Rock 'n' roll pioneer and 'Great Balls of Fire' singer Jerry Lee Lewis dead.
Lewis, who skyrocketed to fame in the 1950s with hits like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” died Friday at 87. The singer-songwriter and pianist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, received the 2005 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022. See his life in pictures here.
NFL star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen file for divorce.
The split comes after months of reports about the couple's marital issues, following Brady's decision to retire from football in February, then unretire in March and return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team lost to the Baltimore Ravens Thursday, dropping Brady to 3-5 as a starter for the first time in his 23-year NFL career. Brady and Bündchen had been together for more than 13 years and have two children.
Philippines hit by deadly floods, landslides from Tropical Storm Nalgae.
At least 42 people are dead after heavy rains struck southern portions of the country upon Tropical Storm Nalgae's approach. The storm is expected to move northwest over the next few days, further impacting the Philippines this weekend, then Taiwan and southeastern China next week. See photos from the flooding here.
Brazilians vote Sunday in tightly contested presidential runoff elections.
Ahead of election day, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro faced off in a televised debate last night. Polls show da Silva, popularly known as "Lula," in the lead (see here). Da Silva served as president from 2003 to 2010 but was imprisoned in 2018 on corruption charges.
Miami Beach condo evacuated near site of former building collapse.
Residents of a 14-story, 164-unit Port Royale building were forced to evacuate immediately Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe. The oceanfront condo is 1.3 miles south on the same avenue as the Champlain Towers South condo building, which collapsed in June 2021 and killed 98 people.
NASA releases another James Webb image of the Pillars of Creation.
The space agency likened the image of the ancient gas and dust to a ghostly hand. This week's image was captured by the James Webb telescope's mid-infrared instrument, whereas last week's image (see here) was captured by its near-infrared camera. The Pillars of Creation is in the Eagle Nebula, about 6,500 light years away.
