The band Train poses with Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos on ‘Live with Kelly and Mark,’ November 2025 (Courtesy WABC)
Train‘s “Jupiter” is now Diamond.
While appearing on Live with Kelly and Mark on Thursday, the band was surprised with a plaque marking the fact that their signature tune, “Drops of Jupiter,” has been RIAA certified for sales of 10 million units. It’s the band’s second Diamond single, following “Hey Soul Sister.” In 2026, the band will launch a summer tour marking the 25th anniversary of the song and its parent album of the same name.
In other Train news, back in 2023 there were reports that a musical version of the 2013 film Begin Again, which starred Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine, Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, was in the works, with songs written by Train singer Pat Monahan. The musical is now a reality: The show, featuring music and lyrics by Monahan, will open at The Old Globe theater in San Diego on Sept. 6, 2026, in what’s described as a “pre-Broadway run.”
Begin Again is about a struggling singer/songwriter, played by Knightley, who is discovered by a record executive, played by Ruffalo. They work together on an album, but things get complicated with her ex-boyfriend, a now-successful artist played by Levine.
The songs in the Begin Again movie were written by a collection of musicians, including Gregg Alexander of ’90s band New Radicals, best known for their hit “You Get What You Give.” The song they wrote for Adam to sing in the film, “Lost Stars,” was nominated for an Oscar.
D’Angelo performs onstage during day 2 of the AFROPUNK festival at Commodore Barry Park on August 24, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)
Swayvo Twain opened up in an Instagram post Wednesday about losing his father, D’Angelo. He shared that his father’s death provided a lot a clarity, allowing him to approach the loss differently than he did when his mother, Angie Stone, died.
“Mom passed and left me with a lot of questions. After this funeral, I gained a lot of answers to things,” he said in an Instagram video.
He attributes the answered questions to the quality time he was able to spend with D’Angelo before he passed away.
“My dad, he came down to Atlanta. He spent three weeks with me. Anything we ever missed, any questions I ever had, anything I wanted to ask him about — anything — we just had every conversation,” Twain said in the video. “Every laugh and every moment, man. It really just cleared my spirit, man. That’s the time I needed him the most ever. He stood right there.”
While he admits he went into hiding after his mother passed away in March, he said his father’s death has left him motivated.
“Every time he popped his head out, he did his big one,” Twain said of D’Angelo. “So that’s what I’mma do.”
Twain’s post also featured parts of the eulogy he delivered at D’Angelo’s private memorial service.
“Knowing your father’s history and where he comes from,” he said in the clip. “Really getting an understanding for that s*** is, like, monumental.” In the caption, he thanked everyone for “all the love, support, and well wishes” they’ve been sending his way.
D’Angelo passed away Oct. 14 following a battle with cancer. Angie died March 1 following a car collision.
‘Hell Awaits’ album artwork. (Metal Blade Records)
Slayer has announced a 40th anniversary reissue of their 1985 album, Hell Awaits.
The reissue will be released May 15 in three-LP and three-CD packages. Along with the original album, the track list includes 18 bonus live recordings. Both editions are available now to preorder via Metal Blade Records.
Additionally, Slayer is releasing a limited-edition “blood-filled” vinyl version of Hell Awaits exclusively via their web store. Fittingly, only 666 copies will be available.
Slayer also marked the 40th anniversary of Hell Awaits via their Slaytanic Verses online museum with interactive tour notebooks form 1985.
Slayer will be celebrating another milestone anniversary in 2026 when 1986’s Reign in Blood turns 40. They’ll be performing the album during their set at the Sick New World festival in Fort Worth, Texas, taking place Oct. 24.
Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons performs onstage during a concert at Uber Arena on November 10, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Jakubaszek/Redferns)
Mumford & Sons are the recipients of PLUS1’s 2025 Impact Leader Award.
The honor recognizes the artist who raised the most funds of the year via PLUS1, which facilitates charitable donations to different organizations through ticket sales.
Mumford & Sons’ 2025 tour raised money for War Child, which supports children affected by war and other conflict.
“Mumford & Sons led the way this year, turning hundreds of thousands of tickets into opportunities to support children and families affected by conflict,” reads a post published on PLUS1’s Instagram. “Through this work, they are helping provide safety, education, and essential resources to those impacted by war, while also raising awareness of the urgent needs faced by these communities.”
Mumford & Sons toured in 2025 in support of their new album, Rushmere, which was released in March. A follow-up record, Prizefighter, drops Feb. 13, 2026.
(NEW YORK) — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase was arrested by FBI agents upon arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City on Thursday, as he surrendered following his indictment this month in connection with an alleged sports gambling scheme.
