Sydney Sweeney recently took a playful jab at Tom Cruise as she recreated one of his most daring and memorable stunts.

The 28-year-old actress, who gained attention for channeling the iconic Wonder Woman played by Lynda Carter, wowed her fans by posting a breathtaking clip on Instagram. The video featured Sweeney executing a heart-stopping wing walk on an airplane mid-flight.

In her caption, she gave a nod to the legendary 64-year-old actor, who originally performed the stunt for the latest blockbuster in the Mission: Impossible series, “The Final Reckoning.”

Fearlessly standing atop the plane, Sweeney’s video showed her navigating the thrilling ride on the structure that generates lift and drag. She cheekily captioned her post with a message to her nearly 26 million followers, saying, “watch out tom cruise.”

Wing walking, a daring aviation sport, involves standing or maneuvering on the upper wing of a flying biplane, delivering an adrenaline-pumping spectacle.

In last year’s final Mission: Impossible flick, Cruise famously wing walked on a vintage bi-plane which no doubt helped the film gross an incredible near $600million worldwide during its theatrical run.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, Sweeney put on a busty display in a sizzling new couple’s costume with her boyfriend Scooter Braun.

The actress wore a plunging Wonder Woman outfit that served as an echo of Lynda Carter’s classic 1970s turn as the superheroine.

Meanwhile, the 45-year-old music mogul showcased his own musclebound physique in a skintight Superman unitard as he posed beside his girlfriend.

Sweeney had welcomed a group of loved ones to her Idaho lake house, which she nicknamed ‘Camp Runamuck’ as a place for her family to frolic about freely.

She posted an Instagram album of her latest escapades there with some of her intimates, including videos of them singing such songs as Mamma Mia! by ABBA and Creep by Radiohead during a karaoke session.

The Euphoria bombshell was pictured beaming as she held a tray of shots, and filmed driving a jet ski as a passenger who appeared to be Braun clung to her from behind.

Sweeney revealed last year that the lake house had been in her family for ‘five generations,’ noting that both her mother and grandmother were born there.

When her great-grandparents died, the family sold the property off ‘to another couple,’ she explained on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

However in 2022, having firmly established herself as a Hollywood starlet, Sweeney marched up to the home and said: ‘I wanna buy back my great-grandma’s house.’

Sweeney’s lake house was originally constructed in 1937 and is currently in her mother Lisa’s name, according to records obtained by Realtor. 

Her latest getaway to the Idaho vacation home comes after she and Braun performed volunteer work in her hometown of Spokane, Washington, amid devastating wildfires she said had impacted members of her own family.

Sweeney and Braun had been bringing food to firefighters and helping prepare and distribute meals to those affected by the fires, according to TMZ.

The pair volunteered with Second Harvest Food Bank in Spokane and World Central Kitchen. 

Sweeney was also seen buying groceries and working with restaurants in the area to secure food and shelter for residents who have been uprooted from their homes, a source told the publication. 

The Euphoria star has also reportedly made generous donations to a number of relief organizations. 

She took to her Instagram Stories with a series of messages as government officials said August 4 that the blaze had scorched more than 10,546 acres and affected at least 700 structures.

‘Spokane has always been home to me,’ the A-list actress wrote on the social media platform. ‘It’s where I grew up, where my family still lives, and where so many of the people and places that shaped me are.’

Sweeney, who’s received Emmy nominations for her work on shows such as The White Lotus and Euphoria, said that ‘the devastating fires have changed countless lives in ways that are hard to put into words.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Sweeney for further comment on the story. 

Sweeney said that her relatives were among 65,000 people officials estimated were under orders to evacuate their homes, according to USA Today. 

‘Thousands of families have lost their homes, their belongings, and places of business, including members of my own family,’ Sweeney said. 

The star said that ‘this devastation is something our community has never experienced on this scale.’

Sweeney added that ‘unlike larger cities that often receive an overwhelming amount of national attention and resources, Spokane doesn’t have the same spotlight.’

‘If you’re looking for ways to help, these are four organizations I’m supporting that are on the ground right now helping this community that needs us,’ she said.

Sweeney added links to organizations she said were ‘doing the real work on the ground’ – including Innovia Foundation, SpokAnimal, Watch Duty and Second Harvest.

She noted, ‘Every donation, no matter the size, will help support those affected as they begin the long road to rebuilding.

‘Thank you for standing with my hometown during one of its most difficult moments. Love, Syd.’

