When you think of Tyga, you probably think of his rap career and the hits that made him famous. That’s why he created an alter ego and embraced a completely different sound on his new project, $TARFACE.

“I just feel like there’s no rules anymore,” Tyga tells People. “You don’t have to put yourself in a box on what things have to be creatively. I’ve been in the game for 15 years-plus. So, after a while, you just got to try different stuff.”

He says the project represents a fresh start.

“This is the first project that people are seeing that’s completely different than other things that I’ve done,” he says. “This character, $TARFACE, is a completely separate artist, completely separate aesthetic and everything.”

The album’s ’80s-inspired sound also serves as a tribute to his late mother, who loved the decade.

“This was her era, and this is something that always felt like we shared a close bond with the ’80s. Just ’80s music mostly, but really ’80s films and just the whole culture of the ’80s,” Tyga says.

Rather than simply borrowing from the era, Tyga wanted the album to sound as if it were released then. So, he recorded with vintage equipment and studied Purple Rain, Off the Wall and Scarface.

“I wanted it to be a story,” he says. “I think that’s what people are invested in: the story in music. I don’t think there’s a lot of stories in music anymore. … I want to tell Scarface and Elvira’s love story but do it my own way.”

Tyga knows the change won’t satisfy everyone, but he’s OK with that.

“When you take the risk of knowing that you’re going a different route, obviously, you can’t please everybody,” he says. “But I felt really good and really connected to the music. I know there’s people out there that’s going to feel exactly the same way.”

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(WASHINGTON) — Ohio congressman Max Miller is denying allegations of domestic abuse made by his ex-wife.

Police reports obtained by ABC News show that Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno, alleged multiple incidents of physical violence during their marriage and divorce proceedings. The allegations come amid Miller’s reelection bid for what is seen as a safe Republican seat and have led to calls from some Democratic members of Congress for an ethics investigation and resignation.

Miller, a former Trump White House aide, was married to Emily Moreno from 2022 to 2024 and the two have one child, a 2-year-old daughter.  The couple married at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate at a ceremony that included a toast by President Donald Trump.

In the police reports, Moreno told police officers that Miller “threw her against the wall, which resulted in an obvious grab mark on her upper arm” and had previously “held a gun to her head” and threw hot water on her. According to the police report, Moreno also recounts her child telling her “Daddy kill you.”

Additionally, the report shows Moreno told the police that her daughter received physical injuries while in Miller’s care.

Miller, who represents Ohio’s 7th District, was never charged with a crime and the Department of Children and Family Services did not find evidence to substantiate allegations of child abuse, according to records released in court filings.

Miller denies abusing his wife or daughter. In a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, he has argued that this is a “repeated pattern” of false accusations by his wife meant “to ruin my reputation, gain an edge in custody and litigation matters, and seek revenge.”

Prior allegations against Miller

This is not the first time Miller has been accused of violence against women. Former White House press Secretary Stephanie Grisham alleged in her 2021 memoir that she had been physically abused by her partner while working at the White House.

She later identified that man as Miller in a Washington Post op-ed. She claims that she told White House officials at the time about the alleged abuse and they failed to take action.

The White House declined to comment on allegations of abuse by Miller towards Grisham or Moreno.

Miller’s office directed ABC News to Miller’s past social media posts denying the alleged abuse and attacking past reporting on the case.

Miller denied Grisham’s allegations and sued her for defamation while running for Congress in 2023. They reached a confidential settlement. Grisham is now suing Miller for violating the terms of their settlement by discussing the case in his denials of the allegations by Moreno.

Lawyers for Emily Moreno on Thursday applied for a restraining order against Miller, citing “harassment and threats” by the congressman against the legal team.

Lawyers for Moreno have not replied to requests for comment.

Miller has gone after his Republican colleague and ex-father in law Sen. Bernie Moreno publicly, posting on X in May: “It is unfortunate that @berniemoreno continues to fund and enable his daughter’s malicious campaign to ruin my life despite his knowledge of her mental health issues. Bernie, this must be distracting from your job. These antics harm your own grandchild. Anytime you want to put a stop to this, you can.”  

A spokesperson for the senator told The Washington Post that Moreno’s “top priority is the safety and well-being of his daughter and granddaughter.” The statement added: “While he does not litigate these matters in the media or respond to baseless public attacks, he will do whatever it takes to ensure a just outcome for his family.”

