GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Matthew A. Billeyh, 23, was arrested after police said he followed an unfamiliar woman through a Target store and touched her buttocks. Investigators believe he may be connected to similar incidents at other stores.
The investigation began January 12, when the woman told a Gainesville Police Department officer that a man followed her while she shopped at the Target at 3970 SW Archer Road. She moved to another section of the store in an effort to avoid him, but police said he continued following her.
While the woman was in the makeup department, the man reportedly walked past her and touched her buttocks. Target employees noticed that she was upset and quickly went to assist her.
According to the responding officer, store surveillance footage captured Billeyh following the woman before briefly touching her as he walked behind her.
On August 13, a Target employee reported that Billeyh had returned to the store and was again following women. The employee also said Billeyh had touched another woman, although she chose not to report the alleged incident.
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A social media post on August 18 included a photograph of a man accused of following women in two Gainesville department stores. At least one additional image of the man appeared in responses to the post. Gainesville police confirmed that Billeyh was the person shown in the photographs, while the incidents referenced in the posts remain under investigation.
The officer wrote that the evidence indicated Billeyh was involved in “an ongoing course of criminal conduct” that was causing significant distress to the public. Based on the officer’s training and experience, the report stated that Billeyh’s conduct could escalate and that he remained an active threat to the public.
Billeyh faces charges of stalking and simple battery. He has no prior criminal history. Judge Luis Bustamante set his bail at $30,000.
Squadron Leader Who Flew Princess Diana’s Body Back to UK Dies at 80
The RAF veteran pilot who repatriated Princess Diana’s body after her fatal car crash in Paris in 1997 has died at the age of 80.
Squadron Leader Graham Laurie, who served as the personal pilot to the Prince of Wales—now King Charles—for nearly two decades, died on August 8.
During 19 years with the Queen’s Flight at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, from 1981 to 2000, Sqn Ldr Laurie recorded 13,500 flying hours across 2,214 flights.
By the time he retired, he had flown Charles to 767 official engagements.
Yet among the thousands of hours he spent in the air, Laurie regarded his most significant mission as taking Princess Diana “on her final flight home”.
Years later, Sqn Ldr Laurie recalled how the events of August 31, 1997, began for him. His son, Graham, woke him at 2am after returning from a party and told him that the Princess of Wales had been involved in a serious car crash.
Diana, her partner Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul, died from injuries sustained in the collision inside the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in central Paris.
Understanding the seriousness of the situation, Sqn Ldr Laurie reached RAF Northolt in west London within hours. He flew to collect Diana’s sisters, then stopped in Aberdeen to pick up Prince Charles before continuing on to Paris.
Squadron Leader Graham Laurie, who served as the personal pilot to the Prince of Wales for almost two decades, has died aged 80
Of the thousands of flying hours he logged, Laurie’s most cherished mission was taking Princess Diana “on her final flight home”
He estimated that the full round trip would take until 7pm that evening—a time quickly relayed to the world’s press, increasing the pressure on him.
Laurie was known for keeping to schedule, and he landed the BAe 146 carrying Diana’s body at exactly 6.51pm.
The Times reported that the experienced pilot later described the scene: “As we slowly proceeded to the airport apron, hundreds of press and TV cameras watched our every move.
“The Queen’s Colour Squadron acted as pallbearers to the nearby hearse, doing a magnificent job considering they had no time to practise.”
Laurie also remembered that he was back in the air within 20 minutes, this time flying Charles to Balmoral.
He said he would always feel “honoured” to have played a part in an event watched by millions around the world.
“That entire week was a daze, but on reflection, having flown Princess Diana over 200 times in the past, I was honoured to fly her on her final flight home,” he said.
The events of 1997 marked a bittersweet reversal of what had happened three years earlier, when Laurie faced criticism for allowing the Prince of Wales to take control of a British Aerospace 146. The future King subsequently crashed the aircraft while landing on Islay in the Inner Hebrides.
The £10million “Whisper Jet” ran into trouble while landing on June 29, 1994, during a five-day visit to Scotland. The incident occurred on the same day as a controversial documentary in which Charles admitted he had committed adultery.
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Approaching the runway in 33mph winds, the plane quickly ran out of airstrip. Charles was forced to brake sharply, turning the jet to prevent it from sliding onto rough ground.
The impact blew three tyres, and the four-engined jet came to a halt at right angles to the runway, 60ft from a 14ft drop into a stream. The nose cone, landing gear and weather radar all suffered damage. Experts estimated the crash caused £1million worth of damage.
