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Jimmy Kimmel opened Tuesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with a heartfelt tribute to his childhood friend and late-night bandleader Cleto Escobedo III, who died Tuesday at 59. “We’ve been on the air for almost 23 years, and I’ve had to do some hard monologues along the way,” Kimmel said, crying. “But this one’s the hardest because late last night, early this morning, we lost someone very special who was much too young ... Read more

The wind off Lake Michigan carried a strange stillness that morning — the kind that arrives before something historic happens. Reporters gathered near the bronze gates of the former St. Helena campus in South Chicago, unsure of what to expect. Then the doors opened, and Erika Kirk stepped to the microphone, her hands trembling slightly, her voice soft but unshakable. “This isn’t just a school,” she said, pausing ... Read more

When Rachel Maddow speaks, America listens — not because her voice is loud, but because it cuts through the noise. For years, she has been the steady pulse of political commentary: the calm in chaos, the analyst who finds coherence where others find only conflict. Yet in her upcoming documentary, Truth in Focus, Maddow steps out from behind the desk, turning the camera toward herself. What emerges is not a polished media ... Read more

America is facing a triple crisis this week — one natural, one political, and one financial. As an arctic blast sweeps across the country, freezing cities from Chicago to New York, former President Donald Trump is threatening to “shut down” air traffic controllers if the federal government “continues to play games.” Meanwhile, economists are sounding alarms over the growing popularity of 50-year mortgages, a trend they call ... Read more

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- As Zohran Mamdani begins his shift from mayor-elect to mayor, New York City's Black community weighed in on the transition during the Democratic socialist's visit to Harlem on Wednesday. Mamdani attended the ribbon cutting for the new multi-million-dollar headquarters of the National Urban League, his first visit to Harlem since he won City Hall. "As we cut the ribbon on this ... Read more