Universal PicturesThe Fall Guy topped the North American box office with an estimated $28.5 million in its opening weekend. The action comedy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, was expected to grab between $30 and $40 million, according to Variety.The movie added an estimated $25.4 million at the international box office, for a worldwide total of $65.4 million.Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, rereleased to honor May the Fourth, took second place, earning an estimated $8.1 million. The film, originally released in 1999, earned an estimated $6.4 million overseas, for a global tally of $14.5 million.Third place went to the Zendaya-led romantic sports drama Challengers, which collected an estimated $7.65 million at the domestic box office. Its two-week global tally currently stands at over $52 million.The second of this week s two major releases, the horror film Tarot, debuted in fourth place with an estimated $6.5 million. It added an estimated $3.7 million overseas, for a worldwide to
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images(NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa.) A church service in Pennsylvania came to a terrifying halt on Sunday when authorities say a man pulled a gun on the pastor and allegedly attempted to shoot him during his sermon.Allegheny County authorities later said they had found a body in the accused s home."First responders found an adult male victim deceased inside a residence," the Allegheny County Police Department said in a statement. "Detectives are initiating the investigation."The alleged attempted shooting happened at Jesus Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, shortly after 1:00 p.m. ET, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.The suspected gunman, who police identified as 26-year-old Bernard Junior Polite, entered the church and allegedly attempted to shoot the pastor, Glenn Germany, as he was delivering his sermon on a live stream, according to police.The suspect s firearm failed to discharge and a congregation member and the pasto
Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and "reiterated his clear position on Rafah," according to the White House.The two men spoke as a major Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city appears imminent, despite opposition from the United States and other nations due to concerns over the humanitarian crisis in the region.Israel Defense Forces on Monday urged 100,000 people in the southern Gaza city to evacuate and dropped flyers warning of danger. More than 1.4 million Palestinians are thought to be sheltering in Rafah in the wake of Israel s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.Biden once again "reiterated his clear position on Rafah" during his call with Netanyahu, according to a brief readout of the call provided by the White House."We don t want to see a major ground operation in Rafah," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters last week. "C
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.The student protests some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student removals at Columbia University in New York City. Students at schools including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California and more have launched protests.Here s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:May 05, 4:24 PMUCLA chancellor announces changes to boost campus safetyUCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced Sunday that the university is taking several immediate steps to i
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes leaving wide open the question of who ll prevail come Election Day, now six months away.Excluding people who say they wouldn t vote, Trump has 46% support, Biden 44%, in this national survey of more than 2,200 adults. (Nearly all the rest say they d pick someone else.) Among registered voters, it s Biden 46%, Trump 45%. Among likely voters, it s Biden 49%, Trump 45%, again not a significant difference.A five-way contest doesn t change the picture in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos. This finds the race at 42% for Trump and 40% for Biden, with 12% for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2% for Cornel West and 1% for Jill Stein. (That, of course, assumes Kennedy, West and Stein are on the ballot in all states, an