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Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free. The “Office” actor and comedian said Tuesday in an Instagram video that he was working with the Alice’s Kids charity to pay for a prom for seniors a…

President Donald Trump reached an estimated 36.6 million television viewers for his address to Congress, the Nielsen company said. That's up from former President Joe Biden's 32.2 million in 2024, and the most since Biden reached 38.2 million in 2022. It was a smaller audience than Trump rea…

Legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has another honor to add to his massive collection. On Wednesday, he became the first recipient of Connecticut Governor's Award of Excellence. The 81-year-old rocker is British and has kept a home in Connecticut since 1985. He accepted the in…

A Democratic lawmaker who gained attention last year with a speech revealing she was planning to get an abortion is resigning from the Arizona Legislature. State Sen. Eva Burch of Mesa said Wednesday that she's been struggling to make ends meet and find balance between her work in the Legisl…

The megahit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., next year,. Organizers cited President Donald Trump’s shakeup of the institution’s leadership as their reason for canceling. The Kennedy Cente…

Barnard College’s library has been evacuated as police respond to a bomb threat during a sit-in staged by pro-Palestinian protesters. The New York Police Department said on X that a bomb threat was reported Wednesday, and officers were evacuating the Manhattan college’s Milstein Center. Barn…