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Delaware scores big actor for celebrity basketball game

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July 10, 2024

Delaware scores big actor for celebrity basketball game

Hot young actor Michael Rainey Jr. has shown he’s a baby-faced assassin on TV, but how dangerous of a shooter will he be in a celebrity basketball game in Delaware?

You’ll find out when Rainey — lead actor of the Starz crime drama “Power Book II: Ghost” — plays in the 20th annual Duffy’s Hope Celebrity Game at the Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington on Saturday, Aug. 3.

Tickets are available now. The fundraiser is intended to support free programming for youth and families. This includes helping youth receive free programming and assistance with college, career and other skills.

In addition to a celebrity game, guests will experience Duffy’s Hope High School All Star Game, along with raffles, games, prizes, food and entertainment.

Who is ‘Power’ star Michael Rainey?

Rainey is a 23-year-old actor who has appeared in notable projects like “Orange is The New Black,” “The Butler” and Ice Cube’s “Barbershop: The Next Cut.”

He’s best known for his role as Tariq St. Patrick in the “Power” universe, a character he’s played over the last decade, starting with the original series, “Power,” followed by the spinoff “Power Book II: Ghost.”

His character Tariq is the son of Ghost, a kingpin and lead character in the original “Power” series. Tariq is a baby-faced young man who ends up following in his father’s footsteps.

Season 4 of “Power Book II” will be the final season. The first part of the season premiered on June 7 and boasted 6.5 million multi-platform viewers in the first week, Deadline reported.

Some “Power” fans got a chance to hang out with Ghost actor Omari Hardwick (Rainey’s on-camera dad) when he came to Wilmington Public Library’s free speaker series last fall.

Michael Rainey was groped?

In June, Rainey spoke out after a video appeared to show that he was sexually assaulted by a woman on a livestream.

In an Instagram story on June 10, the “Power” star said he is “still in shock” and doesn’t “fully know how to process what happened last night.” The incident occurred on a stream broadcast by Tylil James, who hosts “The Tylil Show” on the live video platform Twitch and has more than 100,000 followers there.

A video that circulated on social media showed Rainey standing in a room full of people during the stream when a woman appears to grab his crotch, making him visibly uncomfortable. The woman’s hand is obscured in the footage by two young children.

“This is an unfortunate situation that I do not condone in any way,” the actor said. “I can’t take it lightly because I know I would be in serious trouble if the roles were reversed.”

In an Instagram story, James apologized to Rainey and said the woman who seemingly groped him is his sister. “My little sister was completely wrong and out of line,” he said. “What she did was very inappropriate and unacceptable. I am truly embarrassed and disgusted by her actions.”

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Famous LeBron James meme stars Michael Rainey

Lakers star LeBron James is often teased for his signature step-back shot, where he casually looks down before lifting his eyes and releasing the ball.

A few years ago, LeBron James’ signature step-back shot was humorously turned into a meme featuring Rainey. The classic meme captures the essence of James’ move by showing two close-up photos of Rainey’s face: one where Rainey is looking straight ahead, and another where the actor is staring down.

The meme, featured on NBA Memes on X (formerly Twitter), is accompanied by the words: “LeBron before doing his step back.”

Duffy’s Hope hosted Lil Meech & Larenz Tate

Last year’s charity basketball game featured stars from the “BMF” crime drama (also on the Starz network) such as Lil Meech, Da’Vinchi, and actress Kash Doll. Other guests included “Loves Jones” actor Larenz Tate, and Delaware country star Jimmie Allen.

What is Duffy’s Hope?

Duffy’s Hope was founded in 1998 by Wilmington native Allen “Duffy” Samuels, who was a star basketball player at Glasgow High School. In his pro career, he played overseas in Spain, Poland and Ukraine.

Duffy’s Hope is a nonprofit supporting Wilmington’s at-risk youth through 10 core components, including mentorship, financial literacy and educational enrichment trips, having served more than 6,500 youth in the area.

How much are tickets for Duffy’s Hope?

Chase Fieldhouse (401 Garasches Lane, Wilmington) from 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Tickets are $35-$120 (plus fees). Visit duffyshopeinc.org, the EventBrite page or (302) 652-3532.

USA Today reporter Brendan Morrow contributed to this report.

If you have an interesting story idea, email lifestyle reporter Andre Lamar at alamar@gannett.com. Consider signing up for his weekly newsletter, DO Delaware, at delawareonline.com/newsletters.

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MERR responds to dead humpback whale washed up near Bethany Beach

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January 9, 2026

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MERR responds to dead humpback whale washed up near Bethany Beach

A dead humpback whale washed up near Bethany Beach on Jan. 8, according to the nonprofit Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute.

The juvenile male was first seen Jan. 6, floating at sea about 2 miles off the Indian River Inlet, a MERR Facebook post said. The bloated 30-foot whale ultimately beached near a private community in the early afternoon of Jan. 8, the post said.

MERR is attempting to coordinate with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to get equipment to move the whale out of the water and onto the beach to perform a necropsy, the post said. Right now, there isn’t enough information to determine a cause of death.

Delaware saw at least three dead whales last year, in the Indian River Bay, at Delaware Seashore State Park and at Pigeon Point. The first two were humpbacks, while the Pigeon Point whale was a fin whale.

A necropsy on the Delaware Seashore whale found blunt force trauma across its back, indicating it may have been struck by a ship, MERR Director Suzanne Thurman said.

Recently, on Jan. 4, a dead fin whale was found on the bow of a ship at the Gloucester Marine Terminal in New Jersey, which is located in the Port of Philadelphia on the Delaware River.

Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on southern Delaware and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com or on Facebook.

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Pa. man accused of stealing more than 100 skeletons from Delco cemetery

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January 8, 2026

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Pa. man accused of stealing more than 100 skeletons from Delco cemetery

A Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing more than 100 skeletons from a cemetery in Delaware County.

Jonathan Gerlach, 34, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, is charged with abuse of corpse, criminal mischief, burglary and other related offenses, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse revealed on Thursday, Jan. 8.

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Between November 2025 and Jan. 6, 2026, 26 mausoleums and underground burial sites had been burglarized or desecrated at Mount Moriah Cemetery, which stretches from Yeadon Borough, Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia, investigators said.

As police investigated the thefts, they caught Gerlach desecrating a monument at the cemetery on Tuesday, Jan. 6, according to officials. Gerlach was taken into custody and investigators executed a search warrant at his home in Ephrata.

During the search, investigators recovered 100 human skeletons from Gerlach’s home as well as eight more human remains inside a storage locker, according to Rouse.

“Detectives walked into a horror movie come to life the other night guys,” Rouse said. “This is an unbelievable scene that no one involved – from myself to the detectives to the medical examiners that are now trying to piece together what they are looking at, quite literally – none of them have ever seen anything like this before.”

Rouse said some of the stolen skeletons are hundreds of years old.

“We are trying to figure out exactly what we are looking at,” Rouse said. “We quite simply at this juncture are not able to date and identify all of them.”

Rouse also said some of the skeletons are of infants and children.

“It is truly, in the most literal sense of the word, horrific,” Rouse said. “I grieve for those who are upset by this who are going through it who are trying to figure out if it is in fact their loved one or their child because we found remains that we believe to be months old infants among those that he had collected. Our hearts go out to every family that is impacted by this.”

Sources also told NBC10 the thefts are related to a similar case in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Investigators said they are looking at Gerlach’s online community — including his social media groups and Facebook page — to determine if people were buying, selling, or trading the remains.

Gerlach is currently in custody at the Delaware County Prison after failing to post $1 million bail. Online court records don’t list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

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