The Pentagon is seen from a flight taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — A partial lockdown at the Pentagon implemented in response to a potential air quality issue has been lifted after no hazards were found, according to the Pentagon’s chief spokesman.
Portions of the Pentagon had gone into a shelter-in-place earlier Thursday, after officials locked down multiple floors and hallways in response to a potential air hazard situation, according to three officials.
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement earlier that building monitoring systems detected an air-quality issue, prompting precautionary measures while officials work to determine the source and extent of the problem.
In an update Thursday, Parnell said subsequent testing “confirmed no hazard exists, and normal operations have resumed.”
Sources told ABC News earlier that authorities were investigating what caused a sensor to alert for a potential hazardous air quality issue at the Pentagon. Additional testing occurred to verify whether there was any hazard or if the sensor was faulty, multiple sources said.
In a message sent to Pentagon employees earlier Thursday, employees in certain corridors on select floors were urged to remain in place while awaiting testing results, which it noted could take one to two hours.
The Arlington County Fire Department said its hazardous materials team had responded to the Pentagon in support of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s Hazmat Team “during a hazardous materials incident.”
Jazmine Sullivan performs onstage during Day 2 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 05, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for ESSENCE)
Jazmine Sullivan teamed up with Philadelphia High School For Creative & Performing Arts for a magical prom transformation, gifting a custom prom gown to a student named Raigen and a tuxedo to her date.
In a video posted on social media, Jazmine returned to her alma mater to surprise students with the announcement.
“What’s up, CAPA?” she asks. “I want to give away a free prom dress.”
Jazmine explained that her good friend Marquette, known as designer Tyron Perrin on Instagram, would create the custom look, adding, “We’re gonna give a student a moment to remember.”
The clip then follows Raigen as she’s fitted for a pink strapless gown and as Jazmine, along with Raigen’s family and friends, attended the prom send-off to celebrate Raigen.
“Every young person deserves to feel seen, celebrated, and special which is why I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to partner with my alma mater, @capaphilly , & @marquette21 to gift a prom gown & tux to one lucky winner,” Jazmine wrote on Instagram, along with footage of the preparation.
“Raigen, you looked beeautiful sweetie. I hope you felt that way too!” she continued. “#TheBaddest Thank you for helping me go back in time and be a part of your special day.”
She also thanked Marquette and “all of the participants, CAPA staff, and everyone who helped make this happen,” before signing off, “I love you Philly.”
A general view of atmosphere during the 2015 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12, 2015 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Bonnaroo has announced the schedule for its 2026 festival livestream, which will air on Hulu and Disney+.
You’ll be able to watch sets by Turnstile, Yungblud, The Strokes, Wet Leg and Geese on Friday; Alabama Shakes, The Neighbourhood, Passion Pit and Rainbow Kitten Surprise on Saturday; and Noah Kahan, Role Model and Modest Mouse on Sunday.
Grateful Dead ‘Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66)’ (Rhino Entertainment)
Grateful Dead is offering up another preview of their upcoming live album, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66).
The band has just released a performance of the track “Viola Lee Blues,” from The Dead’s 1967 self-titled debut album. This is the second song they’ve released from the Fillmore concert, following “Cold Rain and Snow.”
“The Grateful Dead’s first big jamming vehicle, ‘Viola Lee Blues’ is heard here in one of its first live performances,” says Dead archivist David Lemieux. “The song only stuck around from 1966 to 1970, but it always hit several intensely psychedelic peaks, as you’ll hear here.”
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66) will be released digitally and as a two-CD set on July 3, on the 60th anniversary of the concert, which took place seven months after the band changed their name from the Warlocks. It will also be released as a three-LP set, its first time ever on vinyl, limited to 6,600 copies. The vinyl release is available exclusively at Dead.net.
The Fillmore performance was part of legendary promoter Bill Graham’s Independence Ball, with the band at the time made up of Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir.
The concert was previously available in 2015 as part of the 50th anniversary boxed set, 30 Trips Around the Sun.
‘Reality Awaits’ album artwork. (Cult Records/RCA Records)
You’ll have to wait about a month longer to hear the new Strokes album, Reality Awaits.