Charles later made light of the accident, saying: ‘It wasn’t quite a crash. We went off the end of the runway, unfortunately. It is not something I recommend.’
Laurie was severely criticised in a Ministry of Defence report which claimed he should have grabbed the controls from the Prince.
The pilot later admitted he should have got Charles to pull up, in a 2019 Channel 5 documentary Secrets of the Royal Flight.
Laurie, who was suspended during the 1994 crash inquiry, said: ‘The nose wheel had landed because it was right beneath us, so we were bumping along the runway.
‘But what we didn’t realise was the main wheels were still slightly clear of the ground, so consequently when I took over I still couldn’t stop it going off the end.
‘With hindsight, of course, I should have got him to overshoot and make another approach. But I actually told him to land, so he did exactly what he was told to do.’
The report accused Laurie of negligence and concluded the plane’s navigator was also ‘negligent’ for failing to advise the captain of vital data during the landing.
While he was never formally disciplined, the Royal Air Force did admit at the time his negligence would have ‘career implications’.
Charles grounded himself from flying after the accident, which St James’s Palace said at the time was a ‘personal decision the Prince took on his own’.
Despite being scolded by his superiors, Laurie continued on as Charles’s personal pilot.
Graham Harvey Laurie was born in Mitcham, Surrey, on December 15, 1945. He attended Rutlish Grammar in New Malden, southwest London, where former Prime Minister John Major was two years above him.
They played together on the school cricket team, with Laurie appointed as captain.
In 1964, he joined the RAF and served with the 46 Squadron supporting the Parachute Regiment and Special Forces.
By 1981 he was training pilots to fly the Andover, a twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. Soon after, he was selected to join the Queen’s Flight at RAF Benson, a dedicated unit for transporting the Royal Family to their varying engagements.
On his retirement, Laurie was rewarded with a pair of silver cufflinks from the Prince – who he affectionately called ‘the Boss’ – and an appointment to the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1991.
He is survived by Jo, his wife of 58 years, who was a former RAF flight lieutenant and their two children, Jo and Graham.
Stanford Students Outraged Over AI-Altered Race in Promo Photo
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Stanford University is facing backlash after artificial intelligence was used to alter a photograph of three students, changing the appearance and race of people shown in the image. The incident has prompted accusations that the university violated its own AI policy.
The controversy involves a photo taken in a Stanford dining hall that was later used in university materials. Students said the image was modified with AI before being displayed.
“It’s kind of unacceptable. Stanford is a place that actually prides itself on having students from over 60 different countries in their incoming class. They have diversity and they shouldn’t need to fabricate it,” said Stanford freshman Kavinder Patel.
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NYC Kitten Rescue Says MAGA Voters Are Barred From Adopting
A New York City kitten rescue organization has barred MAGA supporters from adopting cats.
Itty Bitty City Kitties said yesterday that “conservative” voters would not be welcome at its Rockaway Beach location.
“If your politics involve racism, bigotry, dehumanizing immigrants, or cheering on cruelty toward vulnerable people, please kindly f**k right off,” the rescue wrote in an Instagram post.
Samantha Knox, director of Itty Bitty City Kitties, told Fox News that the organization weighs applicants’ “public conduct and demonstrated values” during the adoption process.
Knox said a history of “celebrating harm or abuse, be it toward people or animals” would be considered a red flag. The rescue, she added, would never place a vulnerable animal with anyone it believed posed a risk to the animal’s welfare.
The strict adoption policy quickly drew backlash, including criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk told Fox News: “Homeless animals don’t care which side of abortion you are on or whether you believe in global warming or support Palestine or Israel or if you don’t vote at all, ever.”
“We hope this policy, which is human-centric, is reconsidered and abolished,” Newkirk added.
The New York-based rescue Itty Bitty City Kitties says MAGA supporters will no longer be allowed to adopt cats through the agency. Director Samantha Knox said the nonprofit has the right to reject applicants who support “harm or abuse, be it toward people or animals.”
Knox said the agency received a large number of hateful messages after publishing the post. She said the response underscored the type of screening the rescue conducts before approving a cat adoption.
Itty Bitty City Kitties describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on caring for orphaned and neonatal kittens.
The organization is also listed among New York state’s registered pet rescues.
“As an animal welfare rescue, our primary responsibility is ensuring the animals in our care go to safe, compassionate homes,” Knox told Fox News.
She defended the rescue’s screening process, saying that a history of “celebrating cruelty” could affect whether an applicant was considered suitable to care for an animal.
