Authorities are trying to determine the whereabouts of about 15 people after a powerful flash flood swept through a remote section of the Grand Canyon, triggering an urgent appeal from the National Park Service.

Grand Canyon National Park reported that, as of Sunday morning, 62 people had been evacuated from Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area, which were hit by significant flooding on Aug. 29.

Park officials are now asking anyone with information to help account for roughly 15 individuals who may have been in the flood-impacted area when the waters surged through.

“Additional evacuations are planned today,” the park said, adding that thunderstorms and heavy rainfall could continue Sunday and Monday, increasing the risk of more flash flooding, debris flows and rockfall.

The flooding struck Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Aug. 29, according to the National Park Service, adding that nearly all footbridges spanning Bright Angel Creek were destroyed.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said state emergency officials are coordinating with federal and local authorities as the search continues.

“My heart is with the families and loved ones of every person unaccounted for after the flash flooding at the Grand Canyon,” Hobbs wrote on X. “DEMA is coordinating with NPS and Coconino County Emergency Management to support search and recovery efforts.”

She also thanked first responders “working to keep our communities safe when disaster strikes.”

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes called the flash flooding “devastating” and thanked first responders for searching for those still unaccounted for and evacuating others from the affected area.

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“The physical damage includes a historic lodge near the bottom of the site and untold environmental upheaval,” Fontes said in a statement. “I send my prayers to the community as the search for those unaccounted for continues.”

Park staff and the Arizona Department of Public Safety are continuing evacuation and response operations as they work to account for people who may have been caught in the affected corridor.

Officials are asking anyone with information about hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along Bright Angel Creek that day to contact investigators.

The request also applies to anyone with a campground reservation in the affected area.

The National Park Service said it is trying to identify people who may have been traveling on the North Kaibab Trail between the North Kaibab Trailhead and Phantom Ranch, staying at Bright Angel Campground or traveling through an area known as “the Box” north of Phantom Ranch.

The agency did not release details about the people who may be missing or unaccounted for, including whether they were hikers, campers or park visitors with reservations in the area.

The American Red Cross is opening a shelter at 8 p.m. at Grand Canyon High School, 100 Boulder St. in Grand Canyon Village, for people impacted by the flooding. Those seeking more information can call 1-800-733-2767.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch Tip Line at 888-653-0009 or nps_isb@nps.gov.

HBO’s Lanterns raised the stakes in last week’s new episode, sending Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) back into full Green Lantern mode. After suiting up in his legendary uniform, Hal blasted across the cosmos for an uneasy reunion with Thaal Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen). Though Sinestro remains imprisoned, Hal still needs his former mentor’s expertise to investigate a terrifying new danger: a living Manhunter hiding out in Rushville, Nebraska.

So far, Lanterns has leaned hard into the appeal of a prestige mystery-box drama. The HBO series is juggling split timelines, suspicious motives, buried secrets, and yes, actual mysterious boxes. At the center of it all are two major questions: Who is responsible for killing Hal Jordan in 2026? And which resident of 2016 Rushville is secretly a malevolent, shapeshifting alien?

The 2026 storyline has also spotlighted Hal’s growing discomfort with training John Stewart (Aaron Pierre), the courageous new recruit assigned as his backup. During Hal’s tense conversation with Sinestro, the imprisoned alien cuts straight to the real issue: Hal may not see John as support at all, but as a younger, stronger replacement waiting in the wings.

That leaves Lanterns with plenty of combustible questions heading into its next chapter. Can Hal Jordan and John Stewart put their friction aside long enough to become a real team? Is the Manhunter finally ready to expose itself? And will married Sheriff Kerry Kane (Kelly Macdonald) ever admit that the chemistry between her and Hal is impossible to ignore?

Here’s what to know about watching Lanterns Episode 3, including when and where the next installment arrives.

Is Lanterns on Tonight? (8/30/26)

Yes, a new episode of Lanterns will be on HBO tonight.

Lanterns Episode 3 Release Date:

Lanterns Episode 3 will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, August 30.

What Time Does Lanterns Episode 3 Come Out?