Sweeney subsequently reposted a post from the nonprofit Baby2Baby, which indicated it had delivered almost ‘350,000 emergency supplies including diapers, wipes, formula, hygiene products, towels, comfort items and bottles to support children and families displaced by this disaster.’ 

Sweeney opened up to Harper’s Bazaar Australia three years ago about how her maternal side of the family was from the area.

She said that the 2008 economy crash ultimately led them to move from Spokane to Los Angeles, where she was getting her beginnings in show business.

‘It’s very difficult coming from a small town and a lower-middle-class family, affording two places at the same time,’ Sweeney said. ‘Then the crash happened, and my dad lost his job, and we lost our home.’

‘My parents just made the decision, “Let’s just stay in LA; we don’t have anything holding us back home anymore.”‘

Upon establishing herself in Hollywood, Sweeney said she eventually purchased a house that her great-grandparents once owned.

‘To be able to put memories like that back into our family was very special,’ she told the outlet.

On August 3, officials announced that Spokane resident Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, had been taken into custody and held on $1 million bond in connection with suspicion of first-degree arson, according to the AP.

Farinacci, who denied starting the blaze, had been questioned by authorities twice last year in other fire-related probes, per records in Spokane County Superior Court.

He had previously served about 10 years in prison after fatally shooting his father in Mesa, Arizona in 2010, authorities said. 

He entered a guilty plea to manslaughter and aggravated assault in 2012, court records indicated.

A North Carolina physician found himself in legal trouble after reportedly firing shots into a Jeep during a road rage episode on the highway, leaving two sisters injured. This unsettling incident unfolded on August 22, according to a report from the Virginia State Police.

The doctor in question, 61-year-old Dr. Richard Thomas Arriviello from Charlotte, North Carolina, was driving his Mercedes-Benz northbound on Interstate 77. The altercation escalated around 8:50 a.m., just three miles beyond the border separating North Carolina and Virginia.

According to a press release by state police, Arriviello allegedly discharged his firearm into the moving Jeep, hitting both sisters in their legs as they traveled along the highway.

The injured sisters were promptly airlifted to a nearby hospital. Fortunately, their injuries are not deemed to be life-threatening, authorities confirmed.

Arriviello then fled in his Mercedes-Benz, police said.

Troopers spotted and stopped the Mercedes-Benz about 15 miles away and took Arriviello into custody.

Arriviello faces several felony charges, including malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle, maliciously causing bodily harm to another with intent to maim and use of a firearm while committing a felony.

Arriviello remains jailed without bond at the New River Valley Regional Jail, officials told News Media. He is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 29.

State police have not said what led to the alleged road rage encounter or whether investigators recovered a firearm from Arriviello’s Mercedes-Benz.

The Jeep’s driver was also cited for reckless driving, but authorities did not identify the driver.

North Carolina Medical Board records show Arriviello has been licensed as an emergency medicine physician in the state since 2010 and has no public disciplinary actions listed against him.

The records list Arriviello as the owner of Family Urgent Care in Monroe.

News Media reached out to Family Urgent Care in Monroe and Virginia State Police for additional comment.

On a promising note this Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed a new initiative featuring a 24-member “renew crew” that will set forth on rejuvenating various city playgrounds, recreational centers, and basketball courts.

This dynamic team, consisting of skilled plumbers, painters, and other workers, is geared up to undertake approximately 30 projects each year, with each project lasting about three weeks. Spanning from April to October, these efforts have been allocated a budget of $2.3 million for the current year, as reported by City Hall.

“Our crew is wholly committed to rejuvenating playgrounds, sports facilities, and rec centers in parks scattered across all five boroughs,” Mamdani shared during a press briefing held in Queens.

He painted a vivid picture of the issues at hand by highlighting examples like a dangling basketball hoop, a non-functional water fountain since spring, or a precarious fence. “If it’s broken, this team is ready to bring it back to its prime,” Mamdani assured.

In a symbolic kick-off event at Forest Park’s Dry Harbor Playground, the Mayor, along with city officials, watched as the “renew crew” embarked on their inaugural project—refreshing the look of the basketball courts and sprucing up the nautical-themed playground equipment.

Upwards of 5,000 complaints have been made to 311 regarding needed fixes to recreation areas over the past year, Mamdani said.

The maintenance team will address faulty horseshoe and bocce courts, rickety benches and other common park amenities in disrepair. They’ll also be mulching, pruning trees and enhancing the greenery around 9/11 memorial, city officials said.

New Yorkers can keep up with the crew’s progress at NYC Parks’ online tracker.

