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What to know about getting a REAL ID as airport requirement deadline nears
Jeffrey Greenberg/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In less than a month, beginning on May 7, travelers flying out of United States airports will need to show TSA agents their REAL ID-compliant [Read More…]

Trump admin moves to withhold federal funds from Maine over trans athlete dispute
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Education said Friday that it will proceed with withholding federal funds from Maine after officials in the state refused to sign a Title IX resolution agreement [Read More…]

Bill Hader got fired from a movie theater job after spoiling ‘Titanic’ ending
RYAN WEST/NETFLIX He’ll never let go of this memory, Jack. Bill Hader says he once got fired from a movie theater job after spoiling the ending of Titanic. During an appearance on Netflix’s Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney, Hader [Read More…]

‘Nothing has been done’: Judge slams DOJ in case of wrongly deported man
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, slammed the government’s handling of the case Friday [Read More…]

US reports highest number of measles cases since 2019: CDC
Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has recorded the highest number of measles cases since 2019, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. There are [Read More…]

US stocks climb, shrugging off China trade war and consumer fears
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks climbed on Friday, shrugging off new Chinese tariffs on American goods that intensified a trade war between the two largest economies in the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped [Read More…]

Baristas, chocolatiers caught in trade war cross fire
Marcus Wells, a barista at Float Coffee in Hollywood, Calif., speaks, April 8, 2025, about the impact the global tariff war will have on his business. KABC (NEW YORK) — Americans’ love affair with coffee [Read More…]

Joseph Quinn reveals how his ‘Fantastic Four’ character is different from past versions
Marvel Studios Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm in the upcoming Fantastic Four: The First Steps might act a little differently than we’ve seen him in the past. Quinn tells Entertainment Weekly that his version of the character is less of [Read More…]

Eric Dane reveals he’s been diagnosed with ALS, says he’ll return to ‘Euphoria’
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Former Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane revealed he has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The 52-year-old shared the health update with People, saying, “I have been diagnosed with ALS,” and [Read More…]

Trump administration reviewing case of FBI informant convicted of lying about Bidens
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice said it is reviewing the criminal case brought against a former FBI informant convicted of peddling lies about former President Joe Biden and his [Read More…]

What to know about Trump’s health as he undergoes latest physical
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump undergoes his annual physical at Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, marking his first such exam of his second term. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, [Read More…]

Small plane crashes in Boca Raton, Florida; all 3 on board killed
(BOCA RATON, Fla.) — All three people on board a small plane were killed when the aircraft crashed in Boca Raton, Florida, on Friday morning, according to local officials and the Federal Aviation Administration. The [Read More…]

Walmart employee in Georgia kills 2 co-workers, injures another in after-hours shooting spree
Newton County Sheriff’s Office (COVINGTON, Ga.) — A Walmart employee killed one co-worker and injured another in an after-hours shooting spree that started at the store and ended with the individual killing another co-worker at [Read More…]

Judge says Friday hearing in case of mistakenly deported Maryland man will proceed
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Maryland says she’ll go ahead with Friday’s hearing in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, [Read More…]

Ghislaine Maxwell, jailed Epstein accomplice, appeals case to US Supreme Court
Sylvain Gaboury/Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, arguing she was covered by a non-prosecution agreement the government made [Read More…]

Menendez brothers’ aunt breaks her silence in exclusive interview as case goes to court
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Eight relatives of the Menendez brothers sat down with ABC News in an exclusive interview the night before the case returns to court to show they are [Read More…]

Stocks wobble as new Chinese tariffs on US goods intensify trade war
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks seesawed between gains and losses in early trading on Friday as new Chinese tariffs on American goods intensified a trade war between the two largest economies [Read More…]

‘Doctor Who’ returns with a new, reluctant companion: ‘They’re real partners this season’
James Pardon/Disney/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios The new season of Doctor Who — the second one starring Ncuti Gatwa [Shooty GOT-wah] as The Doctor — starts streaming on Disney+ Saturday. What’s different this season is that The Doctor’s new companion, an ER [Read More…]

In brief: ‘MobLand’ scores big ratings, and more
MobLand is a certified hit for Paramount+. The show has garnered 8.8 million views in its first week, the streamer has revealed. This means the audience for the show has quadrupled. It also makes it [Read More…]

Jon Hamm on playing a finance bro in ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’
Apple Jon Hamm stars in the new Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors. Premiering Friday, the series follows Hamm as Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a hedge fund manager who gets fired amidst dealing with his [Read More…]