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Karu F. Daniels has written for the Daily News since 2014. His work has also been featured in the Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN, ABC News, Billboard, NBC News, The Daily Beast, Playbill and Word Up magazine, among other outlets.

Gayle King attends the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Gayle King, CBS News address reports of her ‘CBS Mornings’ departure

October 31, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Paparazzi rolled up to King outside of the CBS Broadcasting Center in Midtown, Manhattan on Friday and probed the broadcast journalist about her future at the Tiffany Network."

Fox chief White House correspondent John Roberts is seen before a briefing by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on October 3, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Fox News anchor John Roberts hospitalized with ‘severe' malaria

August 30, 2025 at 10:22 a.m.

Veteran Fox News anchor John Roberts is opening up on his "severe" case of malaria after suffering "uncontrolled shivering" while on the air this week.

A visitor looks at “Annabelle’s Closet”, as a doll pops out, in the house of Cedric Le Coz, a horror film enthusiast wich turns his house into a “Haunted House” for Halloween in Le Mans, northwestern France on Oct. 29, 2019. (Jean-Francois Monier/AFP)

Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera dies on ‘Annabelle’ haunted doll tour in Pa.

July 16, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.

The renowned paranormal investigator, an official handler for the haunted doll made famous by "The Conjuring" films, died suddenly on a stop on the "Devils on the Run" tour in...

Hoda Kotb on “Today with Hoda and Jenna.” (HodaAndJenna/X)

Hoda Kotb suffers ‘medical emergency’ live on air, loses ‘all eyesight’

February 5, 2024 at 2:06 p.m.

The host’s medical mishap occurred during Thursday’s episode of “Today with Hoda and Jenna,” and prompted Jenna to call for a doctor.

Ringo Starr Receives The Inaugural Joe Chambers Musicians Legacy Award

Ringo Starr’s latest book features never-before-seen photos, era-defining fashion

November 29, 2023 at 4:08 p.m.

Titled “Beats & Threads,” the 312-page tome features photos of the legendary Beatle’s drum kits.

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