Carnival Cruise Tragedy Passenger Jumps Overboard, Dies

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A passenger has died after jumping overboard from a Carnival cruise ship near the Bahamas ... TMZ has learned.

Sources on board the cruise tell TMZ ... the man went into the water from the Carnival Liberty as it traveled just outside Nassau Tuesday. We're from someone on board that a life ring was thrown to the passenger, but he was soon out of sight, prompting an immediate search and rescue effort.

A Carnival spokesperson tells TMZ ... the guest climbed over his stateroom balcony and went overboard while the ship was sailing from Celebration Key to Nassau. Crew members immediately launched a search and were able to recover him from the water, but he did not survive.

The cruise line says it is now supporting the guest's family, who were traveling with him.

SKIMS Sued You Skimmed My Wages!!! Company Denies Claims

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Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand is being sued by a man who claims her company didn't pay him his fair share while he worked there … and now he's trying to round up other employees in a class-action lawsuit ... but SKIMS says it's all BS.

A man named David Knight just filed a lawsuit against SKIMS ... claiming he wasn't paid his full wage when he worked for SKIMS from October 2025 to December 2025 in California.

Knight claims he and other workers weren't paid overtime despite working over 8 hours a day and 40 hours per week ... and he says they weren't given legally required meal breaks or rest periods.

Sen. Rand Paul's Son Oops ... Sorry For the Whole 'Gays, Jews' Rant!!!

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's son has issued an apology after he unloaded on New York Congressman Mike Lawler with an antisemitic and homophobic tirade Tuesday night.

William Paul went off on his drunken rant at a D.C. bar ... when he butted into a conversation the Republican lawmaker was having with someone else, the New York Post reports.

Lawler told the Post ... William began by asking if he was Jewish ... and from that stellar start, he brought up the Iran War, reportedly saying ... "This war, it's all about the gays and the Jews, and I hate them both, and I don't care if they die."

Chud The Builder Wounded in Shooting Outside Courthouse

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2:30 PM PT -- The Tennessee District Attorney's Office tells TMZ that Chud the Builder is the suspect and is in police custody.

2:20 PM PT -- The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office announced the two individuals involved in the incident -- Chud the Builder and an unidentified male -- sustained gunshot wounds ... they were both hospitalized, and both were listed in stable condition Wednesday afternoon. Both men were taken in custody, officials said ... describing the incident as "a physical altercation that escalated to gunfire."

Controversial streamer Chud the Builder was shot Wednesday outside a Tennessee courthouse ... just days after his headline-making arrest at a Nashville steakhouse.

The influencer -- real name Dalton Eatherly -- claims he was jumped outside the courthouse, so he says he fired shots in self-defense, accidentally shooting himself during the altercation. He was live-streaming at the time, and remained online as he was speaking with emergency personnel in the aftermath of the incident.

"Did I shoot myself or did I graze it?" he asked ... before a first responder said, "It penetrated it, yeah."

Utah Woman Kouri Richins Life In the Clink for Killing Hubby With Poison Cocktail

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Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children's book about grief following the death of her husband, was just sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole ... after being convicted of murdering him.

Kouri was convicted of aggravated murder in her husband's March 2022 death ... for lacing his drink with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl.

A Utah jury also found her guilty of attempted aggravated murder for trying to kill her husband on Valentine's Day 2022 with a fentanyl-laced sandwich ... plus insurance fraud and forgery related to his life insurance policy.

Stephen Cloobeck Allegedly Leaned On Witness in Fiancée's Scamming Case

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Billionaire Stephen Cloobeck's surprising arrest is tied directly to the criminal case surrounding his fiancée, Adva Lavie ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ broke the story ... Cloobeck was arrested Tuesday in L.A. on a felony charge connected to discouraging a witness from testifying, and we're told investigators believe that witness was tied to Lavie's ongoing theft case.

Lavie -- a former Penthouse Pet -- is accused of targeting wealthy men through dating apps and social circles ... allegedly stealing luxury goods, cash and personal information. She has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges.

George Floyd's Brother Kevin Hart Should've Brought Will Smith Energy to Roast!!!

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Kevin Hart should've slammed the brakes on the roast -- like Will Smith did at the Oscars in 2022 -- after hearing Tony Hinchcliffe crack a George Floyd joke ... so says Floyd's brother.

Terrence Floyd sat down for an interview on "The Latest with Loren LoRosa"... and he was asked who should've stepped in to stop Hinchcliffe from mocking Floyd's murder by saying he was "looking up at us all, laughing so hard he can't breathe."

Floyd says his family was especially hurt by the joke because Hart attended Floyd's funeral in Minnesota back in the day ... and he feels Hart should've stepped up in the moment and cut Hinchcliffe off.