Clase, who had traveled from the Dominican Republic, is due in Brooklyn federal court Thursday afternoon for arraignment on the indictment charging him with rigging pitches so sports bettors could make hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent bets.
Clase and fellow Guardians pitcher Luis Leandro Ortiz allegedly conspired with sports bettors to rig pitches they threw so the bettors would profit from illegal wagers, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn and the FBI said.
According to the indictment, Clase started conspiring with sports bettors in 2023 on specific pitches he would throw during MLB games. The bettors then used that information to place prop bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the indictment says.
The bettors wagered on the speed and type of Clase’s pitches based on information they knew in advance by coordinating with Clase, sometimes even during MLB games, prosecutors said. Clase often threw these allegedly rigged pitches on the first pitch of an at-bat, investigators said. To ensure certain pitches were called as balls, Clase threw many of them in the dirt, well outside the strike zone, according to investigators.
In exchange, Clase received bribes and kickbacks, prosecutors said.
The indictment includes numerous examples of pitches that Clase allegedly rigged, including one in a game against the New York Mets. In total, by rigging pitches, Clase caused his co-conspirator bettors to win at least $400,000 in fraudulent wagers, according to investigators.
Ortiz allegedly joined the scheme in June 2025, according to the indictment, and allegedly agreed in advance to throw balls instead of strikes on pitches in two games in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.
He pleaded not guilty to several conspiracy charges at his arraignment in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Magistrate Judge Joseph Marutollo ordered Ortiz released on a $500,000 bond secured by his wife and a second surety to be named by next week.
The criminal investigations into Clase and Ortiz began after betting platforms noticed unusual activity during certain games or moments and/or after referrals from various professional sports leagues, the source told ABC News.
The news of this MLB betting probe comes after the Department of Justice recently unsealed indictments accusing Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and former player Damon Jones of participating in rigged poker games, while Jones and current Miami Heat player Terry Rozier allegedly took part in illegal betting schemes.
A source familiar with the investigation told ABC News the case against Clase and Ortiz is not connected to the NBA indictment, and is also separate from an NCAA disclosure about six former college basketball players accused of allegedly rigging games.
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(NEW YORK) — An individual attempted to “confront” Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Last night, an individual attempted to confront one of our U.S. Attorneys — my dear friend @USAttyHabba -destroyed property in her office, and then fled the scene,” Bondi posted on X Thursday. “Thankfully, Alina is ok.”
“Any violence or threats of violence against any federal officer will not be tolerated. Period,” Bondi’s post continued. “This is unfortunately becoming a trend as radicals continue to attack law enforcement agents around the country.”
Details regarding the alleged incident were not immediately provided.
“Our federal prosecutors, agents, and law-enforcement partners put their lives on the line every day to protect the American people, and this Department will use every legal tool available to ensure their safety and hold violent offenders fully accountable,” Bondi said in her post.
Habba is a close ally of President Trump and served as one of his lawyers and a White House counselor before being appointed acting U.S. attorney.
Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie on the ‘Wuthering Heights’ poster. (Alon Amir/Warner Bros. Pictures)
The official trailer for Emerald Fennell‘s Wuthering Heights film adaptation has arrived.
Warner Bros. Pictures released the official trailer for this reimagning of Emily Brontë‘s classic story on Thursday.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as Cathy and Heathcliff in this bold telling of the beloved Gothic romance. Fennell wrote, directed and produced the film.
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,” Robbie’s Cathy says in the trailer.
The movie features original songs by Charli XCX. The Brat superstar has just released the new track “Chains of Love,” which is featured in the new trailer. Additionally, the album Charli made for the film is also now available to preorder.
“Wuthering Heights, the album i created for Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel, is available to pre order now. 12 original songs. Yours, 13th February 2026. <3,” Charli posted to Instagram.
Making up the film’s ensemble cast are Hong Chau as Nelly Dean, Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton and Alison Oliver as Isabella Linton. Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell also star in the film.
Wuthering Heights arrives in theaters on Feb. 13, 2026, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Carly Pearce is making a “Dream Come True” with the lead single from her upcoming fifth album.
She revealed the title Thursday on her Instagram Story, as the song premiered exclusively on some radio stations ahead of its streaming debut at midnight Thursday.
“Trying to make the dream come true,” she captioned another post, showing her standing onstage in a theater wearing a sparkling gown.
“Dream Come True” is the first taste of her follow-up to 2024’s hummingbird and her first new single since “truck on fire.”
The Rolling Stones from left: drummer Charlie Watts, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman, singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Brian Jones at London Airport, June 23rd 1966. (Photo by George Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Rolling Stones’ iconic tune “Paint It Black” is the subject of a new lawsuit filed against Behr Paint.