Lanterns Episode 3 comes out on HBO and HBO Max at 9 PM ET on Sunday, August 30.

How Many Episodes are in Lanterns? Lanterns Episode Guide:

There are a total of 8 episodes in the first season of Lanterns. New episodes of the superhero drama will premiere on Sundays between now and October 4, 2026.

Here’s your guide to when every episode of Lanterns comes out:

• Episode 1 “Pilot”: Sunday, August 16

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How To Watch Lanterns:

Lanterns is an HBO original, which means you can only catch it with an HBO or HBO Max subscription. Don’t have HBO Max?

If you’re new to HBO Max, you can sign up for as low as $10.99/month with ads, but an ad-free subscription will cost $18.49/month.

If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the discounted Disney+ Bundles with Hulu and HBO Max. With ads, the bundle costs $19.99/month and without ads, $32.99/month.

Will There Be a Lanterns Season 2?

We don’t yet know if Lanterns will get a second season, but it sure feels like show that HBO hopes will be a big hit. And if it is, we might get a Lanterns Season 2.

Is There a Lanterns Trailer?

Yes, there is a Lanterns trailer. You can watch the official Lanterns trailer by scrolling to the top of this page.

Lanterns Cast: Who’s Who in HBO’s Green Lantern Show:

HBO’s Lanterns features an incredible ensemble cast of major stars, TV faves, and up-and-coming talent. You might recognize some of the Lanterns cast from projects like Friday Night Lights, Rebel Ridge, Trainspotting, Deli Boys, Matlock, and more. Here’s who’s in the Lanterns cast:

• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan

Beartooth vocalist Caleb Shomo is speaking candidly about the backlash he says followed his decision to come out as gay in May.

During an appearance on The Break Down with Nath & Johnny podcast, the frontman said he encountered “homophobia” earlier this year after publicly sharing his sexuality and later ending his 14-year marriage.

“I had already decided, like, I’m not gonna water myself down at all. I’m going to just do what I wanna do. I’m gonna wear what I wanna wear. I’m gonna sing how I wanna sing,” Shomo, 33, said, reflecting on the period after his announcement.

He continued, “I’m gonna look how I wanna look and just enjoy being an artist that’s allowed to do that, and that has the freedom to do that.” But that freedom, he explained, came with a harsh response from some corners. “That was met with a lot of opposition and a lot of… I mean, really, just a lot of homophobia, and a lot of people who really were not okay with me presenting that way at all, with what I was doing, any of it.”

Shomo first addressed his sexuality publicly on Instagram earlier this year, responding to what he described as “a lot of speculation surrounding [his] personal life” and telling fans he is a “proudly gay man.”

In July, he and wife Fleur Shomo (née Terry) jointly filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. The exes, who married in 2012, do not share any children. 

Shortly after Caleb came out, Fleur expressed support for him while also acknowledging the ‘disorientating and hurtful’ split.

Amid the adverse reaction to his sexuality, the singer said he was ‘going through so much’ and subsequently chose to ‘get off the internet for a while.’

While his band performed on Bad Omen’s Do You Feel Love? tour, he noted that he needed to be on point during each performance, but it was ‘tough.’

‘I mean, a lot of the day I’d be spent in a really, really bad place and just trying to find enough energy and enough will to get myself warmed up and get on that stage and do my f**king job,’ he shared.

Caleb said he is still met with homophobia.

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‘It didn’t really change as we kept releasing more songs, and the very vocal opposition continued and still continues to,’ he told listeners. 

‘And, yeah, me coming out didn’t help that. And just being honest with people about who I am and what’s been going on.’

The music artist said that as he prepares his next project, there is ‘a lot that I need to say’ and ‘work through.’

Caleb penned a lengthy message to his 213,000 Instagram followers in the spring, addressing ‘something I’ve been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for quite some time now.’

‘I feel compelled to set the record straight before it affects those I love any further,’ he wrote. ‘I am a proudly gay man.’

He then admitted it has been ‘difficult’ for him ‘to navigate the feelings surrounding the subject and figure out what to do with this fact.’ 

