Laura Dern has joined the cast of The White Lotus Season 4. The Oscar-winning actress was confirmed by HBO on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, replacing Helena Bonham Carter, who left the show abruptly during the first week of filming in France. Dern is not taking over Bonham Carter’s ro
SoFi Technologies closed at $16.76 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, down 8.71 percent on the day, in a broad market selloff the day before the company was scheduled to report first quarter earnings. Pre-market trading on Wednesday, April 29, has the stock up approximately 1 percent to
Josh Mauro, a former NFL defensive lineman who played eight seasons across five teams, died on Thursday, April 23, 2026. He was 35 years old. His father, Greg Mauro, announced the news publicly on Tuesday, April 28, via Facebook. No cause of death has been given. Greg Mauro’s sta
Lammes Candies, Austin’s oldest continuously run family business, is closing after 141 years in operation. The Round Rock location shut its doors on April 24, 2026, with a handwritten sign informing customers of the decision. The flagship store at 5330 Airport Boulevard, the same
Costco has made the first change to its $1.50 hot dog combo in more than 40 years. The price has not changed. The hot dog has not changed. What has changed is the drink, for the first time since the combo was introduced in 1984, customers have an option other than a fountain soda
The Apple Weather app went down for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch users on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, leaving millions of people staring at a blank screen instead of a weather forecast for most of the afternoon. The outage began at approximately 10:45 AM Pacific time and lasted
Discord went down for tens of thousands of users on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, beginning around 12:20 PM Pacific time. The platform’s own status page acknowledged the disruption almost immediately, posting, “Users are experiencing delays connecting to the platform. We are investiga
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, on two counts related to an Instagram post he made last year. He faces one count of threatening the president and one count of transmitting a threat
Ariana Grande announced her eighth studio album on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The album is titled “petal,” lowercase, per the official announcement, and it will be released on July 31 via Republic Records. A preorder went live alongside the announcement in multiple formats includin
Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Brooklyn federal court. Jones becomes the first person to enter a guilty plea in a sweeping gambling investigation that has led t
Ted Lasso is coming back. Apple TV released the first teaser trailer for Season 4 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and confirmed that the show will premiere on August 5, 2026. New episodes will drop every Wednesday through an October 7 finale. The season runs 10 episodes. It has been
Don Mattingly was named the Philadelphia Phillies’ interim manager on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, following the dismissal of Rob Thomson. He will manage the club for the remainder of the 2026 season, beginning Tuesday night against the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park. Mat
