Month: May 2025
Blake Lively says this year has brought the ‘highest highs and the lowest lows’
Thestewartofny/GC Images/Getty Images Blake Lively is reflecting on the roller-coaster year she’s had so far. While speaking on Late Night With Seth Meyers Thursday night, the actress, who stars in the new film Another Simple [Read More…]
Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock to star in romantic thriller
Jared Cowan for American Cinematheque at Beyond Fest at Egyptian Theatre Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are reteaming for a new film. The actors are set to star in an upcoming, untitled movie in development [Read More…]
‘Little House on the Prairie’ Netflix adaptation finds its main cast
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The upcoming Little House on the Prairie remake has found its stars. Netflix has announced that Alice Halsey has been cast as Laura Ingalls in its adaptation of the beloved books [Read More…]
‘Cult following’: Why automakers are still making wagons in the SUV era
“We’re seeing lots of customer demand for the M5 Touring,” said Juliana Ochs, a manager of business development for BMW Luxury Class and M. Image via BMW. (NEW YORK) — Think your giant sport-utility vehicle [Read More…]
Collections on defaulted student loans may affect millions of people’s credit scores
ayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s administration is set to begin collecting defaulted student loan payments next week — which could harm the credit scores of millions of borrowers. Roughly 5 million borrowers [Read More…]
Hiring slowed in April amid turmoil set off by Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
Narisara Nami/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hiring slowed but remained robust in April following President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement early last month, fresh data on Friday showed. The reading exceeded economists’ expectations. The [Read More…]
RFK Jr. calls for ‘new’ vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials
(ER Productions Limited/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” [Read More…]
Measles cases surpass 900 in US as infections confirmed in 29 states, CDC data shows
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 900 as outbreaks continue to spread across the county, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. A total of [Read More…]
Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump’s birthday
(Lightvision, LLC/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Army is planning a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 14 that will coincide with and be part of the Army’s long-planned 250th celebration. [Read More…]
DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt
Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump rioter who was shot by [Read More…]
Trump’s 2026 budget proposal calls for $163B in cuts to federal spending
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday released President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which calls for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending. Office of Management and [Read More…]
CIA makes recruiting push for spies in China
CIA (WASHINGTON) — The CIA is stepping up its recruiting efforts in China, releasing two Mandarin-language videos that appeal to government officials who might be open to partnering with the American spy agency. The videos, [Read More…]
CPB fires back at Trump’s executive order pulling funding for NPR, PBS
Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nonprofit corporation that oversees National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is firing back at President Donald Trump’s executive order to pull funding for the two [Read More…]
Three corrections officers stabbed by MS-13 gang members in prison: Officials
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (BIG STONE GAP, Va.) — Three corrections officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison were stabbed by inmates in a “premeditated” attack Friday, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. A total of [Read More…]
Trump family crypto venture tapped as part of $2B Emirati-backed investment deal
(Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — An Abu Dhabi state-backed investment firm is making a major $2 billion investment in a crypto business deal that could serve as a major boost for Trump family crypto venture [Read More…]
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces significant agency reorganization
(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — On the same day that the Trump administration is proposing billions of dollars in cuts to renewable energy, environmental and climate programs, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin [Read More…]
Key witness in Karen Read murder retrial testifies for 3rd day
(Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — One of the key witnesses in the Karen Read murder retrial continued to testify for a third day Friday on the events surrounding [Read More…]
Seven killed in crash between van, pickup truck near Yellowstone National Park
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HENRY’S LAKE, Idaho) –Seven people were killed in a fiery crash between a van and a pickup truck on an eastern Idaho highway near Yellowstone National Park, officials said. The Mercedes passenger [Read More…]
Activists say aid vessel bound for Gaza was struck by drone
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Activists are demanding an investigation after they say a humanitarian ship headed to Gaza was bombed by a drone in the Mediterranean Sea overnight Friday. The passenger vessel [Read More…]
Russian drone attack injures nearly 50 people in Kharkiv
Firefighters extinguish a blaze after a Russian drone strike on May 3, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) (LONDON) — An estimated 50 people were hurt, including an [Read More…]