Miller is facing off against Democrat Brian Poindexter, a union iron worker, in November. Poindexter’s campaign did not respond to ABC’s requests for comment.

Last month, Cook Political Report changed the race’s ranking from “Solid Republican” to “Likely Republican” shortly after internal polling found Democratic challenger Poindexter trailing Miller by just one point.

Miller won the district with only 51% of the vote in 2024, largely due to a credible third party candidate. Trump won the district with 55% of the vote in 2024.

While his opponent has not made the allegations against Miller central to his campaign as of yet, outside groups have stepped in to elevate the accusations.

The pro-labor Battleground Alliance PAC conducted robocalls to roughly 100,000 households last month recounting Moreno and Grisham’s claims. A spokesperson for the PAC did not reply to ABC News’ requests for comment.

The Republican National Congressional Committee declined to comment on the specific allegations against Miller and as a rule does not comment on spending decisions.

The House Majority PAC, which helps elect Democrats, told ABC it is “willing to do whatever it takes to take back the House, and nothing is off the table. Democrats are expanding the map deeper into Trump territory by the day, and Brian Poindexter will defeat the scandal plagued Max Miller.”

They did not specifically respond to a question about planned spending to support Poindexter in that race.

‘Troubling accusations’ and calls for investigation

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was asked about the allegations on Thursday by ABC”s Cleveland affiliate and said that they were “troubling accusations” and that “people of the district are having to weigh the facts.”

Ohio Democratic Rep. Shontel Brown, who represents the neighboring 11th District, called on Miller to resign.

Miller is hardly the only member of Congress to attract attention for allegations of misconduct towards women this year alone. Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales departed congress this year amid allegations of misconduct with aides.  

Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., remains under a House ethics investigation for a range of allegations, including domestic violence by a former partner. He denies all allegations of misconduct.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about the allegations against Miller and Mills at a press conference last week and said: “Well, the key word there is allegation. We have a process here. The House Ethics Committee works on those things. If allegations are made, they work through a process. So I I’m not in the business of commenting on investigations as they as they’re in process, and we’ll see how that shakes out.”

At least one member of Congress has called for an ethics investigation into Miller. Democratic Congressman Sam Liccardo of California posted on X: “Allegations that Max Miller abused his wife and child demand an immediate House Ethics Committee investigation. Congress must never serve as a safe harbor for abusers.”

The House Ethics Committee declined to comment on the allegations against Miller and whether there is an active investigation by the committee into his conduct.

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(NEW YORK) — New York sued Kalshi on Friday, alleging its prediction market is nothing more than illegal, unlicensed gambling, in large part because outcomes depend more on chance than skill.

The lawsuit does not seek to close down Kalshi, but, if successful, it could dent its ability to operate.

Kalshi insists its event contracts are federally regulated derivatives outside the scope of state gaming laws but New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit said Kalshi is merely seeking “to avoid the legal and financial consequences of New York’s close regulation of gambling by offering what is quintessentially wagering.”

“It’s sad to see this type of political theater from the leadership in our own state. States can’t just shut down a federally licensed exchange,” Elisabeth Diana, Kalshi’s Head of Communications told ABC News. “This would also hurt New Yorkers, who would be driven offshore. We love New York, we love New Yorkers, and New Yorkers love our product.”

The lawsuit alleged Kalshi violates state laws prohibiting wagering on games involving New York college teams and all sports betting for those under 21.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has said prediction markets are its exclusive purview, filed for a temporary restraining order to halt the state’s lawsuit.

“New York’s gambling laws protect children from underage betting and help combat gambling addiction,” James said in a statement. “No matter what they call themselves, prediction makers like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple.”

The lawsuit sought a court order demanding Kalshi submit to state regulators and taxes, to forfeit illegal profits and pay restitution to users nationwide, a possible penalty that could cost Kalshi an estimated $36 billion, according to a statement of facts accompanying the lawsuit.

“Kalshi has chosen to ignore New York’s gambling laws, which exist to protect consumers, prevent problematic gambling, deliver funding for critical public services and ensure that every company plays by the same rules,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.

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Howard Charles plays a heavyweight championship boxer in Fightland, the new Starz series that follows Duke Kilroy as he seeks vengeance for the death of his brother, whom he believes was killed by criminal kingpin and former promoter Kingsley Marshall.

