William Schmidt, 22, was shot and killed about one block from his home in South Philadelphia, June 6, 2026. (WPVI)
(PHILADELPHIA) — Officials at Penn State University said they’re “heartbroken” after a student was shot and killed about one block from his home in Philadelphia.
William Schmidt, 22, was shot at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and officers found him lying in the road with a gunshot wound to his chest, according to Philadelphia police.
Schmidt was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m., police said.
Authorities have not announced any arrests or any motive.
Schmidt was studying digital journalism and media at Penn State World Campus, the university said.
“We are heartbroken over the tragic death of William Schmidt, and we share our deepest condolences with his family and friends,” a Penn State spokesperson said in a statement.
Police urge anyone with information to call the homicide unit at 215-686-3334 or submit an anonymous tip at 215-686-TIPS.
New York Knicks fans arrive outside Penn Station and Madison Square Garden before Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on June 05, 2026 in New York City. (Angelina Katsanis/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — With President Donald Trump expected to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs on Monday night, the New York Police Department and the Secret Service say they are planning to put Madison Square Garden on “lockdown.”
During a news conference Monday morning, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said police officers will establish a block-to-two-block-radius security perimeter around the Midtown Manhattan arena, canceling a fan watch party that was set to occur outside the venue.
“I think New Yorkers are used to presidents coming to town, and that they understand that that generally means lockdown of areas, and that’s what you’re going to see tonight at the Garden,” Tisch said.
Beginning at 4 p.m. ET, four-and-a-half hours before the start of the game, police will start blocking off streets and avenues around Madison Square Garden, creating a security frozen zone, according to Tisch.
“No one will be allowed inside the secured area unless they have a ticket to the game, a train ticket, they are going to a business inside the area, they have credentials, or they have some other authorized reason to be there,” she said.
Tisch said no one will be allowed in the secured area with a backpack unless they are going to nearby Pennsylvania Station to catch a train.
Matt McCool, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Field Office in New York, advised ticketed fans to arrive at the Garden two hours before game time to ensure they make it through the “multiple layers” of security, including magnetometers, in time for the 8:30 p.m. ET tipoff.
In coordination with the Secret Service, Tisch said a decision was made to cancel Monday night’s fan watch party outside of Madison Square Garden due to Trump attending the game.
But Tisch said other watch parties are scheduled for Monday night, including one hosted by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Bryant Park, about a mile east of the Garden.
Mamdani said last week that he also plans to be at the Garden for Game 3.
Tisch said the watch party outside the Garden will resume for Game 4 on Wednesday night.
‘Heightened risk’ for malicious actors
The return of the NBA Finals to New York comes with a “heightened risk of attention by malicious actors across the ideological spectrum,” according to a New York Police Department assessment obtained by ABC News.
Those malicious actors “may use high-profile sporting events as an attractive opportunity for targeted violence or disruption,” the document said.
The Knicks are set to host their first NBA Finals in 27 years on Monday night.
The Knicks lead the series two games to none over the San Antonio Spurs in New York’s quest to win its first NBA championship since 1973.
Commissioner issues warning
Thousands of Knicks fans gathered outside Madison Square Garden on Friday night to watch Game 2 of the NBA Finals, which was played in San Antonio.
But celebrations after the Knicks’ victory led to multiple arrests and an injured police officer, according to the NYPD.
The NYPD said the crowd became increasingly disorderly throughout the evening. Officers made an arrest for assault and for individuals climbing light poles before the game ended.
Following the Knicks’ victory, police said multiple people refused orders to leave the area, blocked traffic along Seventh and Eighth Avenues from West 31st Street to West 35th Street, and climbed onto food vendor carts, light poles and subway entrances.
According to police, one person jumped over a barrier into a restricted area. When an officer attempted to remove the individual, the person allegedly punched the officer in the face multiple times, causing lacerations that required medical treatment. The officer was later treated and released.
Police also arrested several people accused of selling counterfeit merchandise. One of those individuals faces an additional charge of possessing a loaded firearm, according to the NYPD.
