On Wednesday, Senate Republicans voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to become the nation’s director of National Intelligence. The director of national intelligence oversees the 18 agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency. The DNI also advises the president on intelligence matters. The 52-48 vote was …
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Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters Wednesday that right-handed pitcher Alex Cobb is expected to miss a month — including opening day — due to right hip inflammation. The righty, who has had hip surgery twice, signed a $15 million, one-year contract two months ago. The Tigers released a medical update which stated that …
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UNLV announced in a statement that offensive lineman Ben Christman was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning. Christman was 21-years-old. The university said it didn’t have other details and that a cause of death would be determined by the Clark County Coroner’s Office. UNLV president Keith Whitfield said in a statement: “There is …
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Eric Church will return to the UK this year to headline Highways Festival 2025, taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London across the weekend of May 16-17. On Friday, May 16, Molly Tuttle and Caylee Hammack will join Church, while Bella White and a yet to be announced act will join Church …
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Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll will headline the 2025 Railbird Music Festival, set to take place on May 31 and June 1 at The Infield at Red Mile in Lexington. According to a press release, the 2-day festival will feature over 30 artists, including Riley Green, Bailey Zimmerman, The Red Clay Strays, and Shaboozey. Also …
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NBC is previewing Suits: L.A., a spinoff of the 2011 legal drama Suits that ran for nine seasons. The network has released the first trailer for “Suits: LA” introducing “the mighty” Ted Black (Stephen Amell), an East Coast lawyer who relocates to California, and shows the firm’s competitive “co-heads of entertainment,” Rick Dodson (Bryan Greenberg) …
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the 14 performer nominees to be considered for 2025 Induction. Artists or bands become eligible for nomination 25 years after releasing their first commercial recording. Nominee ballots will be distributed to an international voting panel composed of more than 1,200 artists, historians, and music industry professionals. The …
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Longtime ally to President Trump, Steve Bannon, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony fraud for helping to defraud donors who were giving money to “We Build the Wall,” an online fundraiser to build a wall at the southern U.S. border. In exchange for the guilty plea in New York criminal court, Bannon, 71, was sentenced to …
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams broke his silence on Tuesday, thanking the Justice Department for ordering federal prosecutors to drop the federal corruption case against him, and denying that he broke the law. Adams was scheduled to stand trial on federal corruption charges starting on April 21. Adams previously pleaded not guilty to a …
The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal posted on social media that the Los Angeles Angels have signed veteran right-handed reliever Kenley Jansen to a one-year deal worth $10 million (MLB Network’s Jon Heyman was first to report the news). Jansen, 37, has spent most of his 15-year MLB career in Southern California, with 350 saves over 12 …
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