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Knox said each application would be assessed according to the applicant’s “conduct, ethical alignment and animal safety.”
PETA criticized the policy, arguing that cat adoptions should be based on a person’s behavior rather than political affiliation.
Knox told the outlet that “MAGA is a political movement and ideology, not a recognized political party.”
She said the rescue does not screen out or reject applicants solely because of their registered political-party affiliation.
However, her Instagram post also stated that conservatives would not be permitted to adopt cats from Itty Bitty City Kitties.
The policy also left questions about how the rescue would handle prospective adopters who describe themselves as “not political.”
‘Nice loophole,’ Knox wrote. ‘Still nope.’
‘These kittens are looking for homes with a tote bag collection, oat milk, an aggressively progressive group chat, a compost bin, NPR playing somewhere in the background, and someone who has rage-donated to mutual aid at least once,’ the post continued.
‘We reserve the right to reject any application where an applicant’s expressed values, public statements or actions demonstrate a failure to meet our safety and welfare standards,’ she told Fox News.
The agency has often shared screenshots of graphic and hurtful messages that they have received for their political views.
Knox told Fox that the messages illustrate the ‘kind of conduct the rescue considers relevant when evaluating prospective homes.’
PETA disregarded the ideology.
‘Political affiliation is not a reliable measure of whether someone will be a good guardian,” the organization told Fox News Digital.
Is Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast Streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video?
Brad Pitt and his loyal canine co-star Odin are fighting to survive in Heart of the Beast, a new survival thriller arriving in theaters this weekend.
Directed by David Ayer, whose recent films include The Beekeeper and A Working Man, Heart of the Beast features a screenplay by Cameron Alexander. Pitt plays James Belmont, a retired Army Special Forces veteran caring for Odin, his former military combat dog. Both characters carry the psychological scars of their service and suffer from PTSD after the trauma of combat in the Middle East.
Their ordeal takes an even more dangerous turn when James and Odin survive a plane crash and become stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they must confront the brutal elements and find a way back to safety. Whether they make it out alive is something you’ll have to discover in the film.
With J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe also joining the cast, Heart of the Beast could be an ideal choice for viewers who love military stories, survival thrillers and dogs. If you would rather watch the film at home than see it on the big screen, here is what we know so far about when and where Heart of the Beast may be available to stream online.
Where to watch the new Brad Pitt movie Heart of the Beast:
Heart of the Beast will initially be available only in movie theaters when it opens across the U.S. on Friday, September 25. You can search for nearby showtimes through Fandango. The film is not yet available to watch online or on a streaming service.
Is the Heart of the Beast movie streaming on Netflix or Prime Video?
Heart of the Beast is not currently streaming on Netflix or Prime Video, and it is unlikely to arrive on Netflix soon because the film is a Paramount Pictures release. Paramount movies typically move to the company’s own streaming service, Paramount+, rather than Netflix.
Eventually, you should be able to buy or rent Heart of the Beast through Prime Video and other digital platforms. However, the film is not expected to be included with a standard Prime subscription anytime soon. Anyone hoping to watch the new Brad Pitt movie at home will need to wait for its digital release or for its eventual debut on Paramount+.
Paramount+ currently offers two subscription options: Essential and Premium. New subscribers can presently sign up for a seven-day free trial of the Premium plan.
The ad-supported Essential plan generally costs $8.99 per month. The ad-free Premium plan, which includes Showtime titles and live CBS programming, costs $13.99 per month.
When will Heart of the Beast be streaming on Paramount+?
Based on the expected release timeline, Heart of the Beast could begin streaming on Paramount+ around late December 2026.
Paramount has not announced an official Heart of the Beast streaming date. For now, the movie is playing only in theaters. Still, a Paramount+ release is expected eventually. The timing remains uncertain, although another recent Paramount film, Scary Movie (2026), arrived on digital platforms about one month after its theatrical debut and began streaming on Paramount+ roughly three months after opening in theaters.
If Heart of the Beast follows a comparable release schedule, it could reach digital services around late October 2026 and Paramount+ around late December 2026. That estimate assumes Paramount+ and HBO Max have not yet merged into a single streaming service, as planned.
These dates are only projections, however. If you want to watch Brad Pitt in Heart of the Beast right away, the only option is to see the survival thriller in theaters.
Where to Stream Tony, Oppenheimer and More Must-Watch Biopics
Biographical films have developed a serious reputation problem.
