Shoppers wait in line outside of Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square before opening on Black Friday in New York, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Americans are planning to spend more this holiday season than last year, according to credit reporting firm TransUnion. (Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — A woman was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly stabbing a tourist inside the Macy’s flagship store in New York City, according to police.
Kerri Aherne, 43, from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, allegedly stabbed the tourist multiple times as she was changing her infant daughter’s diaper in a seventh floor restroom at Macy’s Herald Square location, the New York Police Department said.
The baby was uninjured, and the victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to police.
Aherne allegedly stabbed the tourist, who was visiting Manhattan from California, in her back and arm from behind just before 3 p.m. before her husband disarmed the suspect and held her until police arrived.
The victim and her husband work for the sheriff’s office in Jurupa Valley.
Aherne was charged with two counts of assault, attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child, and she is expected to appear in court later Friday.
A Macy’s spokesperson told WABC that “we are deeply saddened about the incident that took place today as the safety of our customers and colleagues is our top priority. We kindly defer any further questions to the local authorities.”
Police said the attack appears to be unprovoked and is currently under investigation.
Amy Lee of Evanescence performs onstage during The Game Awards 2025 at the Peacock Theater on December 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Frank Micelotta/The Game Awards via Getty Images)
Evanescence played their song “Afterlife” during the 2025 Game Awards, which took place Thursday.
“Afterlife,” which was released in March, was recorded for Netflix’s animated adaptation of the Devil May Cry video game series. Along with Amy Lee and company’s performance, it was announced that the second season of Devil May Cry will premiere on May 12.
You can watch Evanescence’s Game Awards set streaming now on YouTube.
“Afterlife” is one of two new songs Evanescence released in 2025, along with the K.Flay collaboration “Fight Like a Girl.” The band’s most recent album is 2021’s The Bitter Truth.
Evanescence will launch a 2026 U.S. tour in June with support from Spiritbox and Nova Twins.
Lenny Kravitz on Jimmy Kimmel Live!/(ABC/Randy Holmes)
Lenny Kravitz is set to appear in the upcoming James Bond action adventure video game 007 First Light, from IO Interactive.
Kravitz will play the villain Bawma in the game, which will be a Bond origin story. Bawma is described as “the largest black-market dealer in the Western Hemisphere who’s as charismatic as he is unpredictable,” with the description adding, “He rose from nothing, broke free, and built his own Kingdom of Aleph.”
“The Bond franchise has such an incredible legacy in video games, so to step into it with a brand-new character like Bawma is amazing,” Kravitz said in a statement posted to IO Interactive’s website. “He’s magnetic and unpredictable, there’s danger in him, but also heart and purpose. He’s not just a man with power; he is a man who has to fight for every inch of it. Bringing that energy into 007’s world felt incredible.”
A just released trailer for the game highlights Kravitz’s appearance, with the villain’s likeness taken directly from the rocker’s iconic look.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives for his first check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from a detention in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2025 in Baltimore. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will not be detained by immigration authorities, according to his attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, after a federal judge blocked the government from re-detaining him right before he was scheduled to appear before immigration authorities in Baltimore.
“Shortly after midnight, we filed an application for temporary restraining order with Judge Xinis, and at 7:30am she granted the temporary restraining order prohibiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia from being re arrested at this check in today. As a result of that, I’m pleased to announce that Mr. Abrego Garcia will be walking back out those doors again later this morning,” said Sandoval-Moshenberg.
Xinis granted an emergency temporary restraining order request from Abrego Garcia’s attorneys because an immigration judge appeared to add a removal order to Abrego Garcia’s immigration record.
When Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia released Thursday she said that the government could not hold him in immigration detention because he was never issued a removal order.
But that night, an immigration judge issued a rare decision saying that he had “corrected” an error in Abrego Garcia’s record and appeared to add a removal order.
Immigration judge Philip Taylor said in his order that Abrego Garcia’s order of removal was “was erroneously omitted” from a 2019 immigration hearing, according to documents obtained by ABC News.