Though Howard was already in shape before landing the role, he says portraying Duke required a different kind of physique.

“I had to put on weight for the role, actually. I was a bit too lean. That’s the first time that’s actually happened. So I was eating a bit more than I usually do. I was lifting a bit heavier than I usually do,” he tells ABC Audio.

Howard says he was drawn to the character the moment he read the script.

“I saw a man who on the face of it appeared to be dangerous and capable of terrible things, and sometimes even reckless, but this was not a man who was a monster. You know, this is someone who’s wounded, someone who is carrying grief, rage … and he is a man with a heart,” he explains. “I just really felt for the guy, you know, I really, really felt his pain and I wanted to play him and I wanted to represent him and I wanted to honor him. And luckily, I was given the opportunity to do that.”

Fightland is executive produced by 50 Cent, who is known for starring in, creating and promoting the Power universe. Despite that franchise’s long-running success, he believes Fightland is an even better series.

“When you watch that show, you go, well, this is better than where we started with Power,” he says, noting it took more effort to promote Power in its early days.

“I took $17,000 to be a reoccurring actor, to write the theme song for Power, to do the marketing and promotions for it because they didn’t know who Omari Hardwick was in the very beginning,” he says. “So Good Morning America wouldn’t accept the cast without me being available. I’m in a nightclub. I got to put a suit on and go to Good Morning America. Like that, it was really interesting.”

“I knew I had something going when they would accept them without me season 3,” 50 continues. “Then it gradually got to that point.”

By contrast, Fightland is captivating from the start. “I’m excited because I think after people see the first [episode] … they’ll understand why I’m been saying that.” 

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Barack Obama has returned with the 2026 edition of his summer playlist.

This go-round, he’s included songs from Doechii and SZA, BossMan Dlow, Vince Staples, Fred Hammond and Tyla.

Doechii and SZA’s “girl, get up.” made the cut, as did BossMan’s “Motion Party.” Obama also listed Vince’s “White Flag,” Fred’s “I Feel Good” and Tyla’s “She Did it Again” with Zara Larsson.

Other songs on the list include “I Feel Good” by Earth, Wind & Fire, “Make Me Wanna” by October London, “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye and “Anyone Who Had a Heart” by the late Luther Vandross.

BossMan and October were among those who reacted to making the list. BossMan wrote on his Instagram Story, “You know You always invited to the Motion Party unc. You the [goat emoji].” October simply wrote, “Thank you Mr. President.” 

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Davido releases his new album, Oriadé, on Friday, a project he says was recorded without any pressure.

“[R]ecording this album, we had a lot of fun,” he tells Vibe. “There was no pressure on me. Because I have so many songs out now that are doing so well. My last two projects are still streaming well.”

He adds, “[T]here was really no need to drop an album, but I was just sitting on so much beautiful music. I was like, ‘Yo, we got to put this out. It’s the summertime. I want new music.’ You know, I tour a lot. When you tour a lot, you understand.”

The 13-track album was recorded with a much smaller team than usual.

“I live with the kids and my wife. I can’t have a hundred people in my house like before,” Davido says. “Normally we record with 10 people in the studio; we’re drinking, you know how it is. Like, party vibe. But with this record, because of my situation, I can’t be having a hundred people at the hip. So I was only calling a few, probably the producer and engineer, only the people that needed to work.”

He says he “enjoyed the process so much” because everyone remained focused.

“When you have people around you that are there for work, everybody’s there to contribute to the brand, not just sitting around. When it’s time to work, we’ve got to get to it,” he says.

Davido teases, “I feel like the music is going to speak for it.”

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(NEW YORK) — Testing on hair found at the home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother in the Tucson, Arizona, area is complete and does not point to a suspect in the 84-year-old’s abduction, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told ABC News on Thursday.

“The hair was done … and there was nothing,” Nanos said in an interview. 

That leaves a mixed sample of DNA retrieved from Nancy Guthrie’s home as the only known piece of biological evidence, and one that has so far not been affirmatively linked to a suspect. 

The sample is a mix of as many as four people, the sheriff revealed. It’s not clear the technology even exists yet to untangle it, though the sheriff said multiple labs across the country are trying, including the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, and labs in Kansas, Florida, California and Arizona.

