Elton John, Diane Warren and more react to 2025 Oscar music nominations
The 2025 Oscar nominations are here, and its music categories reflect a wide range of talent. The often-nominated Diane Warren is represented for a 16th time for “The Journey” from ...
SZA to join Kendrick Lamar as a guest during Super Bowl halftime performance
Guess who’s joining Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl halftime stage? None other than Grammy-winning singer SZA. Lamar and Apple Music released a trailer Thursday of him ...
British Open to return to St. Andrews in 2027. One last chance for Tiger Woods?
The British Open is returning to St. Andrews in 2027, perhaps giving Tiger Woods one last chance to play his favorite course and maybe even pause when he crosses the Swilcan Bridge. The R&A ...
Bill Belichick and North Carolina have a signed contract for his hiring as football coach
North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and school officials have signed his official employment contract, formalizing last month’s hiring after speculation that the six-time Super ...
Plenty of college reps helped Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix make an immediate impact in the NFL
Jayden Daniels threw 1,438 passes in 55 college games over five seasons. He’s been no ordinary rookie because he played plenty of football before coming to the NFL. Same for Bo Nix, who was a ...
Convicted killer sings in front of victims’ families
A man convicted of murdering two women in 1986 interrupted his own sentencing hearing on Tuesday by singing in front of his victims’ families.
Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The ...
Coroner ID’s woman killed in single vehicle crash on Old River Road
The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a woman who died in a single vehicle crash on Old River Road early Saturday morning. Coroner officials ...
A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national ...
California Legislature approves $2.5B for state response to Los Angeles-area fires
California bolstered funding to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires under a more than $2.5 billion fire relief package approved Thursday by ...
Southern cities get creative to clear leftover snow and ice after rare winter storm
Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were ...