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Biden sues DOJ to block release of audio recordings tied to special counsel probe

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Former President Joe Biden filed suit against the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of recordings and transcripts from interviews he gave for his memoir that were central to a special counsel probe regarding his handling of classified materials after his time as vice president.

The lawsuit follows an intervention by Biden in a separate lawsuit brought by the conservative Heritage Foundation over a FOIA request that sought records from the investigation by former special counsel Robert Hur.

The audio recordings and transcripts stem from interviews Biden did with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer for his 2017 memoir “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.”

The materials were obtained by the DOJ as part of the special counsel’s probe, which ended in February 2024, finding that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed” classified materials but recommending no criminal charges.

Biden’s lawsuit seeks to further bolster his demands that the materials not be shared with the conservative think tank or congressional Republicans, citing his right to privacy as well as allegations against DOJ that it is acting unlawfully in seeking an avenue to release the records.

“President Biden—like every American—has a right to privacy in personal conversations he had within his own home,” the lawsuit said. “That is particularly true here, where the Department obtained this information through a criminal investigation.”

Biden’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., said the DOJ has indicated it will release the audio recordings and transcripts to both the Heritage Foundation and the House Judiciary Committee on June 15 unless a court order blocks the release.

The lawsuit details a frenzied effort and communications between Biden’s counsel and DOJ in recent weeks to walk through potential redactions and other issues surrounding release of the audio and transcripts.

While the DOJ and career attorneys during the Biden administration had taken the position that release of the materials was a clear departure from department norms, Biden’s attorneys said the current DOJ reversed its position without any formal explanation beginning in February.

New guidelines could help millions more Americans get colon cancer testing

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — New guidelines from the American Cancer Society are expanding colon cancer screening options beyond colonoscopies and established stool-based tests.

The recommendations still call for colorectal cancer screening in people at average risk starting at age 45 and continuing through age 75 for those with a life expectancy of 10 more years.

And colonoscopy is still considered the gold standard test.

But for the first time, the updated guidelines now include a blood-based screening test done in a doctor’s office. They also add new stool sample kits and a recently FDA-approved at-home test that looks for blood and different molecular markers in stool samples.

Experts note that offering more choices is critical to address gaps in screening for this highly preventable disease, which is most treatable when caught early.

“Individuals who decline or do not complete [testing] are probably a greater number than are actually appreciated,” Dr. William Dahut, chief scientific officer for the American Cancer Society, told ABC News. “And I think a lot of our data on colorectal screening probably overstates the number of people actually up to date on their screening guidelines.”

As the new guidelines point out, the most effective colorectal cancer screening test is the one people are willing to get. More than 20 million eligible Americans remain unscreened, according to the ACS.

While stool-based tests are reasonable options for most people, the new guidelines stress that the blood tests should be considered a last resort for people unable or unwilling to get any other form of testing because they are less likely to catch issues compared to other types of screening.

People who choose colonoscopy should be tested every 10 years. Other screening tests should be done every one, three, or five years, depending on the specific method selected.

These new guidelines come as colon cancer rates rise in younger adults across the US. ASC statistics show that 1 in 5 new colorectal cancer cases now occur in people younger than 55, up from about 1 in 10 in the mid-1990s.

“This is a disease that historically, we saw in older individuals, so people 50 and over or maybe even 60 and over. And now we are starting to see an inching up of incidents in people who are less than age 50,” Dr. Fola May, associate professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told ABC News.

She said she hoped that having a range of choices would push more people to get tested.

The ACS likely wants to “make sure that patients understand that these tests can be done at home. So you don’t need to take a day off of work. You don’t need an escort, you don’t need to have an invasive procedure,” May said.

The ACS advised people to work with a trusted healthcare provider to decide which test is best for them.

Dahut stressed that the recommendations apply only to people of average risk without symptoms and with no family or personal history of colorectal cancer. Consumers should check with their insurance provider to see which options their plan covers.

It’s important to be aware of the symptoms and take them seriously, he added.

“So if one has symptoms, blood in their stool, symptoms of obstruction, abdominal pain that’s persistent or change in stool patterns, then they need to have a workup for those symptoms and not have a blood-based test like this or a stool-based test,” he said.

