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On This Day, July 27, 1976... After a four-year legal battle, John Lennon received his Green Card, granting him permanent residency status in the United States. The Beatles icon faced deportation due to his political activism and 1968 marijuana conviction, but in 1975, the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the deportation order. Lennon and wife Yoko Ono had been living in New York since 1971. He would have been eligible for U.S. citizenship in 1981, but was […]

Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage The Who’s support of their one young artist has now brought in a hefty donation for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.  A post on their website details how paintings created on an iPad by bass player Jon Button’s 9-year-old son, Kezlowe Button, became a big hit with fans after they were posted online last Christmas. When the band brought their The Who Hits Back U.K. tour to Scotland's Edinburgh Castle in early July, Kezlowe sent them a new painting of Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey surrounded by bagpipes. […]

(NEW YORK) -- A pill for postpartum depression led to meaningful improvements in depression symptoms, according to a late-stage study published Wednesday in The American Journal of Psychiatry. The pill, zuranolone, is not yet approved, but the Food and Drug Administration is expected to make its approval decision by Aug 5. In the study, 196 mothers who experienced postpartum depression were split into two groups -- half were given zuranolone, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Fears of a recession have cast a thundercloud over the economy for many months but forecasters sun-kissed by falling inflation and a robust jobs market have grown optimistic about the U.S. averting a downturn. Gross domestic product data to be released by the federal government on Thursday will show if and how much the economy grew over the three months ending in June, offering a fresh look […]

ABC Audio Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has given a positive update on his ever-shifting relationship with his former Metallica bandmates. Mustaine, of course, was Metallica's original lead guitarist before he was infamously fired from the band in 1983. Frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich then replaced him with Kirk Hammett, who's remained in Metallica ever since. “It took a while for James and Lars and I to kind of come […]

ABC/ Craig Sjodin Mick Jagger officially became an octogenarian on July 26, and he received lots of birthday wishes from his famous friends. The day started with The Rolling Stones' social media accounts sharing a tribute video to Mick, set to the Stones track “You Got Me Rocking.” “It’s a special day today! Join us in wishing @mickjagger a very happy 80th birthday!!” they captioned the post. “Keep on rockin’ Mick!” The now 80-year-old also received lots […]

(NEW YORK) -- For couples ready to take that next step together, there’s nothing like planning a wedding -- then going into sticker shock after discovering just how much it’s going to cost. The average cost of a wedding in 2022 was about $30,000, according to wedding planning site The Knot. And that figure isn’t accounting for things like bachelor and bachelorette parties, engagement rings and the honeymoon. What’s more, […]