Homeland Security announces $1.6B in local grants for election security, to combat extremism
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Shortly after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, then-top Department of Homeland Security official Alejandro Mayorkas saw a picture of a Federal Emergency Management Agency analysis as part of the investigati…
Nurse rejected over race honored by hospital 71 years later
WLS(ELGIN, Ill.) — Betty Brown was rejected by Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, for nursing school 71 years ago because she is Black. This year, the now-retired 90-year-old is being named an honorary chief nursing officer by that same hos…
Natasha Lyonne to make ‘SNL’ hosting debut on May 21
Courtesy Netflix(NOTE LANGUAGE) Russian Doll star and Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on May 21. The long-running sketch show’s official social media accounts broke the news, adding that Japanese Breakfast wi…
Protect wolves or shoot them? Conflict between predators and ranchers calls for new rules.
[PHOTO: The state is trying to reintroduce the gray wolf into parts of the state it once roamed freely (AP/Dawn Villella)]
Chris Rock tells comedy crowd he’ll address “the slap” on Netflix
ABC(NOTE LANGUAGE) Chris Rock says he will eventually address his infamous Oscar night slap at the hands of Will Smith.
“I’m okay, if anybody was wondering,” the 57-year old comedian and actor said during a stand-up performance Thursday evening at Lon…
Accused subway shooter pleads not guilty in federal court
John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Frank James, the man accused of opening fire on a Brooklyn, New York subway train last month, wounding 10 people, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court to a two-count indictment that includes a federal terr…
Fran Drescher reveals she spent two years convincing Elton John to cameo on ‘The Nanny’
Andrew Shawaf/Getty ImagesElton John made a splash on The Nanny when he made a cameo in 1997 in the season five episode “First Date.” Star Fran Descher revealed just how hard she worked to get the music great to appear on her sitcom.
“It took me a ye…
‘Conversations with Friends’ cast talks messy relationships and conversation starters
Enda Bowe/HuluConversations with Friends takes the “it’s complicated” relationship status to a whole new level.
The Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut novel, from the same team that brought us 2020’s Normal People, follows the intersecting relatio…
Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo to star in and produce new comedy series
Momodu Mansaray/WireImageKerry Washington and Delroy Lindo are set to star in a new comedy series from Disney’s Onyx Collective.Unprisoned, created by relationship author Tracy McMillan, is inspired by McMillan’s own life. It follows a relationship the…
Pregnant woman shot dead in car, newborn in critical condition: Baltimore police
kali9/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) — Baltimore police are searching for the gunmen who killed a pregnant woman, leaving her newborn in the hospital in critical condition.
Officers found a man and a 38-year-old pregnant woman shot inside a car at about 8:1…