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NEW: Gene Hackman and his wife's death are now considered "suspicious," authorities said. The Academy Award-winning actor, 95, was found on the floor of his New Mexico home, according to a search warrant. It appeared he fell suddenly. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found lying on her side on the floor in a bathroom, with a space heater near her body, according to the warrant. Her body showed signs of decomposition. On the counter near Arakawa was an opened prescription bottle, with pills scattered. A German shepherd was found dead about 10 to 15 feet from Arakawa. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/actor-gene-hackman-wife-found-dead-home-sheriff/story?id=119242578&CID=WA
BREAKING: Singer Katy Perry is scheduled to blast off on the next launch of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket, according to the space company. Former correspondent Lauren Sanchez — the fiancee of Bezos — will also be on the 11th human spaceflight for the company. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/katy-perry-lauren-sanchez-set-travel-space-blue/story?id=119251145&CID=WA
"To us he was always just Dad and Grandpa." Gene Hackman's daughters and granddaughter released a statement Thursday grieving the death of the Academy Award-winning actor at the age of 95. Read more: https://abcnews.link/FJZzhbZ
JUST IN: Newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel has proposed enhancing the FBI's ranks with help from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the martial-arts entertainment giant whose wealthy CEO, Dana White, helped boost President Trump's reelection. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-director-kash-patel-bring-ufc-fbi-sources/story?id=119255318&CID=WA
BREAKING: Gene Hackman, the prolific and versatile two-time Oscar-winning actor whose career spanned five decades, has died at 95 after he and his wife were found dead in their home Wednesday afternoon. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/gene-hackman-oscar-winning-star-hoosiers-unforgiven-dies/story?id=44069554&CID=WA
As the value of gold surges, grifters have turned their sights to securing more of the precious metal in a growing scheme that defrauded Americans of some $126 million in 2024, according to the FBI. As victims continue to stumble upon the ruse and lose anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars each, the scheme has seemingly stunned authorities. Here's what the scam is — and how to spot it: https://abcnews.go.com/US/gold-grifters-inside-growing-scam-couriers-pick-gold/story?id=119147460&CID=WA
Pres. Trump and Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to meet at the White House today after a war of words over peace negotiations and an abrupt reversal of American policy towards Vladimir Putin and Russia. As the war approached its three-year mark, Trump had called Zelenskyy a "dictator" and "modestly successful comedian" while being deferential to Putin, saying that the U.S. would negotiate the terms of a deal with Russia. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-zelenskyy-hold-high-stakes-summit-amid-tensions/story?id=119223555&CID=WA
The Department of Justice released files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday evening. The material released contained previously published pilot logs from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The records include redactions performed by prosecutors on the case to protect the identities of potential victims. Also published is Epstein's so-called "black book" that has previously been made public. One document never before seen is what the Justice Department is calling "Evidence List," a three-page catalog of material apparently obtained through searches of Epstein's properties in New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-releases-phase-epstein-files-including-evidence-list/story?id=119274954&CID=WA
LATEST: Foul play is not suspected in the deaths of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, but their cause of death has not yet been determined, authorities say. The couple were found dead alongside a dog in their New Mexico home on Wednesday, local law enforcement told ABC News. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/actor-gene-hackman-wife-found-dead-home-sheriff/story?id=119242578&CID=WA
The Supreme Court has temporarily delayed a court-mandated deadline requiring the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion to contracted aid organizations for work they already completed. Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order Wednesday night, has stayed a lower court order that the administration pay out $1.9 billion by midnight. In his order, Roberts asked the aid groups that sued the Trump administration to provide a response by noon Friday after which the court will decide its next steps. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-pay-millions-foreign/story?id=119173659&CID=WA