Maxime, an eight-year-old New Yorker, told reporters at the press conference that he’d recorded a video urging Mamdani to re-open the McKinley Park playground in Brooklyn, which had been closed for two years.

“But guess what? A few weeks later, the park was finally open. So thank you, Mayor Mamdani and NYC Parks for hearing me out,” Maxime said. 

“I’m really passionate about parks being opened because kids need a safe and fun environment to play in.”

In a striking prelude to the upcoming midterm elections, Donald Trump grabbed a significant win as the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the White House in a pivotal case. This case scrutinized the President’s executive order concerning mail-in voting.

While this decision represents a triumph for Trump, it also paves the way for additional judicial contests that could potentially delay the President’s order. Indeed, similar legal challenges have already emerged.

Just last week, the US Postal Service unveiled its plan to execute the President’s directive. However, with several states poised to distribute mail ballots to voters within weeks, the window for implementing substantial changes is narrowing rapidly.

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices didn’t address the legality of Trump’s order directly. Their ruling merely concluded that the states lacked the legal standing to contest it.

The majority opinion clarified, ‘The Court’s decision on this application does not guarantee that any steps taken by the Government to enforce the Order will be deemed lawful. Time alone will reveal that outcome,’ it stated in an unsigned order.

The Supreme Court´s three liberal-leaning justices dissented.

Mail balloting has long been a favorite target for Trump, who has claimed that it breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and his own use of the voting method.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment. 

The case could be one of multiple voting-related challenges before the justices. 

The Justice Department had filed an emergency appeal asking the high court to allow work on implementing the changes before the midterms.

Trump’s executive order, signed in March, calls on his administration to create lists of eligible voters and orders the US Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists.

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia sued to block the order. 

They argued that the Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections, and Trump´s changes could lead to chaos and partisan abuse.

‘The consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall´s elections would be extreme,’ attorneys for the states wrote. 

Dozens of state and local election officials weighed in, asking the justices to leave the order frozen while election preparations are already underway.

A judge in Massachusetts blocked the plan for the midterm elections in those states. An appeals court upheld her decision. 

She later granted a second order blocking it nationwide , another potential stumbling block for Trump administration plan.

The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court on procedural grounds in late July, arguing that the states sued too soon. 

They also pointed to another ruling out of Washington, where a judge allowed Trump’s order to proceed. 

An appeals court backed that decision, while still leaving room for future court action if the changes are implemented.

Federal attorneys argued that the Massachusetts order ‘blocks the government´s ability to finalize and implement the President´s proposed policies to promote election integrity for the upcoming federal elections in November.’

A dozen Republican-leaning states supported the federal government in their own appeal before the high court, saying states would have input on the final voter lists.

The Supreme Court has previously ruled against Trump-backed arguments on mail-in ballots, finding in June that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day. 

That case was decided after full briefing and arguments, rather than on the court´s emergency docket.

Trump has blamed mail voting – without credible evidence – for his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. 

He has promoted the proposed changes in his executive order as safeguards to keep non-US citizens from voting.

He´s also repeatedly pressed for the passage of the legislation that requires proof of citizenship to vote. 

Noncitizen voting has been shown to be rare, and is a felony that can be punishable by deportation.

Using mail ballots has become increasingly popular with voters of both parties, with about 30 percent of all ballots cast that way during the 2024 presidential election, according to federal data. The process also is secure. 

A 2025 Brookings Institution study found only about four cases of fraud out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.

This is a developing story.  

A tragic incident unfolded in Hawaii as a flight attendant from Oklahoma, working for Southwest Airlines, was discovered deceased outside her hotel.

The Honolulu Police Department has launched an investigation into the unattended death of 50-year-old Jenny Lupton. According to her family, she tragically fell from the 24th floor of her hotel in Honolulu.

As reported by News9, officials from the Honolulu Department of the Medical Examiner informed Lupton’s family about the fall from her balcony at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in luxury Waikiki.

Jenny’s sister, Tresa Lupton, revealed that before the incident, Jenny had gone out with her colleagues to socialize.

“She just went out with one of her flight attendant friends, and they danced and had a good time,” said Tresa Lupton. “She had gotten a tattoo while she was there.”

Tresa Lupton said her sister was in Hawaii due to work and planned to stay for a few days before returning to Oklahoma.

According to Lupton’s family, hotel security told them that police are reviewing over 70 cameras that were in the area. Police aren’t sure if anyone witnessed the fall.

