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(BOCA CHICA, Texas) -- About three minutes after SpaceX's Starship rocket launched Thursday morning, the boosters failed to separate, and it was forced to self-destruct. Despite not going according to plan, SpaceX said it was still a successful first part of the mission, and CEO Elon Musk congratulated the team. When Starship is eventually perfected, here's why the world's largest rocket will be so extraordinary: Starship is designed to carry passengers […]

Kscope Envy of None, featuring Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, is ready to drop new music. The band, which also features bassist Andy Curran, guitarist/keyboardist Alfio Annibalini and singer-songwriter Maiah Wynne, is dropping the new EP That Was Then, This Is Now on June 9. The EP consists of one newly recorded track, “That Was Then,” along with remixes of "Dumkoptf" and "Dog’s Life.” It also includes tracks “Lethe River” and “You’ll Be Sorry,” which was previously released as part of […]

Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has contributed a track to a new Earth Day compilation, currently available on Bandcamp. The EarthPercent x Earth Day '23 Compilation Album features over 60 tunes that are either new, exclusive or previously unreleased. They can be downloaded individually or as a whole album from April 20 to May 6, with Stipe contributing the song "Give Me A Hand," featuring folk singer Gaeylynn Lee. Other artists on the compilation […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS This year's Tribeca Film Festival will feature documentaries about Alicia Keys, Tierra Whack and the late Biz Markie. According to the festival website, All Up in the Biz, directed by Sacha Jenkins, highlights the mark Biz Markie made on hip-hop via a combination of rare clips, reenactments, playful animation and interviews with the likes of Nick Cannon, Fat Joe, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E Fresh, Dapper Dan and Darryl “DMC” McDaniel of Run-DMC. Sponsored by Indeed, the documentary, part of Expressions of Black Freedom programming, spans […]

(NEW YORK) -- Earlier this week, a federal judge in Colorado temporarily exempted a Catholic healthcare clinic from having to follow the state's recent ban on abortion pill "reversal" treatment. Gov. Jared Polis signed the ban as part of a series of bills Friday, becoming the first state in the U.S. to ban use of the treatment and furthering enshrining abortion access in Colorado. However, Bella Health + Wellness, an […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York City is among the most densely populated coastal communities in the world preparing for an inevitable rise in sea levels, which scientists said will amplify flooding crises from events such as thunderstorms, high tides and hurricanes. Sea levels in New York City are expected to rise between 8 inches and 30 inches by the 2050s and as much as 15 inches to 75 inches by […]

(LAS VEGAS) -- The Colorado River, one of the most important river systems in the country, is drying up at an alarming rate. The issues surrounding depleting water levels along the Colorado River basin have become as heated as the arid climate contributing to the moisture-sapping megadrought persisting in the region for decades. Despite an extremely wet winter that eased the effects of the longstanding drought, regional officials and environmental […]

ABC Stars who served as celebrity ambassadors for the now-discredited crypto exchange FTX could be on the hook legally for billions of dollars -- and it turns out Taylor Swift narrowly avoided the same fate. In the latest episode of The Scoop podcast, attorney Adam Moskowitz talks about how he's suing stars like Shaquille O'Neal, Tom Brady and Larry David in a class action lawsuit.  The suit contends that, by promoting FTX, the stars were were promoting the sale of unregistered securities, which […]

Roswell Records/RCA Records After a week of teasing, Foo Fighters have announced a new album. The record is titled But Here We Are, and drops June 2. You can listen to lead single "Rescued" now via digital outlets. But Here We Are is the follow-up to 2021's Medicine at Midnight, and, more notably, the first Foo Fighters record since the unexpected death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. A […]