In his statement, he explained that he ‘always’ put ‘the deepest part of my soul’ in his art and music. 

Then, he reflected on four ‘very self-deprecating [Beartooth] albums’ that he created before coming out. 

Caleb noted his past music explored ‘his religious upbringing, depression, self hatred, self loathing, and hopelessness.’ 

He said he ‘will express [himself] whole heartedly and fully’ in the music from his upcoming album.

A Texas chiropractor and members of his hiking group have been reported missing or unaccounted for after a flash flood rushed through a remote area of the Grand Canyon, according to a public appeal shared by his wife.

Dr. John Giusti, a Granbury, Texas, chiropractor and father of three, was hiking and camping in the canyon when floodwaters hit the Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area on Aug. 29, his wife said in an update posted by Whipple City Family Chiropractic.

“Please pray for Dr. John’s safety,” she wrote.

According to the family’s update, Giusti’s hiking party is “among those currently reported missing and unaccounted for.” The post said National Park Service search-and-rescue crews were carrying out ground searches and helicopter operations across the canyon floor.

His wife asked ChiroHabit’s community to keep “my husband, his hiking group, and our families” in their thoughts and prayers, adding that the family would share official updates as they are confirmed by park authorities.

“Dr. John is the heart of ChiroHabit, but above all, he is a deeply loved husband, father and pillar of our family,” she wrote.

Photos posted to Giusti’s ChiroHabit business page also show him in the Grand Canyon before the flooding began.

The National Park Service has not publicly identified the approximately 15 people it is working to locate or account for, and officials have not confirmed Giusti’s name.

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The agency is asking anyone who knows of hikers or backpackers who were in the Bright Angel Creek corridor on Aug. 29 or who had a campground reservation there to contact investigators.

Giusti practiced chiropractic care for 19 years and was a partner at Whipple City Family Chiropractic in New York for eight years before moving to Granbury in 2020, according to his business biography.

He and his wife, Janet, are raising three daughters in Texas. Outside of work, Giusti enjoys hiking, hunting, fishing, running and martial arts, his practice said.

Separately, the National Park Service said Sunday evening that recovery operations had been completed for a 46-year-old man near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River. The Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office was on scene.

NPS did not identify the man, disclose a cause of death or say whether his recovery was connected to the search for people who remain unaccounted for after the flooding. 

The flash flood began at about 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 29, according to the National Park Service. As of Sunday morning, 62 people had been evacuated from Phantom Ranch and the lower North Kaibab Trail, and no injuries had been reported.

Nearly all footbridges across Bright Angel Creek were destroyed, cutting off hiker access across the waterway. The flooding also forced the closure of Phantom Ranch, Bright Angel Campground, the North Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch, Black Bridge, Silver Bridge and the Colorado River to river traffic.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said her “heart is with the families and loved ones of every person unaccounted for after the flash flooding at the Grand Canyon.”

Hobbs said the Arizona Division of Emergency Management is coordinating with the National Park Service and Coconino County Emergency Management to support search and recovery efforts.

Anyone with information about people who may have been in the affected corridor is asked to contact the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch Tip Line at 888-653-0009 or nps_isb@nps.gov.

Lanterns Episode 3, “OutKast,” shifts gears for the HBO series, turning its focus to the story behind John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and why the Guardians ultimately saw him as the ideal choice to succeed Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) as Green Lantern.

**Spoilers for Lanterns Episode 3 “OutKast,” now streaming on HBO Max**

At first, viewers may have read the show’s cold open as proof that John Stewart Sr. (J. Alphonse Nicholson) shaped his son’s unusual upbringing — the apple-shooting tests, the intense conditioning, the effort to raise a boy without fear so he might someday wear a Green Lantern ring. But Lanterns Episode 3 complicates that assumption. The episode reveals that John’s mother, Bernadette (Jasmine Cephas Jones), was the real force behind that path. After discovering that her husband once had the potential to become a Green Lantern, she makes an emotional plea to a visiting Guardian, who appears in the form of Laura Linney, asking that young John be given his own chance in the future. With that promise in hand, Bernadette sets out to raise young John (Cairo Cash Lee) into the steady, fearless figure seen across the 2016 and 2026 timelines.

