Alabama governor signs ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ trans care and bathroom ban bills
Julie Bennett/Getty Images(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — In the latest salvo of legislation targeting LGBTQ youth, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law two bills banning transgender health care for minors and teaching about gender identity and sexual orien…
Questions over White House COVID protocols amid uptick in cases
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House is charging ahead with President Joe Biden’s schedule despite an uptick of COVID-19 cases among Washington politicians and staff members, including some in the president’s inner circle and ot…
U.S. sends Patriot battery to Slovakia so Ukraine can get its S-300 anti-aircraft system: Pentagon update Day 44
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist.
Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official…
At Jackson confirmation, Harris asks Black senators to write letters to Black girls
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As she presided over Thursday’s historic confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Vice President Kamala Harris gave an assignment to Sens. Raphael Wa…
‘Ahsoka’ reportedly Force-pulls Oscar-winning ‘Into The Spider-Verse’ director Peter Ramsay into the fold
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images — LucasfilmThe Disney+ Star Wars series Ahsoka has reportedly snagged a director from the Marvel universe.
Peter Ramsay, who along with Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman won an Oscar for the animated hit Spider-Man: …
COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County due to BA.2 variant
yorkfoto/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States.
Data from the L.A. County Department of Public Health shows 1,088 new cases of the virus were r…
COVID-19 vaccine campaign prevented millions of deaths, hospitalizations in U.S., study finds
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Despite a recent increase in COVID-19 breakthrough infections, an updated report illustrates the significant impact the nation’s vaccine campaign has had in preventing millions of virus-related deaths, hospitaliza…
Power still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico amid massive outage
Pawel Gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Power is still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico on Friday, after a massive outage left 1.5 million customers without power, according to LUMA Energy, the company that took over transmission and distri…
Judith Light opens up about multi-dimensional ‘Shining Vale’ character
StarzHorror and comedy collide in the Starz series Shining Vale, airing Sundays. Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear star as Patricia “Pat” Phelps and her husband Terry — a couple that moves their whole family into an old home that turns out to be haunted….
Motion Picture Academy bans Will Smith from attending any Academy event for 10 years
Myung Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined that Will Smith will be banned from attending any of its events — including the Academy Awards — for a decade.
In a statement, the Academy no…