Current Events

Six Flags Magic Mountain is being dragged to court over the infamous X2 roller coaster ... just weeks after the ride was grounded.

According to a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Patrick Plumlee claims he was "violently thrown around" in 2024 while riding the coaster.

Plumlee says he couldn't keep his head against the headrest during the ride and smashed his dome against it … causing him to suffer a "traumatic brain injury."

A Lindsay Clancy juror is revealing more about the jury's makeup, including the approximate age and race of jury members ... while noting many had children of their own.

Juror Paula Devlin appeared Friday on "CBS Mornings," and Gayle King asked her to break down the 12 panelists ... by age and race.

Up to this point, the public has only known 3 men and 9 women made up the jury ... with their ages ranging between 22 and 70.

Kim Zolciak does not appear to be inheriting anything from her ex, Big Poppa ... because new documents filed in his probate case do not list her as a beneficiary of his estate.

TMZ has obtained documents filed by Jared Najjar -- one of Lee "Big Poppa" Najjar's children -- in which he lists who he believes are the only 5 beneficiaries -- Lee's widow, Kimberley Lynch, Jared himself, and Lee's three other children, Katelin, Jamen, and Jeremy.

While the document doesn't list exactly who is getting what, Kim's name isn't mentioned on the list ... not exactly a surprise given they broke up years ago.

A man who claimed he was robbed and beaten in a home invasion may have been squatting in the Hollywood Hills residence.

According to KTLA, the cops were called around midnight Thursday by a man who alleged five men attacked him after entering the home.

Cops said the suspects were inside the home and had a gun ... but said they were only inside for a few minutes before making off in a Jeep with a safe. They say they may have stolen some other belongings as well.

One of the three people who died at Burning Man this year had been dealing with heart problems before attending the festival ... TMZ has learned.

Armando Ramirez's mom and sister tell TMZ ... he had gone to the emergency room twice for heart-related issues in the weeks leading up to Burning Man and had a doctor's appointment scheduled for November.

His friends noticed he was having difficulty breathing while helping set up a tent after arriving at the festival.

We're told medics resuscitated Armando once before he was airlifted to a hospital, but he died before reaching it. His family suspects he suffered a heart attack, but toxicology results are still pending.

Authorities are investigating after a naked man was found dead in the waters off the coast of Malibu after Hurricane Marie caused a ton of damage in the area.

The man's body was discovered Wednesday afternoon ... floating just north of the Malibu Lagoon ... according to multiple reports.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the beach and pulled the body from the water before pronouncing the man dead.

McKenna West is taking her wild surrogacy battle to the highest court in the land ... asking the Supreme Court of the United States to step into the fight over the critically ill baby she carried.

The Alaska surrogate filed an emergency application Wednesday asking SCOTUS to block a California ruling that recognizes biological parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed as the baby's legal parents.

McKenna wants the effect of that order put on ice so she can have a say in the newborn's medical care. She claims it was entered in violation of her due process rights and ultimately wants it reviewed and reversed.

Mike McFarland -- a voice actor who recorded English dubs of famous anime -- is dead ... TMZ has confirmed.

Brina Palencia -- Mike's friend who organized a GoFundMe for him amid his health issues -- tells TMZ ... Mike died Wednesday after a battle with brain cancer.

Brina says Mike was surrounded by friends and family at a Dallas care facility. Over the last few months, we're told friends from the voice-over community gathered to sing him songs and tell him stories to keep his spirits up. She added, Mike would have wanted people to donate to Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the SPCA in his memory.

The Amazon cargo jet that crashed at Miami International Airport had multiple warning signs before it skidded off the runway -- including a pilot repeatedly calling out and saying the plane was coming in too fast and too low.

New details released by the National Transportation Safety Board show an audio transcript of the crew's communication and landing despite a series of increasingly alarming warnings inside the cockpit.

The Boeing 767, operated by 21 Air for Amazon, was approaching Runway 30 on September 6 when one pilot cautioned that the aircraft was traveling too fast. According to information posted by the NTSB from the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, the warning came about 1 minute and 42 seconds before the end of the recording.

A ferry in the Philippines went up in flames Wednesday, killing at least 5 people ... with almost 100 others missing as authorities released horrifying video of the tragic incident.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) released the footage on Facebook, showing the MV June Aster as a floating inferno with 117 passengers and 17 crew members onboard the boat, which was reportedly traveling near the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province. The five people who were deceased were taken to an emergency evacuation and rescue center in Coron.

A PCG spokesperson said they launched a search party for those who were unaccounted for and have reportedly rescued 43 people so far. One survivor told officials they heard an explosion emanating from a compartment on the boat that holds a number of vehicles and motorbikes. 

President Donald Trump made another eyebrow-raising promise to Americans ... vote for the GOP in the midterms, and get $5,000 if Republicans remain in power ... and of COURSE he named this wild idea after himself.

Trump told a crowd at the GOP convention in Dallas, Texas ... "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend."

Despite Trump saying the payments were due to the country's "success economically," the thing is ... this would more than likely cost the country more than $1 trillion, according to AP.

Bryan Kohberger's family has his back as the convicted killer wages a legal battle to withdraw his guilty plea in a quadruple murder.

Kohberger's family attorney, Jason Goldman, tells TMZ ... Bryan has the support of several members of his family, including his parents and sisters, with whom he's been in contact from prison.

As you know, Kohberger cut a 2025 plea deal with prosecutors in which he copped to the murders of 4 University of Idaho students. In 2022, the killer broke into an off-campus home, where most of the victims lived, and fatally stabbed them as they slept in the wee hours. Because he confessed and agreed to a life sentence, prosecutors took the death penalty off the table.

A pit bull's vicious attack has left a San Francisco woman with life-threatening injuries ... and video of the aftermath shows the dog drenched in her blood.

The attack went down in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday morning before authorities found the victim with the dog standing over her ... its face beet red with gore.

The video -- obtained by CBS News -- is pretty graphic and shows a police officer struggling to restrain the animal with a snare pole.

The wife of Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo -- one of the 5 victims who died when an Amazon cargo plane crashed into his van at Miami International Airport -- is suing over her husband's death.

Yaraisi Santiso Morejon filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon, Amazon Air Cargo and 21 Air ... as well as the plane's pilots, Joseph Carroll and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina ... according to the filing obtained by NBC News.

In the suit -- which seeks damages in excess of $50,00 -- she claims the crash was a "foreseeable and preventable result of multiple, concurrent failures."

The massive sinkhole outside Nicolas Cage's Malibu home has gone from a nasty driveway problem to a full-blown emergency ... with the city now ordering evacuations along his street.

The City of Malibu declared a local emergency Tuesday evening after the sinkhole near Sea Level Drive continued to expand to the point where it's now cutting off safe access for residents and emergency crews.

And this thing is huge -- according to the city's emergency proclamation, the crater is roughly 25 to 30 feet deep and 30 by 60 feet wide.

A beloved Los Angeles-area coyote named Wendy survived being shot in the face ... but the damage was so horrific that vets ultimately had to put her down.

The 3-year-old coyote had become a familiar sight around Studio City, where locals noticed a huge growth on the side of her face and wildlife rescuers spent weeks trying to catch her.

Once they finally did, vets discovered the awful truth ... Wendy had been shot with a pellet gun, and two pellets were still lodged in her head.