The White House on Thursday announced a star-studded slate of members for the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a panel of artists, museum professionals, academics and philanthropists that serves as an advisory board to President Joe Biden on culture issues. The group will be co-chaired by Bruce… Read More
Mitch McConnell addressed retirement on Thursday
On March 9, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suffered a serious concussion after a fall, and the elderly 81-year-old took a five-week absence from the Senate while recovering. In Washington, some insiders reportedly expected McConnell to finally retire for his own health. But on Thursday, McConnell’s team addressed the… Read More
FBI makes arrest Thursday in leak of classified Pentagon docs
A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues, an alarming breach that has raised fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard its most sensitive secrets. The guardsman, an IT… Read More
One state just teed up to ban TikTok completely
Montana lawmakers moved one step closer Thursday to passing a bill to ban TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned. Montana’s proposal, which has backing from… Read More
‘Water was red’: Surfer recalls costly shark attack
Hawaii surfer Mike Morita woke up early and planned to get a few waves in before going to Easter service with his wife. Morita, 58, headed to his regular spot locals call Kewalos, known for reliable waves over shallow reef near the mouth of a harbor not far from downtown… Read More
Philadelphia sees $750,000 heist, all in dimes [Pic]
Thieves may not have been counting on finding a mountain of change when they broke into a truck filled with $750,000 in dimes, but they still made off with a chunk of the cargo and left coins scattered around a Philadelphia parking lot, authorities said. Authorities say the thieves apparently… Read More
Broadway’s longest-running show to end in April
The masked man of Broadway is going out strong. “The Phantom of the Opera” — Broadway’s longest-running show — has postponed its final performance by eight weeks, pushing its final curtain from February to April after ticket demand spiked. Last week, the show raked in an eye-popping $2,2 million with… Read More
Two more Dems just switched parties
Earlier this month, North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham made national headlines for ditching the Democrats, registering with the GOP, and giving the Republicans a majority large enough to override a veto from the liberal governor. Plus, two more state-level Democrats have done the same… and they’ve also handed the GOP… Read More
CashApp founder’s murder suspect arrested
A San Francisco supervisor says an arrest was made early Thursday in the downtown stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. San Francisco Board President Aaron Peskin said the suspect was apprehended in Emeryville, a San Francisco suburb. He was not told the suspect’s name. The suspect was reportedly… Read More
Former child actor found safe after being declared missing
Jared “Drake” Bell, an actor best known as a star of the Nickelodeon television show “Drake & Josh,” was found safe on Thursday, hours after authorities in Florida said he was “missing and endangered.” Bell was in touch with police officers and wasn’t in danger, Daytona Beach Police Department spokesman… Read More
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