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Todd Rundgren announces Still Me (Still We) tour

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesRocker Todd Rundgren is heading out on a U.S. tour this summer.Rundgren has announced dates for the Still Me (Still We) tour, kicking off June 21 in Cranston, Rhode Island. The tour includes shows in multiple cities in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and North Carolina, before wrapping July 27 in Orlando.An artist presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. ET.Rundgren is actually currently touring the […]

todayApril 14, 2025

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Darryl Hannah says Trump administration tried to ‘mess’ with Neil Young’s US citizenship application

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSWNeil Young's wife, actress Daryl Hannah, believes that the rocker's application for U.S. citizenship was purposely held up by President Donald Trump's previous administration.Young applied to become a U.S. citizen in 2019. Hannah tells the BBC, "They tried every trick in the book to mess him up, and made him keep coming back to be re-interviewed and re-interviewed. It's ridiculous [because] he's been living in America and paying taxes here since he was in his 20s."Young, who was born in […]

todayApril 14, 2025

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Harvard University rejects Trump administration’s demands, risking billions in funding

Scott Eisen/Getty Images(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Harvard University is refusing to comply with a series of demands from the Trump administration, potentially risking billion in federal funding.In a letter on Monday, Harvard University President Alan Garber said the school "will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights" by agreeing to a series of terms proposed by the Trump administration.The Trump administration demanded Harvard end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, adopt merit-based admissions and cooperate with immigration authorities -- or […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National News

$1 million bond reduced for teen charged with murder in track meet stabbing

Frisco Police Department(FRISCO, Texas) -- The $1 million bond has been reduced for the 17-year-old student charged with murder in the stabbing of another student at a Texas high school track meet.Karmelo Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High School, was detained following the deadly stabbing, which occurred at a Frisco Independent School District stadium on April 2 during a track and field championship involving multiple schools in the district.Austin Metcalf, 17, an 11th grader at Frisco Memorial High School, died after […]

todayApril 14, 2025

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Sting praises ‘beautiful’ ‘Adolescence’ cover of ‘Fragile’

Disney/Randy HolmesA cover of Sting’s classic song “Fragile” is used in the Netflix hit series Adolescence, and the rock star is thrilled at the attention it’s receiving.“The reaction to the cover of my song, Fragile, in the new Netflix series Adolescence has been fantastic,” the former Police frontman shared on Instagram. “It’s always interesting for me to hear one of my songs through someone else’s lens. A great cover can reveal things about a song that I didn’t originally see and give […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National News

Lawyer for wrongly deported Maryland man says it might take contempt order to get him back

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man and alleged gang member who was deported in error to El Salvador, said Monday that it might take a contempt order to prompt the U.S. government to return him from that country.As ordered by a federal judge, U.S. officials over the weekend confirmed in a court filing that Abrego Garcia is being held in the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador -- but ignored the judge's order to […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National News

5.2 magnitude earthquake shakes San Diego area

ABC News(SAN DIEGO) -- A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake was centered in San Diego County but was felt as far north as Los Angeles.No injuries or damage have been reported, according to Cal Fire San Diego.The building "rocked for a long time," said Greg Allen, a Washington resident visiting San Diego."Everything was moving, the blinds and everything," he told ABC News. "Then we heard people going down the stairs. […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National News

Florida woman arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace: Police

Volusia County Jail(ORANGE CITY, Fla.) -- A Florida woman has been arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace, according to the Orange City Police Department.Kymberlee Schopper, 52, was arrested last week and charged with the purchase or sale of human organs and tissue, according to court records."This is something I haven't seen in the 17 years that I've worked for this agency," Orange City Police Department Capt. Sherif El-Shami told ABC News. Orange City is located about a half […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National News

Man charged for arson attacks at Tesla dealership, New Mexico GOP office

A New Mexico man has been arrested and federally charged in connection with two separate arson attacks on a Tesla dealership and the Republican Party's state headquarters in Albuquerque, according to newly unsealed court documents.Jamison Wagner is alleged to have set fires at a Tesla showroom in Bernalillo on Feb. 9 and vandalized several vehicles in the parking lot with phrases including, "Die Elon," "Tesla Nazi Inc" and "Die Tesla Nazi," according to a federal complaint.This is a developing story. […]

todayApril 14, 2025

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