Ari Goldstein, MD, MPH, is a board-certified family physician and preventive medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

In brief: ‘Dutton Ranch’ is Paramount+’s biggest original series launch and more

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Dutton Ranch has made Paramount+ history. The Yellowstone spinoff garnered the biggest original series launch in the streaming service’s history, according to numbers from the company. It generated 12.9 million global streaming views in the seven days following its premiere …

We now know which theater the Evita Broadway revival starring Rachel Zegler will take place in. The venue for the previously-announced production will be New York’s Winter Garden Theatre. Performances begin on Feb. 27, 2027, with an opening night of March 25, 2027. Jamie Lloyd directs the revival of the Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber musical …

Paddington Bear is one step closer to coming back to the big screen. Variety reports that a new pair of writers have signed on to write the British icon’s latest film adventure. Armando Iannucci, the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee known for creating Veep, will be joined by his fellow Emmy winner and Veep writer Simon Blackwell to pen Paddington 4. Additionally, the outlet reports Dougal Wilson, who helmed Paddington in Peru, is in talks to return for the fourth film …

In brief: ‘Dutton Ranch’ is Paramount+ biggest original series launch and more

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Scoreboard roundup — 5/26/26

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Spurs 114, Thunder 127

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Avalanche 1, Golden Knights 2 (West Final – Game 4, VGK wins series 4-0)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Nationals 6, Guardians 3
Rays 1, Orioles 6
Angels 10, Tigers 6
Cubs 1, Pirates 12
Braves 7, Red Sox 6
Marlins 1, Blue Jays 8
Reds 7, Mets 2
Twins 5, White Sox 3
Yankees 15, Royals 1
Cardinals 0, Brewers 6
Astros 7, Rangers 10
Phillies 4, Padres 3
Mariners 4, Athletics 1
Diamondbacks 7, Giants 5
Rockies 6, Dodgers 15

Ashley Cooke is about to be ‘the most me’ as she heads to the water

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The unofficial start of summer is here, with Memorial Day weekend now in the rearview mirror.

That’s good news for folks like Ashley Cooke, who’s ready to get things rolling ahead of the official start of the season on June 21.

“I’m a big water girl,” she explains. “I love the ocean, I love the lake, I love the pool, whatever it is, I love being near water. I love to wakeboard. I love to just lay out, read a book under the sun.”

“Summer is my favorite season,” she adds, “and I feel like the most ‘me’ as soon as summer comes back around.”

The self-titled sophomore album from the “your place” hitmaker also drops this summer, arriving Aug. 14. It features her latest hit, “the hell you are.”

Fans clamor for Black Eyed Peas reunion after Fergie appears at AMAs

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Fergie unexpectedly showing up at the American Music Awards to accept an award with her Black Eyed Peas bandmates has fans of 2000s pop in their feelings — and begging for a reunion.

Fergie officially left BEP in 2018, and since then, the group has carried on with singer J. Rey Soul in her place. Will.i.am, Taboo and Apl.de.ap remained friendly with Fergie, but the group’s appearance as a quartet on the AMAs was the first time they’d been publicly seen together in years.

After the group’s 2010 single “Rock That Body” won the best throwback song award on Monday night, the group posted footage of the moment, alongside the caption, “From 2010 to 2026, the energy never stopped. It’s crazy to see how this song keeps moving through time, from the era it came out to a whole new generation rocking with it today.”

In the comments, fans called for Fergie to rejoin the group. “FERGIE, PLEASE COME BACK TO THE BEP. WE ALL NEED THIS!!!” wrote one. “WE NEED FERGIE BACK TO BEP,” wrote another.

“My heart is melting seeing u all together again,” read a third comment. “Come back and rock that body, Fergie Ferg!” a fourth fan wrote.

On Fergie’s Instagram account, another fan penned, “This four together could make the world a happier place again.”

Other comments included, “PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM TOGETHER OMFG,” “We need them back,” and “Who else waiting for the announcement of WORLD TOUR in Fergie’s speech.”

When Fergie initially left the group, will.i.am said she wanted to focus on being a mother to her son, Axl Jack Duhamel, who she shares with her ex-husband, Josh Duhamel. She shouted out Axl in her acceptance speech Monday night.