“The order of removal to El Salvador, which should have preceded the order granting him withholding of removal to El Salvador, was erroneously omitted,” Taylor said.
In her order on Thursday, Xinis said that “since Abrego Garcia’s wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority.
“The circumstances of Abrego Garcia’s detention since he was released from criminal custody cannot be squared with the ‘basic purpose’ of holding him to effectuate removal,” Xinis said.
Xinis, citing reporting from ABC News and others, said the government at the same time could have removed Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, his preferred country of removal.
“Respondents’ calculated effort to take Costa Rica ‘off the table’ backfired,” Xinis wrote. “Within 24 hours, Costa Rica, through Minister Zamora Cordero, communicated to multiple news sources that its offer to grant Abrego Garcia residence and refugee status is, and always has been, firm, unwavering, and unconditional.”
Xinis in August blocked the government from removing Abrego Garcia from the United States until the habeas case challenging his removal was resolved in court. The habeas petition was granted Thursday.
“The history of Abrego Garcia’s case is as well known as it is extraordinary,” Xinis wrote in her decision Thursday.
Brian Walshe during the murder trial of Ana Walshe on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
(DEDHAM, Mass.) — Closing arguments are expected to be delivered Friday in the murder trial of Brian Walshe, a father of three accused of killing and dismembering his wife.
The Massachusetts man is accused of killing his wife, 39-year-old Ana Walshe, around New Year’s Day in 2023. He pleaded guilty last month, ahead of the trial, to lying to police following her disappearance and improperly disposing of her body, though he denies that he killed his wife and has pleaded not guilty to murder. Ana Walshe’s body has not been found.
The defense rested on Thursday without calling any witnesses. Judge Diane Freniere noted in court on Thursday that it appeared that Brian Walshe would testify in his defense, based on the defense’s opening statement. Though he ultimately waived his right.
During the trial’s opening statements last week, defense attorneys said that Brian Walshe found his wife dead in bed on New Year’s Day in 2023 and then panicked and lied to police as they investigated her disappearance — but maintained he did not kill her.
Prosecutors allege Brian Walshe killed and dismembered his wife, then disposed of her remains in dumpsters. The internet history on his devices on Jan. 1, 2023, included searches such as “best way to dispose of a body,” “how long for someone to be missing to inherit,” and “best way to dispose of body parts after a murder,” prosecutors said.
Evidence presented during the two-week trial included surveillance footage of a man believed to be Brian Walshe buying tools and other supplies at a Lowe’s on Jan. 1, 2023. A receipt showed that items, including a hacksaw, utility knife, hammer, snips, Tyvek suit, shoeguards, rags and cleaning supplies totaling $462 were purchased with cash.
Additional surveillance footage presented in court showed someone throwing out trash bags at dumpsters on multiple days in early January.
Several blood-stained items recovered from dumpsters by investigators — including a hacksaw, a piece of rug, a towel, hairs and an unknown tissue — were linked to Ana Walshe through DNA testing, a forensic scientist from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory testified during the trial.
Blood was also found in the basement of the family’s rental home in Cohasset, another forensic scientist with the crime lab testified.
Ana Walshe was reported missing by her employer on Jan. 4, 2023. Brian Walshe told police at the time that she had a “work emergency” at her job in Washington, D.C. and left their Cohasset home on New Year’s Day, according to video of his interview shown in court.
At the time, Brian Walshe and their three children were living in Massachusetts while he was awaiting sentencing in a federal fraud case after pleading guilty to a scheme to sell counterfeit Andy Warhol paintings.
Ahead of the murder trial, Brian Walshe admitted to lying to police amid her disappearance and improperly disposing of her body. His defense said during opening statements that he panicked after finding her dead in bed, calling her death sudden and unexplained.
