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Trump administration to acknowledge only a person’s gender assigned at birth, officials say

Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is expected to issue a slew of executive actions on Monday that would impact transgender Americans, including an executive order declaring that the U.S. government will only recognize a person’s gender assigned at birth, Trump officials told reporters during a press call.The executive orders, which Trump is expected to sign on Monday, his first day in office, include prohibiting federal funds from being used in programs that acknowledge people who identify […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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Vivian Campbell misses Def Leppard show in Mexico due to cancer treatments

Denise Truscello/WireImageDef Leppard returned to the stage Saturday, but they were without one of their key band members.Guitarist Vivian Campbell did not perform at the band's show at Feria Estatal De León in León, Mexico, and instead Phil Collen's guitar tech John Zocco filled in.Fan-shot video posted to YouTube shows Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott telling the crowd that Campbell had to miss the concert because “he's just recovering from some treatment for his cancer."Campbell revealed in June 2013 that he had Hodgkin’s […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

Music News

Bruce Springsteen makes surprise appearance at 25th anniversary Light of Day concert

Debra L Rothenberg/Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen hit the stage for the first time in 2025 Saturday night, making a surprise appearance at the 25th anniversary Light of Day concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, the Asbury Park Press reports.Springsteen made his first appearance of the night joining New York City punk fixture Jesse Malin onstage, performing Malin’s tracks “Broken Radio” and “Glitter in the Gutter.”Malin, who had a spinal stroke in 2023 that left him paralyzed from the waist […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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What to know about Trump’s immigration and border executive actions

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On a call with reporters on Inauguration Day morning, incoming White House officials previewed a series of executive orders and other actions they said the incoming Trump administration plans to take to address immigration and U.S. border issues."We will protect the American people against invasion," one of the incoming officials said during the call. "This is about national security. This is about public safety. And this is about the victims of some of […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

Music News

On This Day, Jan 20, 1988: The Beatles, Bob Dylan are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

On This Day, Jan 20, 1988...The Beatles and Bob Dylan were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in a ceremony held in New York.The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger inducted the band into the Rock Hall. George Harrison and Ringo Starr were on hand to accept the honor, along with Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon, accepting on behalf of John Lennon.Paul McCartney did not attend, citing “still-existing business differences among The Beatles.”Dylan's induction was handled by Bruce Springsteen, […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

Music News

Early draft of Bob Dylan’s lyrics to ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ sells at auction for over $500,000

courtesy of Julien's AuctionsAn early draft of Bob Dylan’s lyrics to “Mr. Tambourine Man” sold for $508,000 at the Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett & More auction conducted by Julien’s Auctions over the weekend.The typewritten lyrics came from the archive of the late music journalist Al Aronowitz and were expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000.The auction included 60 Dylan items from the Aronowitz collection and brought in nearly $1.5 million.Other items that sold during the […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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Trump to order ‘national energy emergency,’ eliminate federal DEI programs as part of executive actions

Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump will order a "national energy emergency" and issue a "presidential memorandum on inflation" as part of a slew of executive actions on his first day in office, incoming White House officials told reporters Monday morning.Among the actions described by the official includes orders related to transgender Americans, as well as orders aimed at the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across federal agencies.Trump and his advisers have also prepared an […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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2 people arrested with fire truck while impersonating firefighters at LA wildfires: Police

Jason Ryan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)(LOS ANGELES) -- Two people from Oregon were arrested for posing as firefighters in the Pacific Palisades area, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.A Los Angeles Police Department unit was patrolling through the evacuation zones on Saturday, when they discovered a fire truck that "did not appear to be legitimate," according to the sheriff's department. They approached the vehicle and questioned the two people inside, Dustin Nehl, 31, and Jennifer Nehl, 44, the sheriff's […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

Music News

The Black Crowes, Graham Nash, added to FireAid benefit concert

Live Nation/AEG Presents/Azoff Company/LA ClippersMore artists have joined the lineup of the FireAid benefit show, taking place Jan. 30 at two venues in Inglewood, California, the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum.The Black Crowes and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers John Fogerty and Graham Nash are now set to perform at the event. Nash’s addition sets up the possibility of a reunion with his Crosby, Stills & Nash bandmate Stephen Stills, who was already confirmed to perform at the show.Other new additions […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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