“My understanding is there are at least five, maybe six, labs across the country that are working on all of this,” Nanos said. “We have some of the brightest minds in the nation, if not the world, working on this.”

Investigators believe Guthrie was taken from her home in the early hours of Feb. 1 by a masked man captured on her doorbell camera. But six months later, Nanos is unable to say whether that masked man was working alone.  

“I don’t think anybody’s here ready to say it’s one guy, it’s 10 guys,” Nanos said.  “Did he have help? Could have.”

“My understanding is there are at least five, maybe six, labs across the country that are working on all of this,” Nanos said. “We have some of the brightest minds in the nation, if not the world, working on this.”

Investigators believe Guthrie was taken from her home in the early hours of Feb. 1 by a masked man captured on her doorbell camera. But six months later, Nanos is unable to say whether that masked man was working alone.  

“I don’t think anybody’s here ready to say it’s one guy, it’s 10 guys,” Nanos said.  “Did he have help? Could have.”

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(WASHINGTON) — Federal and state authorities are investigating whether Iran or hackers associated with the country were behind a series of coordinated cyberattacks at more than 30 water plants in Minnesota earlier this week, according to multiple U.S. officials. 

The officials told ABC News they are also waiting for a more detailed level of forensics from the hack.

They stressed that the analysis is preliminary, and another official says that the U.S. has not made any formal announcement or determinations on who might be behind the cyberattacks.

The probe into the Iranian connections was first reported Thursday by The New York Times.

Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) did not disclose details about the attacks that took place on Sunday and Monday, but the state agency said there were no requests from cities for their residents to change their drinking water usage.

“The investigation remains active, and responders continue to assess affected systems. The Minnesota Department of Health continues to work directly with affected water systems to help ensure public health remains protected,” MNIT said in a statement Tuesday.

The hacks in Minnesota mirror a similar pattern carried out in other states by suspected Iran-linked actors. 

The FBI said in a statement that the agency is aware of the intrusions but did not assign responsibility. 

The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged state and local governments to sure up their systems to protect against these kinds of attacks. 

“CISA is aware of multiple potential incidents affecting local water utilities and is coordinating with the EPA and other government and industry partners to understand the scope and provide any information or technical support to help critical infrastructure owners and operators protect their systems,” acting director Nick Andersen said in a statement.

-ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.

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K. Michelle’s deep-rooted desire to release a country album is coming true: Jesus & Whiskey will arrive on Oct. 16.

It features nine songs, on which she “fearlessly explores faith, heartbreak, redemption, and love lost and found,” according to a press release.

The title track is out now. It’s described in the release as “a radically honest meditation on faith, grace, and the beautiful imperfection of being human.”

K. Michelle previously released R&B albums Rebellious Soul, Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? and I’m the Problem. She made her country debut last year with “Jack Daniel’s.” Jesus & Whiskey marks her first country album, but she tells People she’s always been a country girl.

“Being a Tennessee girl, [country] is my first genre of choice, and I was always told because of other reasons, I couldn’t sing that,” K. Michelle says. “When it came down to it, I am a country singer. It’s new to the world, but to everyone around me, they know it’s my whole life, so it’s time to do what it is I do, and I’m really excited about it.”

 

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(NEW YORK) — The father of a Georgia teenager who carried out a deadly mass shooting at his high school was sentenced to 15 years in prison for second-degree murder and other charges after a jury found him criminally culpable for the attack.

Colin Gray, 55, admitted to providing the assault rifle used by his then-14-year-old son in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, which killed two students and two teachers.

His son, 16-year-old Colt Gray, pleaded guilty to all 55 counts against him, including murder and aggravated assault. Judge Nicholas Primm sentenced him to life in prison without parole on Tuesday. 

The teen’s father appeared in the Barrow County Courthouse before the same judge on Thursday to learn his fate. He faced more than 100 years in prison after being found guilty of 27 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children in the second degree, and reckless conduct. The jury deliberated for fewer than two hours before returning the guilty verdicts in March.

Colin Gray is the latest parent to be charged and convicted in the U.S. in connection with a mass shooting carried out by their child. Judge Primm noted the novelty of the school shooting case, saying it’s the first of its kind in Georgia and the second he’s aware of in the nation.

“What we’re really referencing is this new phenomenon of parents being charged in conjunction with crimes that their children are committing,” Primm said. “It’s a divisive case.”