In total, 26 people were taken into custody on Friday. Police said 17 people were arrested and charged, while nine others were issued criminal court summonses for disorderly conduct and released.
NYPD Commissioner Tisch has warned fans to be on better behavior for this week’s games in New York.
“We will have no tolerance for violence, particularly violence against police officers, destruction of property, climbing on light poles or structures, blocking emergency vehicles or other chaotic behavior,” Tisch said.
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a march on November 21, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Attorneys for the U.S. Army special forces soldier who was charged with using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to make more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket are returning to a Manhattan courtroom Monday.
Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke pleaded not guilty in April after prosecutors alleged he used inside information to place 13 bets on the outcome of the Maduro raid then attempted to destroy evidence of the trades after he pocketed more than $400,000.
U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett scheduled the status conference to follow up on pre-trial issues, including the turning over of evidence that began last month.
During Van Dyke’s arraignment in April, his defense attorney said he expected few factual disputes over the allegations in the case and believed that the prosecution would “largely rise and fall” on pre-trial motions.
Van Dyke, an experienced special forces soldier, was released on a $250,000 personal recognizance bond. According to his attorney Zach Intrater, he is currently on leave from the Army.
As allegations of insider trading prompt public scrutiny of sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, the Van Dyke prosecution is believed to be the first case of insider trading on a prediction market.
Prosecutors in New York last month also charged a Google employee with using confidential company information to make more than $1.2 million on Polymarket.
(L-R) Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush perform during the opening night of their first American tour in 11 years at The Kia Forum on June 07, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
Rush returned to the stage Sunday night in Los Angeles, kicking off their Fifty Something tour and marking the band’s first tour since August 2015. It’s also Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson’s first time on tour since the 2020 death of Neil Peart. Drummer Anika Nilles is filling in behind the drum kit.
According to setlist.fm, the band opened with “Xanadu,” from the 1977 album, A Farewell To Kings, marking the first time the song has served as a concert opener.
The show was broken down into two sets and featured performances of classic Rush tunes like “Limelight,” “Subdivisions,” “Freewill” and “The Spirit of the Radio.” He also took the stage with three songs from 1976’s 2112: “Overture,” “The Temples of Sphynx” and “Grand Finale,” which opened the second set.
Before closing the concert, the band played a video featuring characters from South Park, introducing the night’s final song, their iconic tune “Tom Sawyer.”
Peart was certainly wasn’t forgotten during the show. The band took a moment to pay tribute to their late drummer.
During the first set, they showed a video montage of Peart accompanied by audio of him discussing how he got started playing drums and what he loved about it. They then dedicated the song “Bravado,” from 1991’s Roll The Bones, to him.
A second tribute was shown during the second set prior to a performance of “Time Stand Still” from 1987’s Hold Your Fire. The performance featured special guest Aimee Mann, who sang her part of the song live with the band for the first time.
“We’re here for so many reasons,” Lee said during the show. “We’re here to celebrate over 50 years of music that [Lifeson], myself and the great Neil Peart made together. We’re here to pay tribute to Neil.”
Rush returns to the Forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Christian “CC” Coma of Black Veil Brides performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on July 03, 2025 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images)
Black Veil Brides drummer Christian “CC” Coma has dropped off the band’s ongoing European tour.
“Due to an unfortunate personal and private matter, our brother [Coma] will not be on stage with us for the remainder of the 2026 European tour,” BVB writes in a Facebook post.
Drummer Wade Murff, who currently plays in Godsmack, will fill in for Coma during his absence.
Coma is expected to rejoin Black Veil for the upcoming summer leg of their U.S. tour, kicking off in August.
Black Veil Brides put out their latest album, VINDICATE, in May.
P!NK performs onstage during The 79th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 07, 2026 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Pink opened the Tony Awards Sunday night in the air — as usual — until Neil Patrick Harris stopped her.
Pink, who was hosting the awards for the first time, performed “I’m Flying” from the musical Peter Pan while dressed as the title character and suspended from the ceiling. Former Tonys host Neil interrupted to joke that the vampires from The Lost Boys musical are the only cool flying people on Broadway.
