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On This Day, Jan. 8, 2016: David Bowie released his final album, ‘Blackstar’

On This Day, Jan. 8, 2016 ...David Bowie released his 25th album, Blackstar, to coincide with his 69th birthday.The record, produced by longtime producer Tony Visconti, wound up being Bowie’s final release, as it came out just two days before his death from liver cancer. The album had been recorded in secret while he was battling the disease, and Visconti described the record as Bowie’s “parting gift” to fans.Blackstar debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, making it […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

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What’s in Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump probes? Recent filings provide some clues

(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump and his allies unleashed a legal blitz this week to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his classified documents and election interference investigations, successfully convincing the federal judge who dismissed Trump's documents case to issue an emergency injunction temporarily blocking the report's release.While Smith has released many of his findings already -- through four indictments and a lengthy filing outlining the evidence […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

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Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion suspect used ChatGPT to plan attack: Police

Obtained by ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- Matthew Livelsberger used ChatGPT to help plot the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day, authorities revealed on Tuesday.Police have "clear evidence" that Livelsberger used the generative artificial intelligence tool to "help plan his attack," Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday.Livelsberger, an active-duty Army soldier who authorities said died by suicide in the incident, asked […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Former Virginia nurse charged with felony child abuse amid probe into NICU babies suffering ‘unexplained fractures’

Henrico County, Virginia Sheriff's Office(RICHMOND, Va.) -- A former nurse who was employed at the Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, was charged on Friday with malicious wounding and felony child abuse for allegedly intentionally injuring an infant at the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman of Chesterfield County was charged with one count of felony child neglect which carries up to 10 years in prison, as well as one count of felony malicious wounding for an […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Lenny Kravitz, Pretenders, Jackson Browne confirmed for California’s BeachLife Festival

courtesy of BeachLife FestivalLenny Kravitz, Pretenders and Jackson Browne are among the artists set to play the 2025 edition of the BeachLife Festival May 2-4 in Redondo Beach, California.Kravitz will headline opening night, with Sublime and Alanis Morissette the festival’s other two headliners. The Pretenders are set to play May 3, along with The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, while Browne is part of the May 4 lineup, which also features The Beach Boys. Other artists confirmed for BeachLife include Sugar Ray, CAKE, Train, O.A.R., Aloe […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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KISS settles lawsuit with former hairstylist

ABC/TsuniKISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have settled a lawsuit filed by their longtime hairstylist who sued the duo for wrongful termination.David Matthews, not to be confused with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Matthews, had worked with Simmons and Stanley since 1992; his primary job was styling and applying the rockers’ wigs.In February 2023, Matthews sued the KISS members and their manager Doc McGhee, claiming he was fired in 2022 after complaining about “unsafe" COVID-19 protocols on their End […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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FBI has uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Eric Adams: Prosecutors

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- The FBI has uncovered "additional criminal conduct" by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, federal prosecutors said in a new court filing Tuesday.Adams has already pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment charging him with accepting luxury travel in exchange for political favors, including persuading the fire department to approve the opening of the new Turkish consulate in Manhattan despite the lingering safety concerns of inspectors.The disclosure of possible additional criminal conduct came in a court […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

National News

Internal watchdog found DOJ officials may have sought to influence 2020 election

Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senior Justice Department officials serving under Donald Trump's first administration may have violated federal law in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election by pushing for pandemic-related investigations that targeted states with Democratic governors, and then leaking private information about those investigations to friendly media outlets in a potential attempt to influence the election, according to a previously-undisclosed report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog.The inspector general's report, obtained by ABC News, concluded that for […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Los Angeles brush fires latest: 2 blazes threaten structures, prompt evacuation

Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Two fast-moving brush fires erupted Tuesday in Los Angeles as dangerous wind conditions and unseasonably dry, warm weather sweep Southern California.A currently 200-acre fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood was first reported before 11:00 a.m. local time and quickly prompted evacuations across the region and into Malibu.The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order for the area between Piedra Morada Drive and Pacific Coast Highway.A separate brush fire […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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