Primm said the father was convicted because “the warning lights were flashing brighter and brighter” and he didn’t get his son help or remove his access to guns.

“No parent thinks that their child is going to be the next school shooter, but it became more and more obvious that something bad was going to happen,” Primm said.

The judge told Colin Gray that if he had used gun locks or removed the ammunition from his house, “you wouldn’t be here today.”

Primm sentenced the father to 15 years confinement for each second-degree murder count. Those and lesser sentences on his other counts will run concurrent with one another, for a total 15-year prison sentence, the judge said.

“You didn’t intend to commit these crimes that you’ve been convicted of, but the loss here is profound,” Primm said while handing down the sentence. “But I still have to distinguish your acts from the malignant heart and the acts that Colt Gray committed upon the Apalachee school.”

The defense asked for 10 years in prison in what attorney Chris Hobbs called the first case of its kind tried in Georgia, arguing that Colin Gray knew his son was struggling but misjudged the warning signs.

“We understand the gravity of this situation. Four people are gone, and nothing the court can do today can change that. But the question today is narrower, and in some ways harder — what does justice require when a father’s negligence and a son’s concealed intent meet on a single morning?” Hobbs said.

Prosecutors asked the judge that Colin Gray be sentenced to 80 years in prison, saying that he gave Colt Gray a gun months after law enforcement asked him to restrict his son’s access to guns, and that the risk was “staring him in the face every day” in the form of a shrine to the shooter in the Parkland high school massacre in his son’s bedroom.

“This was the risk he was ignoring, that there would be a mass shooting of children at a school, and he gave his son the exact tool he would need to accomplish this,” Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith said during the sentencing hearing Thursday. “He is the reason four people are dead, seven are injured and countless others traumatized. And he is the reason a 16-year-old boy was sentenced two days ago to the rest of his life in prison.”

Several of the family members of those killed in the school shooting addressed the court on Thursday, speaking to the pain they continue to endure.

Colin Gray declined to address the court prior to his sentence.

During the two-week trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Colin Gray had been warned that his son had an affinity for mass shooters and was aware that the teen kept a shrine on his bedroom wall dedicated to the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Instead of getting his son psychological help, Colin Gray gave the boy an AR-15-style weapon as a Christmas present that the teen ultimately used to carry out the mass shooting at Apalachee High School, prosecutors said.

Colin Gray testified in his own defense during the trial, breaking down while being questioned about whether he noticed any “red flags” that would have led him to believe the boy was capable of committing a mass shooting.

“I struggle with it every day,” Colin Gray testified. “He’s a good kid, you know? He wasn’t perfect, but to do something, uh, that heinous, like I don’t, I don’t know if anybody would see that type of evil.”

During his testimony, Colin Gray confirmed that he gave his son the AR-15-style rifle as a Christmas present, telling jurors the gift came with rules.

“This is a weapon that I want you to shoot when we go to the range, and if you keep doing really good in school, going to school and doing all the things you should, you graduate and you’re 18, this will be your gun,” Colin Gray said he told his son.

Following the verdict, Smith said that evidence showed that there were “multiple warnings over a lengthy period of time.”

“You just had to do one thing — take that rifle away — and this would have been prevented,” Smith told reporters.

Several other parents have been convicted in the U.S. in connection with a mass shooting carried out by their children.

In 2024, Jennifer and James Crumbley were convicted of charges stemming from a deadly mass shooting at a Michigan high school committed by their then-15-year-old son, Ethan Crumbley. The parents were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecured gun at their home and their indifference toward their son’s mental health. They were each sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.

Their son pleaded guilty in October 2022 to murdering four students and injuring several others in the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In 2023, Robert Crimo Jr. pleaded guilty to seven counts of misdemeanor reckless conduct — one count for each person killed by his son, Robert Crimo III, during a mass shooting at a 2022 Fourth of July Parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. As part of a plea deal, Crimo Jr. was sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years of probation.

His son, who was 19 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder last year and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In an ongoing case, the father of a 15-year-old girl who shot and killed a student and teacher at a Wisconsin school in 2024 faces charges alleging he allowed his daughter access to guns used in the deadly shooting.

The father, Jeffrey Rupnow, was charged with two counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a minor and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. His case is set to go to trial next year.

ABC News’ Bill Hutchinson contributed to this report.

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