That revelation raises one of the episode’s most intriguing questions: how much of John Stewart’s fearlessness is innate, and how much was carefully cultivated?

“I believe that John was born fearless and then his parents, arguably through very questionable methods, managed to keep that fearlessness instilled in him through his childhood, through his adolescence, and into his adulthood,” Lanterns star Aaron Pierre told DECIDER. “At which point he takes the reins and he continues keeping himself fearless.”

Pierre then changed the subject, calling attention to a key scene in this week’s Lanterns that he thinks fuels the “raging sea” churning inside of his adult version of the character.

“There’s a moment in Episode 3 that really breaks my heart every time I watch it,” Pierre said. “It’s where John’s mother tells John that essentially the Guardians are not impressed with his progress and that the birds have relayed that. And he says, ‘Well, the birds are lying.’”

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“It breaks my heart because this kid is maybe this high [mimes short height] and he believes that the birds are the narrators and the storytellers and the direct ear to the Guardians. And he feels betrayed by the birds. How could they lie and say that I am not giving everything that I possibly can? I’m having guns aimed at me routinely. An inch south and I’m out of here, I’m out of here! Like how can they say I’m not pouring myself into this?”

Pierre then said, “I think that is what is the beginning of this raging sea that stays with John all the way through his adulthood. And I believe has not — even when the series ends — [it] is still there and he’s still contending with it.”

“He has a very excellent way of outwardly making it seem that everything is smooth sailing, but he’s a raging sea internally, and he wrestles with that relentlessly.”

Lanterns Episode 3 “OutKast” underlines how John Stewart grew up to become a man without fear, but that only means he’s a man full of fury.

Lanterns will return on Sunday, September 6 at 9 PM ET on HBO and HBO Max.

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces carried out strikes Sunday on Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, marking the American military’s first action in a month and ending a pause in fighting in an intermittent conflict now stretching beyond six months. Iran quickly pledged retaliation, denouncing the strikes as a deadly attack.

Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command, said forces from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had been seen preparing to fire rockets armed with sea mines into the strait, one of the world’s most important shipping corridors. The U.S. military had finished clearing sea mines from the strait’s international shipping lanes last week.

Iranian semiofficial media reported hearing explosions near Larak island in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement broadcast by Iranian state television, the Revolutionary Guard referred to “the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.”

Hours later, Iranian state TV aired footage it described as ballistic missiles launched by Iran toward U.S. bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes. Jordan’s armed forces said early Monday that they had intercepted eight missiles that entered the country’s airspace.

Any renewed slide into open warfare would raise the stakes across the region. Since the war began Feb. 28, Iran has targeted U.S. military bases and infrastructure in Gulf countries, underscoring the risk of a broader confrontation.

The last time the U.S. military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a “heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites. On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump said he would order the military to hold off on new strikes at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The US had turned to economic pressure

The attack comes just days after the Trump administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure – rather than military action – to try to end its war with Iran. The shifting strategy centers on threats to punish any country or entity that continues to conduct business with Tehran.

Sunday’s attack was a “fatal mistake by the Trump regime during the economic war” and the enemy will pay the consequences militarily and economically, a Guard spokesperson, Gen. Hossein Mohebi, said in a statement carried by Iranian media.

The U.S. turn to using sanctions came as the administration weighs diminished munitions stockpiles after months of war, sparking concerns that the prolonged conflict could undermine U.S. military readiness in other parts of the globe.

As the conflict grinds on, Trump’s talk of finding a quick end to the war also appears to be fading. He stressed last week that he’s “not in a hurry” to get Iran back to the negotiating table, and he continues making the case that the Islamic Republic’s leadership is on the ropes.

Appointments to Iran’s senior security leadership in the past month, however, have signaled Tehran’s defiance after weathering decades of sanctions as well as a lack of tolerance for dissent at home.