Jurors heard testimony, including from a D.C. man with whom Ana Walshe was having an affair, that the mother of three was upset about being away from her children so much, and that there was stress in the marriage. The defense maintained that the couple were happy.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found herself in the hot seat on Capitol Hill on Thursday, defending herself from Democrats who sharply questioned the Trump administration’s hardline immigration actions.
In one notable exchange, Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., asked Noem if DHS had deported any military veterans — and she said the department has not.
Magaziner then referred to a tablet with a man named Sae Joon Park on the screen, joining the hearing by Zoom.
Magaziner said Park is a Purple Heart recipient who was shot twice while serving with the U.S. Army in Panama in 1989, who was deported to Korea by the Trump administration.
“Like many veterans, he struggled with PTSD and substance abuse after his service,” Magaziner said. “He was arrested in the 1990s for some minor drug offenses, nothing serious. He never hurt anyone besides himself, and he’s been clean and sober for 14 years.”
When asked if she would thank Park for his service, Noem responded to the congressman, “Sir, I’m grateful for every single person that has served our country and follows our laws.”
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson later said Magaziner failed to mention that Park had a criminal history, although the congressman did address that in his remarks.
“In 2010 an immigration judge issued him an order of removal. Park’s appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals that same month was dismissed by the Board in April 2011,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in the statement. “With no legal basis to remain in the U.S. and a final order of removal, Park was allowed to self-deport to Korea.”
In response to a question from Magaziner, Noem committed to reviewing Park’s case.
Magaziner also introduced a military veteran named Jim Brown, from Troy, Missouri, who was sitting in the gallery behind Noem. Browns’s wife — a native of Ireland — has lived in the U.S. for 48 years before being detained and facing deportation, the congressman said. Her only criminal record was writing two bad checks totaling $80 several years ago, Magaziner said.
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Parker McCollum‘s son, Major Yancey Tyler McCollum, celebrated his first birthday in August, so he already has one yuletide season under his belt — although he was just a few months old at the time.
Parker and his wife, Hallie Ray McCollum, are especially excited about Christmas this year.
“My son’s like right on the cusp of being old enough to like really enjoy Christmas,” Parker says. “I think we may be a little bit early. That’s not gonna stop my wife from acting like he’s 10 and fully aware of what’s going on.”
“So I’ll be looking forward to just playing along and acting like she’s right,” he adds.
Of course, as Major grows up, Parker has his own rituals he’s ready to start.
“Probably the tradition I look forward most to showing my son one day is taking off to the ranch to go hunting as soon as Christmas Day’s over,” he says.
Parker will get back to work fairly quickly, as he’s booked to play Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth on New Year’s Eve.
Taylor Swift, ‘The End of an Era’ docuseries (Courtesy Disney+)
Disney+ is officially Swiftie Central on Friday: a heaping helping of Taylor Swift-related content has arrived.
The first two episodes of The End of an Era, a six-episode docuseries that gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour, are now streaming. Also available is Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, which captures the tour’s last show in Vancouver, British Columbia, in December 2024.
Even if you’ve already seen last year’s Eras Tour,The Final Show offers something new: The Tortured Poets Department segment, which Taylor added following the 2024 release of the album.
For those without Disney+, ABC will air episode 1 of The End of an Era and a one-hour version of the concert special on Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
In the documentary, Taylor reflects on the tour’s impact, saying, “This show created a bonding experience for 70,000 people all at once and I don’t know how that happened. I’ve never been part of a phenomenon before.”
She admitted she was surprised by the success of the tour during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
“It took a second,” she said. “In the beginning, we were seeing all this insane demand for the tour, but I chalked it up to, ‘I’ve put out five albums. I haven’t gotten to tour any of them and there’s built-up demand.'”
“I didn’t realize it was going to be this until you start hearing people’s experiences at the show,” she continued, mentioning articles she read about fans experiencing “post-concert amnesia.”
“They were getting like, ‘joy blackouts,'” she said. “And I was like, ‘Oh, man, I think this one is different!'”
