Trump’s pressure campaign on state election officials is focus of Jan. 6 hearing Tuesday
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s Tuesday hearing will focus on what it says was then-President Donald Trump’s “unprecedented” effort to push key state officials to reject the election results and…
Dave Chappelle won’t attach his name to theater at high school alma mater amid ongoing controversy
Shannon Finney/Getty ImagesMonday would have been the night the theater building at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. was officially named in honor of one of the school’s most famous graduates: Dave Chappelle. However, the controver…
In brief: ‘Yellowstone’ prequel gets a title change, and more
Taylor Sheridan’s new Yellowstone prequel for Paramount+ will be taking us a little further back in time than previously announced. The series, originally titled 1932, has been renamed 1923 and will take place in the new titular year as opposed to old …
What to know with a Virginia primary and runoffs in Alabama and Georgia
John Baggaley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Tuesday’s primaries include only Virginia and Washington, D.C., as regularly scheduled elections — but the day will also feature some contested, Trump-involved rematches between Georgia GOP House candidates an…
Uvalde parents, community members call for chief’s resignation at emotional school board meeting
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — The parents of victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting and other members of the community called for the resignation of embattled school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo at an em…
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia stonewalling on missing Americans: State Dept.
SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian tr…
Ukrainian pilots flew secret aid missions to Azovstal plant during Mariupol siege
YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) — It was a dark night when Oleksandr, a 51-year-old pilot, was set to fly to Mariupol.
“I have more than 30 years of experience. But this was the most difficult flight in my career,” he said of the mi…
New infant sleep guidelines advise against hats and weighted swaddles, blankets
Daniela Jovanovska-Hristovska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Weighted swaddles and blankets are popular among parents trying to get their infants to sleep, but they should not be used on sleeping babies, according to new recommendations released by the Amer…
Scoreboard roundup — 6/20/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 5, Detroit 2
NY Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 2
Chi White, Sox 8 Toronto 7
Kansas City 6, LA Angels 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NY Mets 6, Miami 0
Atlanta…
Bachelor alum Tia Booth expecting first child with fiancé Taylor Mock
Noel Vasquez/Getty ImagesThe Bachelor family is about to get a little bigger because alumna Tia Booth is pregnant!
In a since-deleted Instagram post on Sunday, Father’s Day, Tia, 30, shared a slideshow of black-and-white photos — the first two of her…