ABCKO Music & Records, owner of The Stones’ early master recordings, is suing the paint company for copyright infringement for using the 1966 chart-topper in an advertisement for its paint products that appeared on social media.
The suit notes that Behr didn’t pay ABCKO to use the song, while most third parties “pay significant fees,” which they say range from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to license such ABKCO recordings for ads.
According to the suit, the “commercial use of the ABKCO Recording has forced a business association upon ABKCO that has harmed its ability to license the ABKCO Recording to Behr’s competitors that would pay for the use” of the song.
ABKCO is claiming it “suffered significant damages” thanks to the unauthorized use of “Paint it Black,” adding Behr’s “acts of infringement have been willful, in reckless disregard of and with indifference to” ABKCO’s rights.
ABKCO is seeking actual damages, to be proven at trial, recovery of any profits Behr made off the use of the song, plus statutory damages and lawyers’ fees.
In this March 12, 2025, file photo, a person walks by the headquarters of the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images, FILE
(WASHINGTON) — After 43 days, the longest federal government shutdown in history is history after President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed the funding bill passed in both chambers of Congress.
With the bill now signed, federal agencies and services are expected to immediately return to normal; however, some benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, will take a little time to be doled out.
The spending bill reopens and funds the federal government until Jan. 30, 2026, with some agencies like the Department of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs funded through the end of the fiscal year.
Here’s what to know about the government reopening.
When will federal employees return to work?
At least 670,000 federal employees were furloughed during the shutdown, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Furloughed employees are expected to return to work immediately and there is some indication that those orders have gone out to specific agencies.
Furloughed employees at Health and Human Services were told to “report for duty” on Thursday, according to a memo obtained by ABC News.
“If HHS employees do not have previously approved leave scheduled, or do not get leave approved, then they will be “considered absent without leave (AWOL),” the memo reads.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) also told agencies Thursday that they should consider “the disruption in the lives and routines of furloughed employees.”
Back pay and undoing Trump firings
Federal workers deemed essential, including Capitol Police officers, Transportation Security Administration workers and air traffic controllers, were forced to work without pay during the shutdown.
During the shutdown, the administration issued layoffs through Reduction in Force orders for federal workers in various agencies.
All federal workers are entitled to back pay under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, signed into law by Trump during the now-second-longest shutdown in his first term in office.
The law covers both furloughed employees and those required to work without pay during a government shutdown.
The funding bill includes additional language to reverse Trump administration firings during the shutdown and ensures that furloughed workers receive back pay.
It also includes language to prevent any additional reductions in force until the next government funding deadline on Jan. 30, 2026.
When will SNAP benefits get doled out?
The bill includes a provision to fully fund SNAP benefits through the end of September 2026.
The money is expected to be doled out soon, but the timetable has not been revealed by officials.
Federal courts ordered the administration to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown, however, the administration went to the Supreme Court to get the order paused as the appeals litigation continued.
On Thursday, the administration withdrew its case.
Solicitor General John Sauer said in a filing that the “underlying dispute here is now moot.”
When do D.C.’s museums open?
All of the Smithsonian museums have been closed since Oct. 12 after running out of funding.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazey Center will reopen on Nov. 14, according to a notice on its website.
“All other museums, research centers, and the National Zoo will reopen on a rolling basis by Monday, Nov. 17,” the message read.
When will the air traffic system be fully staffed?
The shortage of air traffic controllers, who were not furloughed, was so dire during the shutdown that the Federal Aviation Administration was forced to reduce flights by 10% at 40 airports — leading to thousands of flights being canceled and delayed across the country.
As many as 15 to 20 controllers resigned during the shutdown, according to the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Duffy told reporters Tuesday that air traffic controllers will get 70% of their back pay within 24 to 48 hours of the reopening.
It could take up to a week for air travel to return to normal operations after the government shutdown ends, Airlines for America President and CEO Chris Sununu said at a press briefing Wednesday afternoon.
Sununu said he doesn’t see any impacts lasting into the holiday season.
“I don’t think any flights over the Thanksgiving week have actually been canceled yet. I think the airlines have been pretty tight working with the FAA looking a few days out to be sure,” he said.
Where do Obamacare subsidies stand?
Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that Democrats held out for during the shutdown were not included in the Senate deal to reopen the government, which passed with the help of eight moderate Democrats.
The enhanced ACA tax credits don’t expire until Dec. 31, and if no deal is reached, health premiums will jump for more than 20 million Americans.
Sources told ABC News on Monday that Senate Republican leadership promised to allow a vote on a bill of Democrats’ choosing related to the ACA in December.
But House Speaker Mike Johnson has not committed to holding a vote in the House on the subsidies.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday filed a discharge petition to extend the Obamacare subsidies. He would need a few House Republicans to vote with Democrats for it to pass.
