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Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan declined to recuse himself from overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush-money case in New York, ruling Monday that Trump "has failed to demonstrate that there exists concrete, or even realistic reasons for recusal to be appropriate." Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a hush payment to adult […]

(PHILADELPHIA) -- A Philadelphia teen has been charged and arrested with multiple state charges stemming from an FBI terrorism investigation, officials announced Monday. The teen, a 17-year-old whose name is not being released, is being charged as a juvenile, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said at a news conference. "The young man who is under arrest is -- was an aspiring terrorist who was not merely thinking, but was doing […]

Lester Cohen/WireImage Graham Nash and Stephen Stills both paid tribute to their late bandmate David Crosby on Monday, August 14, which would have been Crosby’s 82nd birthday. Nash posted to Instagram a black-and-white picture of them performing, writing, “What to say besides how much I miss him? Thinking of you, David. Remembering these moments, the smiles, the laughter… the music.” Stills posted a photo of Crosby playing guitar and remembered him with a poem. It read, “When I was […]

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Sammy Hagar has a lot of business ventures outside of music, and he’s setting his sights on one more. The former Van Halen frontman owns several restaurants and nightclubs, including his Cabo Wabo Cantina, and now he says he wants to go even bigger, with his very own resort.  “I want a resort: Sammy’s Resort World,” he shared during an appearance on The Kenny Aronoff Sessions podcast. “Everything Sammy. Basically, Sammy’s Island.”  […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (MAUI, Hawaii) -- Maui county officials reported 12 additional deaths on Friday bringing the count to 67. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated in its press release that 85% of the Lahaina fire was contained, the Pulehu/Kihei fire is 80% contained and the Upcountry Maui fire is only 50% contained. FEMA confirmed firefighters are still "battling flare-ups in all three fires." With residents now allowed back into […]

Scotty McCreery has unveiled the name and release date of his upcoming song. The track is titled "Cab In A Solo" and will arrive on August 18. "Took some buddies up to the mountains of North Carolina to do nothing but write some country music. I’m proud to say one of those songs turned out to be one of my favorites I’ve ever written," Scotty shares on Facebook alongside a preview clip of the […]

Rhino A classic Van Morrison album just got a new high fidelity reissue. Morrison’s 1970 album, His Band and the Street Choir, is the latest release in Rhino High Fidelity’s new series of limited-edition, high-end vinyl reissues. The pressing is limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies and includes an exclusive interview with the album’s engineer, Elliot Scheiner, as well as a lyric sheet. “Every take with this guy was just brilliant,” Scheiner says in the interview. […]

Michael Tullberg/FilmMagic Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon doesn’t mince words when it comes to his thoughts about Danny Boyle's Sex Pistols series Pistol, which was based on guitarist Steve Jones’ autobiography, Lonely Boy. In an interview with The Sun, Lydon says he watched the FX series “just to see how absurd it was” and notes, “I’m sad to say it fulfilled all my negative expectations.” “I didn’t recognize the characters. It was so disappointing that the whole thing was done behind […]

Steve Jennings/Getty Images Heart’s Ann Wilson is set to drop some new music. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer announced on Instagram that she’ll be releasing the new album Another Door, with her backing band Tripsitter, on September 29. "All these songs were written by me and some musicians of the finest caliber,” Wilson shares in her post. “And I think if you give it a listen, it'll blow your mind. Will you walk through the door […]