Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine returns to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart more than a year after it debuted in the same position, thanks to its deluxe reissue, as Billboard reports. Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead includes six previously unreleased tracks, which helped bolster its position, earning …
Read More »Anti-Vax RFK Jr. to Attend Funeral of Second Child to Die in Texas Measles Outbreak
A second Texas child has died of a measles outbreak, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — infamous spreader of vaccine misinformation — reportedly plans to attend the funeral on Sunday. Axios first reported news of Kennedy’s trip to Texas, with NBC News later reporting that …
Read More »Mexico City's AXE Ceremonia Festival Cancels Sunday Lineup After Two Killed in Crane Collapse
Mexico City’s AXE Ceremonia music festival canceled its Sunday lineup — which included scheduled performances by Tyler, the Creator, the Marias, and Massive Attack — after a crane collapse at the fest Saturday killed two people. “With deep sadness, we confirm the passing of the two people who were injured …
Read More »Trump Official Confronted With Administration's Allegedly Faulty Tariff Math
A conservative think tank has said the formula the Trump administration used to calculate tariffs that are wreaking havoc on the economy contains an egregious error. When confronted with the allegations, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doubled down. CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that the Trump tariffs that went into effect Wednesday …
Read More »Dave Allen, Gang of Four and Shriekback Bassist, Dead at 69
Dave Allen, bassist in post-punk band Gang of Four’s core lineup before co-founding the British rock group Shriekback, has died at the age of 69. Allen’s former Gang of Four band mate, drummer Hugh Burnham announced Sunday on social media that the bassist died at his home in Portland, Oregon. …
Read More »Trump's National Park Service Brings Its Revisionist History to the Underground Railroad
The National Park Service has edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on Harriet Tubman, instead highlighting “Black/White cooperation.” The Washington Post first reported the changes, noting that the government replaced a large portrait of Tubman as well as a quote at …
Read More »Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo 'Lawless' Deportation to El Salvador
The judge overseeing the case of a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador has reiterated that the Trump administration must return him to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, along with hundreds of other deportees from the U.S., is being held in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), which District …
Read More »How Craig Finn Made the Seventies L.A. Record of His Dreams
When Craig Finn wants to make an L.A. album, he doesn’t mess around. He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor. But on his great new Always Been, he takes inspiration from Southern …
Read More »Ellis Bullard Is the New Honky-Tonk Singer That Country Fans Need to Hear
“There’s a band playing in my head all the time,” Ellis Bullard says. “The real magic is trying to capture what they’re playing and trying to emote it and get it out.” Bullard hails from Austin, where fans in the city’s hardcore honky-tonks like Sam’s Town Point, Sagebrush and White …
Read More »Pope Francis Makes First Public Appearance Since Hospitalization
Pope Francis made his first public appearance Sunday since his weeks-long hospital stay, briefly greeting the crowd in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Sitting in a wheelchair and wearing an oxygen nasal cannula, Pope Francis told worshippers, “Happy Sunday to everyone. Thank you very much,” ABC News reports. Pope …
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