The genre, a longtime Hollywood favorite, took a particularly hard hit after Bohemian Rhapsody earned blockbuster money and a shelf full of awards despite its limited thematic ambition. One glaring weakness was the film’s apparent reluctance to confront Freddie Mercury’s sexuality honestly. More broadly, studios often lean on the built-in fame of their subjects, choosing predictable prestige formulas over bold storytelling. It is little wonder audiences and critics have grown skeptical.
The latest example is Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that has sold more than $1 billion in tickets worldwide despite the controversy surrounding its subject. The movie does not address the pedophilia allegations or lawsuits involving Jackson, while viewers seeking a counterpoint in the documentary series Leaving Neverland cannot currently stream it in the United States because of legal victories involving Jackson’s estate. In other words, Michael may have considerable power behind the scenes, but it ultimately makes for a weak and evasive biopic.
Music biopics, in particular, have supplied much of the genre’s recent disappointment. Bob Marley: One Love, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, and the Aretha Franklin drama Respect all settle into familiar, lifeless patterns. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere at least narrows its focus to one chapter of Bruce Springsteen’s life, yet its drama remains frustratingly thin. Elsewhere, Marilyn Monroe’s Blonde pushed the form into aggressively experimental territory with nearly disastrous results; Mark Wahlberg’s run of “based on a true story” films, including Father Stu, Joe Bell, and Arthur the King, proved largely underwhelming; and Reagan is best left undiscussed.
Still, this is not an invitation to dismiss every recent biopic. The strongest rebuttal to Michael may be Tony, the Anthony Bourdain drama led by Dominic Sessa. The film is currently thriving on Rotten Tomatoes, with approval scores of 93 percent from critics and 92 percent from audiences. Now available on VOD platforms, Tony offers hope that the genre can move toward something more thoughtful. With that in mind, here are the best post-Bohemian Rhapsody biopics—the ones that genuinely work:
The most obvious entry is also the biggest: Oppenheimer came within a few million dollars of earning $1 billion worldwide and went on to win seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. Its story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb is grand in scale, historical importance, and ambition. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. headline an extraordinary ensemble that also includes Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Florence Pugh. Even though roughly 95 percent of the film consists of people talking in rooms, Nolan keeps every exchange charged with cinematic tension. The remaining five percent is the Trinity test—a sequence that is both spectacular and deeply terrifying.
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For a sharp contrast, consider a story with almost no historical consequence at all. Set in the 1970s, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game follows Roger Sharpe, an ordinary man who fought to overturn New York City’s ban on pinball, a game once deemed immoral by particularly joyless authorities. Challengers star Mike Faist plays Sharpe with an enormous mustache and an infectious optimism, treating pinball as a metaphor for life: the ball will eventually drain, so the point is to enjoy the game while it lasts. The result is a charming, wildly entertaining gem that deserves a much larger audience.
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Rock-star biopics almost inevitably turn their subjects into legends, but Rocketman embraces that impulse without apology. Elton John’s rise to fame becomes a lavish, full-scale musical, filled with inventive set pieces that go far beyond standard concert recreations. Yes, it is fundamentally a jukebox musical, but its flamboyant visual language captures Elton’s spirit far more effectively than the restrained formulas that define so many films in the genre.
Where to stream Rocketman
Daniel Kaluuya delivers an Oscar-winning master class as Fred Hampton, the charismatic leader of the Black Panther Party. His speeches crackle with authority, while director Shaka King stages the film’s confrontations with the visceral intensity of Michael Mann. Released during the COVID-era disruption, Judas and the Black Messiah has too often been overlooked. The film—and especially Kaluuya’s commanding performance—deserves renewed attention.
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I approached this one ready to object. Timothée Chalamet, Hollywood’s reigning It Boy, was playing Bob Dylan, and the project seemed designed to irritate traditionalist Dylan fans who might dismiss the young star as a handsome actor performing karaoke and imitating Dylan’s famously nasal, unconventional singing. Instead, A Complete Unknown uses the mystery surrounding Dylan’s identity and mythology as part of its creative engine. The performances are playful and substantial, while the music does more than recreate the past—it reinforces the film’s ideas about reinvention and artistic control.
Where to stream A Complete Unknown
I should also admit that professional wrestling has never been my thing. Yet The Iron Claw largely sets aside the sport’s exaggerated kayfabe to deliver a gripping account of the Von Erich brothers and the relentless tragedy that shaped their lives. Their father, played by an inspired Holt McCallany, raises them to become wrestling lifers, while Jeremy Allen White, Zac Efron, and Harris Dickinson bring remarkable emotional force to the brothers in the ring. They may be flamboyant showmen in singlets, but the suffering beneath the spectacle feels painfully real.