The upcoming seventh studio effort from Julian Casablancas and company is now set to drop on July 24 after being pushed back from its original June 26 release date.
Reality Awaits marks the first Strokes record since 2020’s The New Abnormal. It includes the singles “Going Shopping” and “Falling Out of Love.”
The Strokes will launch a U.S. tour Friday with a set at Bonnaroo. They’ve also just announced a hometown New York City show at Flushing Meadows Corona Park taking place Oct. 2.
Guitarist Nick Valensi will be absent from an indeterminate amount of shows, as he’s “taking a temporary break” from touring.
Cole Swindell’s “Girl Dad” (Warner Records Nashville)
Cole Swindell’s bringing his heartbreak and his happiness together in his new song, “Girl Dad.”
“If my Dad could see me now I’d like to think he’d be proud of where I am in life,” he posted on Instagram. “Especially these last few years. If I could update him on what it all looks like these days…What would I say?”
The message includes what appears to be the beginning of the music video for the song, as Cole’s bus stops at the cemetery where his father is buried.
Cole’s dad died unexpectedly in 2013, inspiring his 2015 smash “You Should Be Here.”
“I met a girl, Dad, I told her I loved her/ We got married up in California,” he sings in another clip. “Sunset on her white dress, God it was beautiful/ We saved a cold one and a chair for ya/ And I know you’re looking down from up there, I believe it/ And I just wish that I could see you see this/ A little black and white picture that I wanted so bad to tell you in person/ We’re having a girl, Dad.”
Cole married Courtney Little in June 2024 and they welcomed their daughter, Rainey Gail Swindell, in August 2025.
You’ll be able to hear “Girl Dad” in its entirety on June 19.
RAYE performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November 8, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
RAYE’s current album, This Music May Contain Hope, came out in March, but she’s already planning her next record. She’s even got the title, but the songs will have to wait a bit.
As Billboardreports, while doing a one-off show at New York’s famed Blue Note jazz club, RAYE didn’t perform her hit “Where Is My Husband!” because she said she woke up feeling too “single,” so she didn’t want to sing it. She then announced that the name of her third album will be And Then She Fell In Love, but added, “In protest … I’m not writing a single song for this album until that moment finds me.”
In other words, she doesn’t want to write any songs until she falls in love.
“It’s just gonna be ‘love, love, love’ and I’m excited for that time,” she continued. “But it’s not yet. I’ve also decided that I’m not gonna write a third album about ‘this guy sucks,’ ‘this guy gave up on me’ … I’m done with that era! We’re going to look forward to a nice, positive chapter.”
She also advised fans, “Just do not date rappers. That’s what I’ll say to that. What a delusional person I was.”
RAYE will receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction gala Thursday in New York. It’s an award given to young songwriters who are making an impact with their work. At the same event, Taylor Swift, a past winner of the Starlight Award, is being inducted into the Hall of Fame, making her the first artist ever to receive both those honors.
Three Days Grace has premiered the video for “Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight,” a track off the band’s latest album, 2025’s Alienation.
In contrast to the song’s title, the video finds the Canadian rockers returning to their hometown of Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario, cut with throwback footage and photos of the band members growing up.
You can watch the “Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight” video streaming now on YouTube.
Alienation marked 3DG’s first album since original frontman Adam Gontier returned to the band in 2024, forming a two-singer lineup alongside longtime vocalist Matt Walst. It also includes the singles “Mayday,” “Apologies” and “Kill Me Fast.”
Three Days Grace will launch a U.S. tour in continued support of Alienation in October.
A protestor throws a rock at Police vehicles on Sandy Row on June 9, 2026 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
(BELFAST, Northern Ireland) — Extra officers from the U.K. are being deployed to Northern Ireland on Thursday following another night of violent unrest over an alleged knife attack by an immigrant suspect.
Scotland will send 90 officers to Northern Ireland to support an additional 200 officers from across the U.K. that were deployed to the region after protesters allegedly set fire to cars, properties and other outdoor objects, pelted cops with projectiles and harassed immigrant healthcare workers on Wednesday, according to investigators and local leaders.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said Thursday that 16 people have been arrested this week in connection with the back-to-back nightly protests in Belfast and other towns. They are looking for more suspects connected to the violent demonstrations.
Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson told reporters that 12 officers were injured during Wednesday night’s incidents, including some who were allegedly struck by Molotov cocktails and other projectiles.
Officers had to use a water cannon to disperse some of the crowds.
“Our communities in Northern Ireland deserve to get their lives back to normal. Yesterday, businesses shut their doors, trains were not running and we saw schools closing early due to fear. This is the impact these thugs are having,” he said.
As the destruction and chaos continued on the streets, the family of the victim of Monday’s stabbing attack at the center of the riots pleaded for calmness and tolerance.
The family of Stephen Ogilvie, who is in stable condition following the attack, released a statement Wednesday saying they were “feeling disgusted” by the images of the violent protests.
“We want to make it absolutely clear that to do this in response is not supported by our family, and peaceful protest is only ever the way forward,” the family said.
A Sudanese immigrant allegedly attacked Ogilvie with a knife around 10:30 p.m. Monday near Kinnaird Avenue before he was subdued by nearby pedestrians and arrested by the police.
The victim “suffered serious injuries to his eyes and slash-wound injuries to his back and face,” police said.
The 30-year-old suspect was charged with attempted murder, possession of an article with blade or point in a public place and threats to kill. The investigation is ongoing.
The protests that have broken out since the attack have been pushing anti-immigrant rhetoric and have caused disturbances across Northern Ireland, according to the police.
In one incident on Wednesday, 20 masked protesters allegedly blocked the road and threw projectiles at officers and in another incident in Portadown, demonstrators attacked a property for hours, according to PSNI.
During the demonstrations, some protesters allegedly harassed immigrant healthcare workers who were on their way to and from their work, according to police.
UNISON Northern Ireland, the union representing healthcare workers, said in a statement it had received reports this week of workers being followed, stopped by people to check their identities and intimidated in their homes.
“They are care workers, nurses, classroom assistants and a host of other occupations delivering key public services. They are here because our government and public services invited them to fill the critical shortages in these vital services. The hypocrisy of those behind the hate campaign is stunning,” UNISON said in a statement Wednesday.
Henderson said he was meeting with UNISON members on Thursday and also shared his support for the healthcare workers.
“They are the backbone of our public service. They are caring for our family, friends and loved ones in our communities. We are here to support them. In the same way they support us,” he said.
Ogilvie’s family also expressed support for Northern Ireland’s immigrants and healthcare workers.
“We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including from within our healthcare system and hospitality sector, and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility — do not do this in the name of our loved one as we do not share the same values,” they said.
Outside of the unrest on the streets, police have also been working to combat a flood of misinformation about the knife attack and protests circulating on social media sites that are being promoted by anti-immigrant groups and figures.
Ogilvie’s family also condemned those who spread misinformation about the attack and protests.
“If you know anything at all about the attack, or saw anything strange near Kinnaird Avenue, please go to the police and stop sharing false information on social media, as it is deeply distressing,” they said.
Henderson urged the public to heed the family’s request.
“They could not be more clear that violence is not in Stephen’s name,” he said.
RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan perform at halftime of Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Wu-Tang Clan hyped the crowd at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night as the New York Knicks were down 76-49 at halftime against the visiting San Antonio Spurs.
The hip-hop legends reunited on the court at halftime, dressed in their Knicks gear and performing a medley of “Bring da Ruckus,” “Method Man” and “C.R.E.A.M.”
Perhaps the performance was just the energy the team needed: they went on to make history, overcoming a 29-point deficit to defeat the Spurs 107-106 in Game 4. The comeback marked the largest in NBA Finals history.
But if you hear A$AP Rocky tell it, he’d say he deserves the credit. “We was down by like 20,” Rocky said in a post-game interview. “It’s because of me, I’m the good luck charm. I was up there cheering from the box, going crazy. Thank me later.”
Even Fat Joe claimed a role in the comeback, telling Stephen A. Smith his “humpty dumpty” move contributed to Spurs player Victor Wembanyama missing two crucial free throws.
Game 5 is set for Saturday.
Meanwhile, Wu-Tang will resume the Final Chamber tour in August. They will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in December.
