(WASHINGTON) — As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million Americans, roughly 43% of the 2020 turnout, had voted against standing in line on Election Day as of Friday afternoon, according to data […]
Disney/Randy Holmes Eddie Murphy has reportedly signed on to play a funk music icon on screen. Variety reports that the actor/comedian is set to star as Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in a biopic directed by Bill Condon, the same director who directed Murphy in Dreamgirls, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination. The film, […]
Getty Images Every once in a while in an NFL game, you see something truly jaw-dropping. Such was the case on Thursday night, when Aaron Rodgers lofted a prayer to the back of the end zone intended for Garrett Wilson, with the Jets facing third-and-19 from the 26-yard line. The pass looked for sure like […]
(ORLANDO, Fl) — The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city’s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting. The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been taken into custody, Orlando police said. Officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 1 a.m. […]
(LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting continued in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with renewed Israeli attacks on […]
(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will stand trial on federal corruption charges starting on April 21, 2025, a judge said Friday. The date upset the defense, which argued for a schedule that could end the trial no later than early April to accommodate “grave, grave Democratic concerns,” namely the mayor’s reelection […]
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Public hospitals in Texas will now be required to ask patients if they are in the U.S. legally and keep a record of the funds spent on illegal migrants after an executive order went into effect Friday. Public hospitals are required to collect information regarding the “cost […]
Album previews and holiday music are included in this edition of New Music Friday. Here’s some of the latest to hit the culture: LA natives unite on Snoop Dogg‘s “Gorgeous” featuring Jhené Aiko. It’s the lead single to The Missionary, which boasts appearances from Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man, BJ the Chicago Kid and more. The album, produced by […]
Album previews and holiday music are included in this edition of New Music Friday. Here’s some of the latest to hit the culture: LA natives unite on Snoop Dogg‘s “Gorgeous” featuring Jhené Aiko. It’s the lead single to The Missionary, which boasts appearances from Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man, BJ the Chicago Kid and more. The album, produced by […]
(NEW YORK) — The back-to-back retirements of two college quarterbacks seemingly at the start of their careers has put a spotlight again on concussions and youth sports, particularly football. On Oct. 23, North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall announced on Instagramthat he would retire from the sport after being carted off the field in an […]