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Bradley Cooper occasionally pushes too hard to turn this Leonard Bernstein biopic into a capital-A Artwork, and the results can be uneven. Even so, his visual ambition is impossible to deny. Cooper is magnetic as Bernstein, while Carey Mulligan brings extraordinary depth to Felicia Montealegre, the composer’s long-suffering wife. Maestro is not flawless, but its willingness to take formal risks is precisely what the biopic genre needs more of.
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John “Divine G” Whitfield helped establish the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program during his 25 years in prison. In Sing Sing, the extraordinary Colman Domingo plays Divine G with both tenderness and commanding strength as he helps fellow incarcerated men process trauma, regret, longing, and hope by creating and performing a play. Several real-life RTA alumni appear alongside him, giving performances of remarkable honesty and emotional power. It is the kind of film that stays with you long after the credits roll.
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Pablo Larrain directs this delightfully nuts quasi-bio of Princess Diana like it’s a horror film. Kristen Stewart stars as the reluctant Royal who’s trapped within Palace procedures and traditions — but she’s relatable to commonfolk since she’s also stuck in an unhappy marriage with children she wants to protect from emotional harm, and the world’s most disapproving mother-in-law. The suffocating scenario peaks with a dinner sequence depicting the most miserable instance of soup-supping in cinema history. It’s an awful shade of green, the soup. So, so gross. Kafka’s estate probably should’ve earned a few points from the box office of this one.
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Maybe this one should’ve been on our list of the best movie spoofs, since it uses the life of music-parody superstar “Weird” Al Yankovic as an excuse to give the ol’ music-biopic formula a righteous Walk Hard-style rogering. A bewigged Daniel Radcliffe lip-synchs and pretend-accordions his way through the title role, and the movie captures the goofy spirit of its subject. The fact that it’s a Roku Channel original adds an extra layer of LOLs.
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John Serba is a freelance film critic from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Werner Herzog hugged him once.
Eight USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Sailors Attempted Suicide During Extended Deployment, Navy Leader Says
WASHINGTON – Eight sailors attempted suicide during the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group’s deployment, which lasted a record-setting period without interruption while supporting the war with Iran, the Navy’s top civilian official said this week.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed the figure in a Tuesday letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat who had asked last month about conditions affecting the thousands of sailors in the strike group. The Lincoln’s prolonged deployment attracted national attention after reports of mounting stress, deteriorating mental health and shortages of basic supplies, including food and hygiene products.
Gillibrand had specifically asked whether any sailors had died by suicide.
“There have been no suicides on board during this deployment,” Cao wrote in the letter, obtained by The Associated Press and first reported by CNN. “Since the beginning of LINCOLN’S deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group — this number includes the LINCOLN crew and Sailors from the carrier wing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers, and all embarked aviation squadrons.”
President Donald Trump had dismissed concerns about conditions aboard the Lincoln. The carrier departed its homeport in San Diego in November, reached the Middle East in January to support operations involving Iran and ultimately spent more than 260 consecutive days at sea, setting a record.
The carrier and several support ships stopped in Thailand in early September while making their way back to California. Capt. Dan Keeler, the Lincoln’s commanding officer, said at the time that the ship would soon resume its journey home but could make additional stops to replenish supplies. He declined to provide a specific date for the strike group’s return to the United States.
Last month, Trump described the sailors’ nearly nine months at sea as a “good period of time,” while adding that “over the years, we’ve had them out there much longer.”
Trump also told reporters in August that he had spoken with a retired admiral who said he had spent “much longer” periods aboard ships. According to Trump, the admiral assured him that the Lincoln was “beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of.” Trump did not identify the admiral.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth likewise said reports about conditions aboard the Lincoln had been “completely misrepresented.”
Gillibrand criticized both officials in a statement issued this week after Cao’s letter became public.
“What Trump and Secretary Hegseth dismissed as ‘fake news’ turned out to be serious and deteriorating conditions for our service members,” she said.
“Our troops and their families make immense sacrifices every single day, yet the president dismissed them with open disrespect,” Gillibrand said. “That this administration can find endless taxpayer dollars for bombs, ballrooms, and billionaires, but cannot take care of our service members, is completely unacceptable.”
Long carrier deployments can take a heavy toll on service members separated from their families for extended periods while also placing additional strain on ships and equipment. The Navy continues to enforce a blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Trump administration has not explained how it plans to bring the war to an end.
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