Michael Tilson Thomas, the conductor, composer and pianist who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years and became one of the most celebrated figures in American classical music, died on April 22, 2026 at his home in San Francisco. He was 81. The cause was glioblastoma multifo
The Renaissance Hotel in Fort Lauderdale filed a federal lawsuit on April 8, 2026, against Southwest Airlines and one of its flight attendants, alleging that the employee triggered a fire sprinkler system during a work layover on February 1, 2025, flooding multiple rooms and caus
Ticketmaster announced on April 22, 2026 that it caught scalpers using multiple accounts and fake identities to buy tickets to Harry Styles’ 30-night Madison Square Garden residency and resell them at a profit. The company has also announced that it has canceled those tickets and
Harley-Davidson has recalled 16,994 Softail motorcycles from model years 2025 and 2026 because of a defect that can cause the rear brake line to wear through and fail, potentially leaving riders without rear braking capability. The recall was announced by the National Highway Tra
By Ralph Cipriano In the Penn State sex abuse case, Senior Judge Maureen Skerda is resolutely engineering a cover up. But last week because of a procedural error, the Honorable Judge Skerda was forced to reverse herself. And in the process, perhaps out of concern that her extreme
Jelly Roll posted a YouTube vlog in April 2026 in which he stepped on a scale for the first time in months, admitted he had gained weight back since his Men’s Health cover shoot, and said plainly: “I have, to some degree, lost my way.” He weighed in at 276.2 pounds, up 12 pounds
Fernando Mendoza is expected to be selected No. 1 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders when the 2026 NFL Draft opens in Pittsburgh on April 23. He will not be in Pittsburgh. He will be at his home in Miami, surrounded by everyone who got him to this moment, and at the center of that
Tesla reported first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 22 that beat Wall Street’s expectations on profit and showed the strongest automotive gross margin in years, and the stock jumped 4 percent in after-hours trading before Elon Musk opened his mouth on the earnings call. By the ti
A federal judge gave final approval on April 20, 2026 to the $425 million Capital One settlement over its 360 Savings accounts, clearing the way for millions of current and former customers to receive automatic payments beginning on or around July 21, 2026, provided no one files
DC Studios dropped the trailer for Clayface on April 22, 2026, and it is immediately clear that this is not a conventional superhero movie. It is a body horror film, the first R-rated entry in James Gunn’s relaunched DC Universe, directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Mik
Darrell Sheets, who appeared in 163 episodes of A&E’s Storage Wars over thirteen years and was known on the show as “The Gambler,” died in the early hours of April 22, 2026 at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. He was 67. Police said the death appeared to be a self-inflicted
The Pantheon in Rome is raising its tourist entry fee from €5 to €7, effective July 1, 2026. Italy’s Ministry of Culture announced the change following a new agreement with the Diocese of Rome, the two institutions that jointly manage one of the most visited monuments on earth. I