The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson on adding new songs into show: ‘I can’t wait to play these songs’

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Black Crowes recently launched their new Southern Hospitality tour with Whiskey Myers. It’s their first tour since releasing their new album, A Pound of Feathers, and guitarist Rich Robinson tells ABC Audio that fans can expect them to play a mix of old and new songs.

“We change our set list every night,” he says. “You know, we have 10, 12 albums’ worth of stuff to pull from, some released and some unreleased albums.”

“It’s something I’m looking really forward to is to get in and flush these songs out and see where they fit within the set list,” he adds.

Rich says over the years they’ve adopted a different approach to creating their set list. “When we were younger, we were a little more militant about not playing a song twice in a row.”

“We kind of refused to play some of the songs that some of the people really wanted to hear every night,” he says, noting now that they’re older they get that people want to hear songs like “She Talks to Angels,” “Hard to Handle” and “Jealous Again” at every show.

“And we do that now,” he says, “but then we also have these moments in our set list where we can bring in these new things and bring in covers and stuff like that.”

And while incorporating new material may not always be easy, Rich says he’s up for it.

“To me, it’s not even a challenge,” he says. “It’s just like, I can’t wait to play these songs.”

The Southern Hospitality tour hits Orange Beach, Alabama, on Wednesday, and runs through Aug. 20 in Mountain View, California. A complete list of dates can be found at TheBlackCrowes.com.

Movies more likely to star talking animals or men named Chris than women over 60, study finds

May 27, 2026 by WDNY Radio

A new study has found that talking animals and men named Chris are more likely to star on the big screen than women over 60.

The study was conducted by the Centre for Aging Better through research from the Age Without Limits campaign. It revealed that the 100 highest-grossing films in the U.K. from the years 2023 through 2025 are four times more likely to have a talking animal as the lead character than an actress older than 60.

Additionally, six of the 100 movies starred an actor named Chris, while only five starred a woman older than 60.

In response to the study, actress Emma Thompson said, “Women are half the population and we get older. So where are the stories about us? The older we get, the more interesting we are. I want to see more films centre ageing women, we are compelling, relatable, and overdue for centre stage. Older women don’t need permission to exist on screen. They already exist in the world, cinema just needs to catch up.”

The five actresses older than 60 to lead a film in the past three years are Jennifer Saunders in Allelujah, Nia Vardalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Diane Keaton in Book Club: The Next Chapter, Demi Moore in The Substance and Jamie Lee Curtis in Freakier Friday.

Meanwhile, the Chrises who make up the films led by men named Chris are Chris Pratt in The Super Mario Bros Movie, Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Pratt in The Garfield Movie, Chris Pine in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Chris Hemsworth in Transformers One and Christian Friedel in The Zone of Interest.

Going further, The Garfield Movie is both a movie starring a guy named Chris and a movie starring a talking animal.

Survey questions, methodology and results have not been verified or endorsed by ABC News or The Walt Disney Company.

Paul McCartney says John Lennon’s ‘spirit is still in me, and I’m very glad of that’

May 26, 2026 by WDNY Radio

In a new video for Amazon Live and Amazon Music, Paul McCartney sits down with another famous Paul, Paul Mescal, who’s playing him in the upcoming quartet of Beatles films from Sam Mendes. During their 11-minute chat, McCartney discusses writing about his old Beatles bandmates on his new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane.

“On this record, I might even refer to him in my mind, you know, as if we’re still writing together,” McCartney tells Mescal about John Lennon. “I’ll write something and go, ‘What’s that? Is that any good?'”

“And you’re talking to him?” asks Mescal.

“Kind of,” says McCartney. “You know, sometimes I get away with it. And sometimes you say, ‘No, it’s s***!'”

“That’s mad,” replies Mescal. “You know, his spirit’s still in me,” McCartney says. “And I’m very glad of that.”

Mescal also asks McCartney how it feels to have written songs on the album specifically about Lennon and George Harrison. “It’s like seeing old snapshots,” he says. “It’s nice because you’re kinda revisiting them.”

But when Mescal asks McCartney how he managed to write songs about the old days and still make them sound as though they’re in the “present tense,” he has no answer.

“I mean, I don’t know how I do it,” McCartney replies. “I haven’t got a formula.”

In other McCartney news, he’ll be going live on TikTok Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. ET. He’ll be answering questions submitted by fans ahead of time, and ones that come in live during the stream. You can now register for the upcoming event.

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