two touchdowns. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in November 2022 for a 2023 second-round pick that the Steelers used on Joey Porter Jr. Unhappy in Chicago, Claypool was traded to the Miami Dolphins last October with a 2025 seventh-round pick for a 2025 sixth-round pick. He totaled eight receptions for 77 yards and a touchdown last season. Speaking of the rash of injuries training-camp injuries to hit the Bills, head coach Sean McDermott said recently it was unfortunate the coaching staff wasn't getting a good look at the players. "It's just hard to evaluate when the players aren't out there, whether it's Chase or anybody," he said. "And I know he's fighting like crazy to get back, and we're anxious to have him back." Claypool has caught 175 passes for 2,261 yards and 13 touchdowns in 58 games (32 starts). --Field Level Media.

DALLAS, Texas — On December 31, 2005, Mr. Brock was found dead in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Braniff Nature Trail, located in the 10000 block of Wildwood Drive. The investigation determined Mr. Brock was shot once in his upper torso by an unknown suspect. Authorities are urging anyone with information regarding the death of Mr. Brock to contact Sergeant Otha Hampton at 214-671-3654 or by email at coldcase.dpd@dallaspolice.gov, and refer to case number 1030251-P.

Tropical Storm Ernesto advanced Tuesday through the Caribbean toward Puerto Rico, where officials shut down schools and sent workers home as forecasters warned of a possible hurricane. The storm was moving west-northwest toward the US island with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour (95 kilometers per hour), according...

Leroy Garrett is back on The Challenge for its landmark 40th season, Battle of the Eras, and fans shouldn’t expect this to be the last time he returns to the arena, either. Garrett previously retired from the MTV reality competition series, thanks in part to an incident in which Camila Nakagawa used racist language against him on the set of Dirty 30 and she wasn’t sent home. He later returned to the series for subsequent seasons but decided to formally call it quits after Double Agents, his 12th season.

The African Union's health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a "clarion call for action". The outbreak has swept through several African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus was first discovered in...

Germany has seen an explosion of cases of bluetongue virus this year, authorities said Tuesday as fears increase across Europe about the disease affecting sheep and cattle. The country has registered 1,885 outbreaks of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) since the start of 2024, according to the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany's top animal disease research centre.

The UN voiced concern Tuesday over what it said was a climate of fear in Venezuela, as the country's parliament considered laws that critics say will be used to crack down on NGOs and political opponents of strongman leader Nicolas Maduro. Maduro was declared by authorities to have won reelection...

Starbucks said Tuesday that Brian Niccol, chief executive at Chipotle, would be the coffee chain's new CEO -- just over a year after current boss Laxman Narasimhan took over the role. Narasimhan steps down as chief executive and as a member of the Starbucks board "with immediate effect," said the...

Senegalese news organisations widely heeded a call Tuesday for a news blackout to protest against economic measures by the new government which they say threaten the industry. Most newspapers did not publish and two popular private radio stations played music instead of broadcasting the news. Private television stations such as...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A federal jury has convicted a Cuban national residing in Odessa for unlawfully transporting undocumented individuals, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Mario Enrique Nerey-Valdivia, 50, guilty following a one-day trial. Nerey-Valdivia drove a tractor-trailer...

GARLAND, Texas — The Garland Police Department has identified the deceased victim in a recent fatal crash as 99-year-old Bessie Bell, of Murphy, Texas. Traffic collision investigators determined that the minivan, in which Bell was a passenger, was traveling westbound on Pleasant Valley Road when it failed to yield the right of way while turning left onto Firewheel Parkway. The minivan was struck on the passenger side by an eastbound city of Garland dump truck, according to a press release from the department.

BULLARD — Tyler's Rory Smith and Longview's Brett McAfee have qualified for the Texas Mid-Amateur Golf Tournament. Smith and McAfee competed in a qualifying event on Aug. 8 at Eagle's Bluff Country Club on the shores of Lake Palestine. A total of five golfers qualified. Shawn Savage of Midland...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Bulgarian national made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio Monday after being extradited from Greece. According to court documents, Milan Dimitrov, 50, allegedly conspired with Ilias Sabirov, 52, of Russia, and Dimitar Dimitrov, 74, of Bulgaria, to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) in a scheme to procure sensitive radiation-hardened integrated circuits from the United States and illegally export those components to Russia through Bulgaria without the required licenses from the U.S. government.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Police Department has identified the suspect who struck and killed Sgt. Billy Randolph as 25-year-old De Aujalae Evans, of Fort Worth. Evans has been charged with Intoxication Manslaughter Causing the Death of a Peace Officer or Firefighter. She remains in police custody and will be booked into the Tarrant County Jail on a bond of $750,000, according to a press release from the department.

GROVES, Texas — Groves police are investigating a shooting that occurred at the Beverly Place Apartments early Saturday morning. At around 1:57 a.m. on August 10, 2024, officers responded to reports of a male victim and located 18-year-old Jesus Garcia, of Port Arthur, Texas, with a gunshot wound lying in the parking area, according to the Groves Police Department. Garcia was immediately transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.