LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died at 50. Officials in Bogota, Colombia, say he reportedly suffered chest pains and emergency workers were unable to revive him. The band is…
ARABI, La. (AP) — Louisiana is sending 300 National Guard troops to the New Orleans area where tornadoes flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and killed at least one person. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="fa367cbedd7a266fa7426097580a34dd44d9dfd0" vtitle="Louisiana sends National Guard to tornado disaster area"…
NEW YORK (AP) — “CODA,” the Oscar-nominated film about a singing teenage daughter in a deaf family, is being developed as a stage musical by the Los Angeles-based Deaf West Theatre. The project was announced Wednesday by the film’s producers,…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though only a small percentage of Walt Disney Co. workers participated in a walkout, organizers felt they had won a moral victory with the company issuing a statement denouncing the anti-LGBTQ legislation that sparked employee…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has told senators that she will defend the Constitution and decide cases “without fear or favor” if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="1dea2124cbe6f8cb31fb2b14d85cb6aa351f879e" vtitle="Jackson pledges to decide cases 'without…
NEW YORK (AP) — With some support from her friend Reese Witherspoon, Dolly Parton is looking to be a movie star again. Parton is teaming with Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media company for an adaptation of the best-selling novel she co-wrote…
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Pence spent more than four years standing in President Donald Trump’s shadow, refusing to criticize or allow sunlight between them. But as the former vice president lays the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, Pence…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — One of the stars of the A&E show “Duck Dynasty" is filming a new show about the hidden treasures of metal detecting. The Vicksburg Post reports that Jase Robertson was recently in Vicksburg on a hunt…
DUMAS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say at least one person was killed and 24 others wounded, including children, when gunfire erupted during a car show in southeast Arkansas that was part of an annual community event. Police have not said…
CHILTON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man called a wrecker service asking to have a 70-ton crane pulled out of the woods. Now he's charged with stealing the heavy machinery. Authorities say man told the the towing service that someone…