Tresa Lupton said she’s traveling to Hawaii to search for her sister, saying “the timeline doesn’t make sense, and we are afraid that maybe there was foul play.”

The Honolulu Police Department said it won’t be releasing more information until its investigation is complete.

News Media has reached out to Southwest Airlines and Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.

Nolan McLean seems unlikely to clinch the National League Rookie of the Year Award this season. While JJ Wetherholt has led the race for most of the year, the Cardinals second baseman has struggled with a .193 batting average since July 7. Meanwhile, Reds infielder Sal Stewart has gained significant ground, boasting a .310/.367/.474 performance since July 24, along with impressive stats of 28 home runs and 98 RBIs.

In this competitive setting, McLean is largely seen as the third favorite, reflected in most tracking polls and market speculations. This assessment seems fitting, especially as his teammate, Carson Benge, has shown remarkable improvement recently, at times overshadowing McLean as the Mets’ leading candidate for the Rookie of the Year title.

Some may perceive McLean’s current standing as a missed opportunity, stemming from two key reasons:

1. McLean was heavily favored to dominate this season after an impressive eight-game performance at the conclusion of last year. His prospects were further boosted by the honor of starting in the World Baseball Classic championship game against Venezuela on St. Patrick’s Day.

CHICAGO (WLS) — In a spirited celebration of a new academic year, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King made appearances at various schools across the city on Monday morning.

During his visits, the mayor underscored a critical message: Illinois must boost funding for its educational institutions as countless students return to their studies.

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The atmosphere at George Leland Elementary on the West Side was electric. Mayor Johnson welcomed enthusiastic students streaming into the school, marking the beginning of the academic year for over 300,000 pupils across the district as he rang the ceremonial bell.

“I feel excited!” exclaimed second-grader Tommie with gusto. “I want to do crafts, everything—art, and more!”

CPS parent Latecia Williams felt a surge of emotion as her child started school. “I can’t wait for him to reach eighth grade,” she said. “He’s thrilled, and I share his excitement. I’m holding back tears—this is a truly joyful moment for any parent.”

But with excitement also comes uncertainty over Chicago Public Schools funding and the chance of layoffs during the school year.

“Since I’ve been mayor, I’ve released over $1 billion into our public schools,” Mayor Johnson said. “There is no mayor in the history of Chicago that is contributing more into the surplus. In other words, I’ve done my part. The state of Illinois has to do theirs.”

The mayor said the state can do better in helping fund the public school system, calling for what he refers to as a “millionaires tax” to do so.

“We have to demand more from those who have the ability to give more, to actually do more.” Johnson said. “For too long, big corporations and the ultra wealthy of this country and particularly in Chicago, in the state of Illinois, they have been able to get away without paying their fair taxes. The fact that a millionaire pays the same tax rate as the women and men who provide food, our luncheon cafeteria workers, that’s just unconscionable.”

The CPS Board is banking on $150 million from the state, even though that funding has not yet been secured.

Parents are growing more wary if dollars don’t come.

“Our teachers need it,” parent Keyatta Wilburn said. “We need it. The community needs it. We need our teachers. Without our teachers, we don’t have nothing. It’s already hard enough out here; we need our teachers. The kids need them to come to school. That’s who inspires him to come to school.”

“It hurts the kids, especially kids who actually want to attend school,” parent Michael Soto said. “Because there’s kids who don’t want to show up, but they show up because of the teachers and for food or it’s a safe haven.”

At Madero Middle School in Little Village, eighth-grade language and literature teacher Nancy Ballesteros welcomed students into a classroom she prepared over the summer.

Entering her 19th year with CPS, Ballesteros painted her room blue, installed window treatments and added cultural touches designed to create a welcoming learning environment.

“They want to feel like the classroom environment motivates them to want to learn, and I think it makes a huge difference,” Ballesteros said.

Through attrition, Madero Middle School was able to retain its staff, and Principal Hamed Flores said he hopes that remains the case throughout the year.

“We are at the minimum, pretty much at the minimum of the number of people. So we cannot get more cuts; so I’m trusting that it continues that way,” Flores said.

Johnson, a former CPS teacher, criticized Springfield for not fully investing in Black and brown students.

“You have politicians who have more expectations of third graders than they do of themselves,” Johnson said.

Despite concerns about funding, families focused on the milestone of a new school year.

“I’m excited for him; it’s his first year here,” parent Taquana Davenport said.

As CPS leaders, teachers and the mayor continue to push for additional state funding, district officials have said that even if lawmakers approve more money during their fall session, it would not arrive in time to affect the current school year.