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Trump has consistently emphasized that the U.S. and Israel campaign has been devastating for Iran’s navy and air force. Iranian officials have said the country has suffered $270 billion in direct and indirect damage. Israeli military strikes in the first weeks of the war wiped out much of the theocratic government’s leadership structure.

Iran leans on the strait for leverage

But Iran has found leverage through its strikes against vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, where relatively few ships carrying oil and liquefied natural gas are risking passage. Iran still has enough drones and missiles to fire at vessels transiting the waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil normally flows.

Crude oil prices rose Sunday in response to the U.S. attack. The price for a barrel of U.S. oil went up 1.8% to $84.94, while the price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1.9% to $89.79.

Tehran continues to assert that even after it works out a management plan for the strait with Oman, its neighbor on the other side of the waterway, the U.S. can’t use it until it fulfills its obligations under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June.

Trump has repeatedly declared that the “Strait of Hormuz is open,” saying 24 vessels passed through last week. But that’s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that transited daily before the war began.

Earlier on Sunday, a multinational coalition overseen by the U.S. Navy said commercial traffic through the strait remained at “reduced levels.”

And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said no casualties or environmental impact had been reported, and cited unspecified military authorities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

The U.S. military said that as of Sunday, it had redirected 83 commercial vessels and disabled three under its blockade of Iranian ports.

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Toropin reported from Nuremberg, Germany. Anna reported from Lowville, New York. Associated Press journalists Christopher Weber in Los Angeles and Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit contributed to this report.

Randy Quaid has publicly objected to Anne Hathaway’s reported casting opposite Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder 2, taking aim at the decision in a string of posts shared Saturday on X.

The 75-year-old Houston native weighed in after news emerged that Hathaway is set to co-star in the follow-up to the 1990 racing drama.

Quaid, who appeared in the original film as Tim Daland, argued that Hathaway’s Democratic-leaning political views would not align with what he described as the NASCAR audience for the sequel.

‘Anne Hathaway is a leftist, woke, horrible choice for DAYS OF THUNDER NASCAR audience who are MAGA,’ Quaid wrote of the Oscar-winning actress, who has previously supported Democratic presidential candidates including Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for both Hathaway and Quaid seeking additional comment.

Quaid said that the better choice for a love interest for the sequel would be Cruise’s ex-wife Nicole Kidman, who played Dr. Claire Lewicki in the first film.

The former couple, who met making the movie in 1989, were wed from 1990-2001. Prior to their split, they had appeared in films together including 1992’s Far and Away and 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut.

‘The sexy older chick for Tom in this film needs to be Nicole,’ Quaid said. ‘That’s the casting that would sell the idea.’

Quaid initially said that ‘we need Nicole back,’ adding, ‘Don’t be a p***y, @TomCruise. You need the original girl. It’s not personal; it’s filmmaking.’

‘Anne isn’t sexy, because and if you haven’t noticed, she’s pregnant.’ 

In the social media clip, Hathaway – who is pregnant with her third child – said she planned to ‘have this baby, then make the movie.’

Quaid said that reuniting Cruise and Kidman on the silver screen would draw audiences into theaters.

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‘If I were in control of production, a real sequel worth watching for DAYS OF THUNDER would be seeing Tom and Nicole together on screen again,’ Quaid said. 

He added, ‘We don’t need a new girl; we need a new race car!’

Quaid said he felt the movie was being rushed into theaters, citing his experience making the initial film.

‘It’s interesting because when we made the first one there was also a rush to get it out; editors slept in the cutting room on shifts,’ Quaid said. ‘This is a weird thing, like they want it to come out and tank.’

Hathaway has been seen in a number of high-profile films over the past few months, including The Odyssey, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The End of Oak Street.

She is slated to play the role of an engineer-racing team owner opposite Cruise, who returns to the role of Cole Trickle in the sequel, which Jonathan Levine is directing.

The initial movie, which the late Tony Scott directed, arrived in theaters in June of 1990, taking in $82.6 million in domestic box office revenue and $157.9 million worldwide.

Days Of Thunder 2 is slated to arrive in theaters June 2, 2028.