Ron DeSantis, who in the Congress voted three times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is now promising a less costly, “better plan” of his own to “supersede” it while bashing Donald Trump for failing to fulfill his vow to “repeal and replace” the popular health care legislation. He also …
Read More »'Chowchilla': When a School Bus Full of Kids Mysteriously Disappeared
The tale begins with a crime that left everyone baffled. In July 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children (and one driver) was hijacked in the sleepy Central California town of Chowchilla. The kidnap victims were taken to two vans, driven to an abandoned rock quarry, led off the bus, …
Read More »U.S. Intelligence Was Not Aware of Hamas' Plan to Attack Israel, National Security Council Spokesman Says
The U.S. intelligence community has “indicated that they did not have access to” a document outlining Hamas‘ plan to attack Israel, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said. According to a New York Times report last week, Israeli officials had circulated a 40-page document detailing Hamas’ planned assault …
Read More »Trump Says if Jesus 'Came Down' He'd Win the Blue States in Unhinged Iowa Speech
Donald Trump was in Iowa on Saturday for two campaign stops, the first in Ankeny, followed by another in Cedar Rapids. And his obsession with the 2020 election continues to be a subject he seems to think is crucial as he campaigns to win the Republican presidential nomination, despite his …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Drags Elon Musk for His Antisemitism
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update began by going after George Santos, the former New York congressman who was expelled by his colleagues Friday. “This week, we saidgoodbye to a former first lady,a former Secretary of State, andthe Supreme Court’s first femalejustice,” co-anchor Colin Jost began, referring to Rosalynn Carter, Henry …
Read More »Kiss Wrap Up 50-Year Live Career With Explosive New York City Tour Finale
In a perfect world, Kiss would have wrapped up the final show of their End of the World tour by inviting former members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss onto the stage for tearful hugs, an end to the bitterness that has consumed the group for decades, and one last rendition …
Read More »The Dirty Tricks the GOP Is Using to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot in 2024
Tiffany Campbell used to describe herself as a “hardcore, church-going Republican.” That changed back in 2006, when she was still running an in-home daycare in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and learned she was pregnant with twins. The prognosis was dire: one twin’s heart was pumping blood for both of them …
Read More »Michael Stipe Assures He's Still Working on That Solo Album, Very Slowly
Michael Stipe reveals in a new interview that he is slowly but surely working on a solo album, his first since the dissolution of R.E.M. over a dozen years ago. The New York Times checked in on Stipe for over a year, where unsteady progress was made on the solo …
Read More »Joe Satriani Is Taking a Crash Course in Van Halen for a Summer Tour: 'This Is Going to Be Really Hard'
When Mick Jagger needed a guitarist back in 1988 who could effortlessly play parts originated by Keith Richards, Brian Jones, and Mick Taylor, he called up Joe Satriani. Five years later, when Deep Purple needed to airlift in a guitarist at the last second after Ritchie Blackmore quit the band, …
Read More »See U2 Pay Tribute to Shane MacGowan With 'A Rainy Night in Soho' Performance
U2 paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan with a rendition of the Pogues’ “A Rainy Night in Soho” Friday at the band’s latest gig at Las Vegas’ Sphere. “Sing with us, for Shane MacGowan,” Bono told the audience as the band delivered the somber, acoustic take on one of …
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