Braving the Blaze Cops Rescue Pooch From Burning House!!!

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Colorado cops sprang into action to save a dog from a burning building earlier this month ... and got the whole rescue on camera.

On Monday, Westminster Police shared the body cam footage from the house fire, which shows them going inside to save the pup while flames spread along the way.

In an X post, WPD said they beat the firefighters to the scene to find the homeowner had managed to get out with one of his dogs ... but the second one was still trapped inside.

Alex Murdaugh Double Murder Conviction Overturned ... Going Back on Trial

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8:47 AM PT -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson released a statement Wednesday, saying ... "While we respectfully disagree with the Court's decision, my Office will aggressively seek to retry Alex Murdaugh for the murders of Maggie and Paul as soon as possible. Let me be clear -- this decision does not mean Murdaugh will be released. He will remain in prison for his financial crimes. No one is above the law and, as always, we will continue to fight for justice."

Alex Murdaugh just caught a massive break behind bars ... with South Carolina's high court tossing out his murder convictions, and ordering a new trial.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Murdaugh’s 2023 convictions for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, can’t stand because the jury process was compromised.

At the center of the decision is former court clerk Becky Hill ... who was accused of making anti-Murdaugh comments to jurors and influencing deliberations during the nationally televised trial. The court said the misconduct was serious enough to blow up the verdict entirely.

Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passenger French Woman In Critical Condition ... Breathing With Artificial Lung

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The dreaded hantavirus has nearly claimed another life ... as a French woman is struggling, breathing through an artificial lung amid the MV Hondius cruise outbreak.

According to her doctor, the unidentified woman is currently in critical condition in a Paris hospital after contracting the disease aboard the cruise ship during a 34-day expedition through the Atlantic, with several stops along the way.  

Authorities said three people have died, with eight other reported cases as a result of the outbreak on the ship, which launched April 1 from Ushuaia, Argentina. So far, authorities have confirmed nine of the hantavirus cases.

Denver Airport Trespasser Rap Sheet Runs Deep ... Arrested 20+ Times Before Runway Tragedy

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Details are emerging about the man killed by a Frontier jet engine on a Denver International Airport runway Friday night ... and his criminal record is filled with violent arrests and run-ins with police.

The New York Post reports 41-year-old Michael Mott had been arrested more than 20 times in Colorado dating back to 2002 -- with charges ranging from DUI and trespassing to attempted murder and assaulting a peace officer.

Mott's most recent arrest reportedly came just last month ... when he was busted for felony trespassing, property damage and resisting arrest after an incident at a Colorado Springs home. He was reportedly homeless at the time.

Public records cited by the outlet show Mott's criminal history escalated quickly after a string of minor arrests as a teenager. In 2005, he was arrested for attempted murder involving a gun ... but later pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and served six years behind bars.

He was later reportedly charged with assault involving a weapon while incarcerated ... and after his release, continued racking up arrests tied to domestic violence, burglary, hit-and-run incidents, violating protection orders and resisting cops.

As we previously reported ... Mott breached an 8-foot barbed-wire fence at the airport Friday night and walked onto the tarmac directly into the path of a departing flight bound for Los Angeles. Mott was sucked into the engine and killed instantly ... with his cause of death ruled as multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, and the manner of death was suicide.

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THE CHILLING AUDIO

Air traffic control audio captured after the impact described "limbs" scattered across the runway ... while all passengers and crew members aboard the plane were evacuated safely.

Denver officials say no suicide note has been recovered.

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Kash Patel to Senator I'm Not Drinking on the Job ... You Are!!!

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Kash Patel pulled out some schoolyard-level debate tactics on Tuesday when he was grilled about allegedly drinking on the job.

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday, Democratic Senator from Maryland Chris Van Hollen raised concerns about reports of the FBI director's alleged excessive drinking.

Patel tried to flip the script on Van Hollen ... talking over him, slamming him for meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- the Salvadoran man wrongfully deported by the U.S. government last year -- and accusing him of "slinging margaritas" and running up a $7K bar tab "on taxpayer dime."

Texas Dead Victims Found in Train Boxcar Identified ... Teenager Among Bodies

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Six people who were found dead inside a Union Pacific train container in Texas have been identified -- and officials say a 14-year-old boy was among the victims.

The Webb County Medical Examiner's Office released a grim update Tuesday after the bodies were discovered Sunday at a Union Pacific railyard in Laredo ... revealing the group included five men and one woman believed to be from Mexico and Honduras.

Authorities have positively identified five of the six victims so far -- including a 14-year-old Honduran boy, a 29-year-old Mexican woman, a 24-year-old Honduran man, a 45-year-old Mexican man and a 56-year-old Mexican man. One additional male victim has not yet been publicly identified. Officials did not release the victims' names.