After singing a couple of notes from other famous Broadway musicals like Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, Pink wrapped her legs around Neil and lifted him into the air while singing Elphaba’s battle cry from Wicked. Neil then sent her offstage to change, telling her to return wearing something “more Pink-like, less Pan-ish.”
A group of Broadway stars then took the stage and began singing “Lady Marmalade” from Moulin Rouge, a song that reached #1 in 2001 when it was recorded by Pink, Mya, Lil’ Kim, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott. Pink reappeared wearing a top hat, fishnets and a pink corset with a massive pink feathered back, joining a version of the number with lyrics rewritten to celebrate Broadway’s leading ladies.
Megan Thee Stallion, who appeared in Moulin Rouge! The Musical earlier this year, then joined in with a rap about Broadway, before Pink brought back the “Leading Lady Marmalade” song. At the “more, more, more” lyric, the backup singers sang, “Moore, Moore, Alecia Moore” — a reference to Pink’s birth name.
Near the end of the song, Pink sang, “Standing on stage at the Tony Awards/10-year-old me is like, ‘Oh my God!'”
Later in the show, Pink participated in a tribute to Chicago, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, performing “All That Jazz.”
Robert Smith of The Cure performs at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre on May 20, 2023 in Chula Vista, California. (Harmony Gerber/Getty Images) Olivia Rodrigo at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Robert Smith made a surprise appearance during pop star and noted Cure fanatic Olivia Rodrigo’s set at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain, over the weekend.
The “Boys Don’t Cry” singer joined Rodrigo for the debut of her song “what’s wrong with me,” which will appear on her upcoming album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
Rodrigo introduced the song by saying, “I can’t believe this song exists with the person that it exists with. I’m just so f****** over the moon.” She also mentioned that it’s the first time she’s had a feature on one of her albums.
After singing the first verse and chorus, Rodrigo said, “Ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome Robert Smith!”
“I feel like I’m gonna cry,” she said at the end of the song. “I can’t believe that that’s a thing that happened in the real world and not just a figment of my imagination.”
You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love also includes the single “drop dead,” in which she references the Cure song “Just Like Heaven,” as well as a track literally titled “the cure.” The record is due out Friday.
Smith previously performed with Rodrigo at Glastonbury 2025.
An Amtrak police officer moves barriers at the scene of a stabbing in Penn Station on June 7, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Five people were stabbed Sunday evening at New York City’s Penn Station by a man experiencing homelessness, sources told ABC News.
The suspect, a man in his 50s who has not been publicly named, was taken into police custody on Sunday, sources said.
“My heart is with everyone who was injured, their loved ones, and all those shaken by this unacceptable violence,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement posted on social media. “I’m wishing each of the victims a full and speedy recovery.”
None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening, sources said.
Mamdani praised the “swift response” by Amtrak police and other first responders, who he said “acted quickly to apprehend the suspect and provide emergency care.”
“There are currently no impacts to Amtrak service,” Mamdani said.
The stabbings unfolded one night before Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, which is directly above Penn Station. President Donald Trump will attend Monday night’s game, prompting massive security protocols and the cancellation of the watch party outside of Madison Square Garden.
Ann Wilson of Heart performs onstage during the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Gala 2026 at The Beverly Hilton on May 08, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Ann Wilson, the lead singer behind Heart, is publicly speaking out about her cancer diagnosis for the first time.
“I had to have surgery and a bunch of rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” Wilson told ABC News’ Lara Spencer in an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America.
“It’s pretty scary,” she added.
The 75-year-old singer, who released her documentary, Ann Wilson: In My Voice, in May, was diagnosed with cancer in 2024.
At the time, the singer shared the news in an Instagram post, telling fans she “underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.”
While she said that the operation was “successful” and that she was “feeling great,” her doctors advised her to “undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy” and also advised her to take a break from performing.
Wilson and her sister, Nancy Wilson, postponed their Royal Flush Tour so she could recover.
