‘Abbott Elementary’, ‘Andor’, ‘Better Call Saul’ and more nominated for 2023 Peabody Awards
“Andor” – LucasfilmThe Peabody Awards Board of Jurors Thursday announced 42 nominees for this year’s class. The Emmy winning Abbot Elementary, the heralded Star Wars Disney+ series Andor and AMC’s Better Call Saul were among the noms in the Entertainme…
Michigan now requires universal background checks for all gun purchases, safe storage of firearms
Chris duMond/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety bills into law Thursday, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales and the safe storage of firearms and ammunition in homes.
The legislatio…
Former ‘Drake & Josh’ star Jared Drake Bell found safe after being reported missing
Michael Tran/Getty ImagesAuthorities in Daytona Beach, Florida, said former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell was found safe on Thursday after police alerted the public hours earlier that the actor was “considered missing and endangered.”
“At this time we c…
FBI makes probable cause arrest in connection with classified documents leak
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Thursday made a probable cause arrest in North Dighton, Massachusetts, in connection with the leaked documents probe.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Jack Teixeira was taken in…
Democrats move to ‘temporarily’ replace Feinstein on Judiciary Committee amid calls she resign
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With Sen. Dianne Feinstein requesting to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee as she recovers from shingles, Senate Democrats on Thursday began working to break the logjam that has held up critica…
Former ‘Drake & Josh’ star Jared Drake Bell reportedly “missing and endangered
Michael Tran/Getty ImagesAuthorities in Daytona Beach, Florida, are searching for former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell. Police say he is considered missing and endangered.
The 36-year-old, whose legal name is Jared Bell, may have last been seen near Mai…
Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it would take the fight over an abortion pill to the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruling that would restrict access to the widely-used abortion pill mifepristone.
T…
Appeals court declines to rule if Trump was acting as federal employee when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll
ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The D.C. Court of Appeals has declined to answer whether then-President Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his employment when he allegedly defamed writer E. Jean Carroll when denying her rape claim.
Carroll …
Billy Porter to play author and activist James Baldwin in upcoming biopic
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda PerezPose star Billy Porter is set to co-write and star in a biopic based on the life of legendary novelist, essayist and activist James Baldwin.
Porter and Dan McCabe will adapt the script for from David Leeming’s 1994 …
Appeals court keeps abortion pill on market, but will be harder to get
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The abortion pill mifepristone will remain on the market for now — but come Saturday morning, access should be severely restricted, a federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday in partially blocking a lower court ord…