US News

Day in photos: July 23, 2013

1 of 12

James Gandolfini in his iconic role as Tony Soprano. (ZUMAPRESS.com) The morgue at Policlinic Umberto I hospital in Rome, Italy, where actor James Gandolfini’s body transported after he was pronounced...

2 of 12

James Gandolfini in his iconic role as Tony Soprano. (ZUMAPRESS.com) The morgue at Policlinic Umberto I hospital in Rome, Italy, where actor James Gandolfini’s body transported after he was pronounced...

3 of 12

James Gandolfini in his iconic role as Tony Soprano. (ZUMAPRESS.com) The morgue at Policlinic Umberto I hospital in Rome, Italy, where actor James Gandolfini’s body transported after he was pronounced...

4 of 12

James Gandolfini in his iconic role as Tony Soprano. (ZUMAPRESS.com) The morgue at Policlinic Umberto I hospital in Rome, Italy, where actor James Gandolfini’s body transported after he was pronounced...

5 of 12

James Gandolfini in his iconic role as Tony Soprano. (ZUMAPRESS.com) The morgue at Policlinic Umberto I hospital in Rome, Italy, where actor James Gandolfini’s body transported after he was pronounced...

6 of 12

“My job isn’t to make mediocre students slightly less mediocre students,’’ says the dean in “Monsters University,’’ the third under-achieving animated feature in a row from the once-great Pixar Animation...

7 of 12

Hernandez drives from his home today in North Attleborough, Mass. (AP) New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez allegedly tampered with his own home security system and hired cleaners to scrub...

8 of 12

Ray Allen laughs during Wednesday’s practice. (REUTERS) MIAMI – Knicks superfan/filmmaker Spike Lee got thwarted by the Heat again. Spike attended Thursday’s Heat morning shootaround at AmericanAirlines Arena with a...

9 of 12

MIAMI — LeBron James had his white headband and his jump shot. And now he has his second straight NBA championship after a 95-88 Game 7 victory over the Spurs...

10 of 12

MIAMI — LeBron James had his white headband and his jump shot. And now he has his second straight NBA championship after a 95-88 Game 7 victory over the Spurs...

11 of 12

Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s comments on the US bond-buying program helped to stab the life out of Wall Street’s bulls. (Getty Images) Ben Bernanke is playing the role of party...

12 of 12

Peter Diamandis ( ) Peter Diamandis, one of the titans of magazine publishing in the 1980s and 1990s, died at his home in Rowayton, Conn., on June 17, after a...