The “Alone” singer said that what helped her as she got through her cancer battle was music and how it was a “positive force” for her. She returned to the stage on Feb. 28, 2025.
“When I felt my energy come back, I went out on tour again and it was really great,” she said. “The first night we went out on stage, I just said to myself, well, you know what? I’m just gonna be who I am, I’m gonna take off the wig and just go out there in a wheelchair.”
She added, “This is who I am. And it was remarkably liberating for me to do that.”
With her new documentary and being back behind the mic, Wilson is allowing more people in to learn more about her.
“I’m something more than just that singer you see standing up there with the mic,” she said. “I wanted them to know about my life, my kids, my husband, everything.”
Wilson also reflected on her journey and her career performing alongside her sister. When they first came together as Heart in 1973, they entered a male-dominated rock ‘n’ roll world. They would continue to lead in the genre for more than 50 years.
“My sister and I just wanted to play guitars and we wanted to get out in front of people and we didn’t think we’re gonna break the glass ceiling,” she said.
The singer also highlighted the ups and downs of her relationship with her sister. Over the years, they faced creative differences and more, but have since reconciled.
When asked about how she and her sister are today, Wilson said, “We’re fine. We are about to go into a new project together.”
She added that fans can expect to see Heart on stage together again.
Looking back on her career, Wilson said the biggest honor — aside from performing “Stairway to Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors — is having a younger generation discover Heart for the first time and having lifelong fans continue to connect with the music.
“That is an honor, maybe the biggest honor is that people are coming still and they really have a great time,” she said.
In this Nov. 21, 2025, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Madison Square Garden is set to be filled to the brim Monday night with passionate Knicks fans decked out in their orange and blue pride, but eyes may be on what two of the most powerful New Yorkers will be doing during Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
President Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani have said they will be attending the game and cheering on the Knicks as they seek another win in the best-of-seven series.
Trump, who has sat courtside at many Knicks games before being elected president, said he was personally invited by Jim Dolan, the team’s owner and longtime friend of the president.
“They’re really great, a great team. I’m happy for Jim because Jim has really been fighting hard to produce such a team,” Trump told reporters Thursday.
It’s highly unlikely that if Trump attends, he will be sitting courtside due to security concerns, and it’s not known who he will be seated with.
The president isn’t expected to be the only major elected official in the “World’s Most Famous Arena” during tip-off, as Mamdani revealed Thursday he will be attending the game.
“I’m paying for my own ticket,” the mayor said in an interview with radio station 1010 Wins Friday.
Trump and Mamdani have had personal meetings at the White House ever since the Democratic Socialist won the 2025 mayoral election.
However, Mamdani indicated on Thursday that he will be “in a very different section of the stadium” than the president during the game. He has dodged several questions about whether he will meet with Trump during his trip to New York.
“If I do see him, I will let him know what I’ve said time and again, which is we’re excited to welcome anyone and everyone who’s rooting for the Knicks,” Mamdani told 1010 Wins Friday.
The mayor had previously watched the Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on May 21 and was seated high up in the cheaper seats along with city public advocate Jumaane Williams.
Their attendance was unannounced before the game.
Mamdani indicated that once again he would not be in the best seats in the Garden for Monday’s matchup.
“I can tell you that I won’t be courtside or in a suite, but I can’t wait to see the game,” he told the radio station.
Mamdani has been vocally critical of the Trump administration’s policy on immigration, government cuts and threats to cut funding to Democratic run states and cities.
During the election, Trump vocally decried Mamdani, calling him a “communist” and warning that New York would be in a worse place under his leadership.
The president’s tone changed on Nov. 21, when Mamdani met with Trump in the Oval Office and they emerged with a much more amicable relationship.
“I think this mayor could do some things that are going to be really great,” Trump said in a news conference after the meeting, where he smiled, shook Mamdani’s hand and even patted him on the back.
The mayor and president met another time in the winter and Mamdani has said he has spoken to Trump on the phone numerous times about matters to the city.
Mamdani has maintained his opposition to many of the president’s policies but has maintained he is open to working with him to help New Yorkers, especially when it comes to driving down housing costs.
