Tom Morello at 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. (Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser)
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello has announced a concert dubbed Power to the People, described as a “non-partisan celebration of peace, justice, solidarity, music and community action.”
The show takes place Oct. 3 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The bill includes Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen, ex-Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, The Linda Lindas, grandson and rappers Cypress Hill, Killer Mike and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels.
“The Power to the People festival is about freedom, justice, equality and rock and roll,” Morello says. “It’s about the power everyday human beings have when they come together through music, art, community, and action. We’re honored to bring this incredible lineup to the DC area for a day that celebrates the spirit of activism, creativity, and hope.”
Presales begin Friday at 10 a.m. ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.
Hawaiʻi Island police released this undated photo of Jacob Daniel Baker, 36. (Hawaiʻi Island Police)
(HAWAII) — Police in Hawaii said they’re searching for a 36-year-old man wanted in connection with three homicides within days.
“Over the past 48 hours, our island has experienced three separate homicides in the Puna district, all of which we believe are connected and involve a single suspect,” Hawai’i Island Police Chief Reed Mahuna said at a news conference. Hawai’i Island is also known as the Big Island.
“We have mobilized significant resources and personnel to address this situation swiftly and thoroughly,” the chief said. “Bringing this suspect into custody without anyone further being harmed is the No. 1 priority.”
The suspect is identified as Jacob “Jake” Daniel Baker, of Pāhoa, Hawaii, police said. A gun wasn’t used in any of the homicides, but Baker “should be considered armed and extremely dangerous,” Mahuna said.
The first death was discovered Monday evening, when an officer responded to a home and found a 69-year-old man partially submerged inside a cement pond, police said.
On Tuesday afternoon, officers responded to a home just 400 to 500 feet away from the first victim and found a 79-year-old man dead from apparent blunt force trauma, police said.
On Tuesday night, the third victim — a 69-year-old man — was found dead about 19 miles away from the first two locations, police said.
No motive is known, police said. There’s no known connection between the victims besides the first two living near each other, police added.
“These are a tragic series of events and our thoughts are with those who are grieving,” the chief said.
Police urge anyone who sees Baker to not approach him and to immediately call 911.
Parents and guardians stand at Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Nakuru, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images)
(LONDON) — At least 16 students died in an overnight fire at a boarding school for girls in central Kenya, a government minister said Thursday.
Education Minister Julius Ogamba said in a statement posted to X that a “regrettable fire tragedy befell Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County. Most unfortunately, 16 learners lost their lives while several others suffered injuries in the incident.”
The Kenya Police Service said in a statement posted to Facebook that “several other students were injured and are receiving treatment.”
The blaze broke out in a dormitory at the Utumishi Girls Senior School in the town of Gilgil in Kenya’s Nakuru County, police said, around 74 miles from the capital Nairobi.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing, police said. “We are working to account for all students and support affected families during this difficult time,” the service said in its statement.
The fire was reported early Thursday at around 3:30 a.m. local time, according to the Kenya Red Cross, which said its team were supporting the ongoing multi-agency response. “Several students have been evacuated and are receiving treatment in various hospitals,” Kenya Red Cross said.
Ogamba expressed “our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and relatives of the learners who lost their lives in this sorrowful incident. We wish a quick recovery to those who were injured. We pray that God grants everyone strength and fortitude during this difficult and painful period.”
“Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing and updates will be provided in due course,” the minister added.
ABC News’ Charlotte Gardiner contributed to this report.
Bruce Springsteen and Foo Fighters are among the artists who’ll be performing at Power to the People Festival, scheduled for Columbia, Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion on Oct. 3.
Described as a “non-partisan” “day of peace, love, justice, and music,” the festival is curated by Tom Morello, who’s part of Springsteen’s current Land of Hope and Dreams tour. He announced the festival on stage during Springsteen’s show at Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park on Wednesday night.
According to the event’s website, it will serve to remind people of the “power everyday human beings have when they come together … to shape our country and our planet on, and beyond, Election Day.”
In addition to Springsteen and Foo Fighters, performers include Morello, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, Jack Black, Taylor Momsen, ex-Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, grandson, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, The Linda Lindas, Serj Tankian of System of a Down and Dropkick Murphys.
A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales will go to VoteRiders, a pro-democracy, pro-voter organization, and HeadCount, which will also be on site to help fans register to vote.
Presales start May 20 at 10 a.m. ET at PowerToThePeopleFest.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public May 30 at 10 a.m. ET.
Texas State Rep. James Talarico, who won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in the Texas primary election, speaks to ABC News. (ABC News)
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the pivotal U.S. Senate race in Texas, appeared on Wednesday to walk back some of his past comments on religion that have become a major line of attack in the race against Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
When asked about his comments in 2021 during floor debate in the legislature that “God is non-binary” in an interview on ABC News Live, Talarico replied that “Ken Paxton is clipping my past cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption,” as part of a “playbook” of “distraction and division.”
When pressed on his comments, Talarico replied that they were “meant to be deliberately provocative” and that he believes “you can’t use human categories to define God.” He said that Republicans are seizing on the comments “to try and distract from the corrupt system that Ken Paxton embodies.”
ABC News reached out to Paxton’s campaign for response to Talarico’s comments.
Talarico’s comments along with other statements on transgender rights and immigration were highlighted in Paxton’s first general election ad, which ends with the tagline “Radical Talarico: too low-T for Texas.” “Low-T” is a reference to levels of testosterone that is used to insult men for a lack of masculinity.
Republicans have used transgender rights as a major line of attack, including in the 2024 presidential race. The DNC’s after-action report on the election identified the Trump campaign’s attack ads labeling his opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, as “for they/them” as one of the most effective ads of the cycle.
Democrats think Talarico’s potential to reach beyond the Democratic base and appeal to independents and Republicans disaffected by Paxton’s candidacy could be enough to win the seat and possibly control of the Senate next year.
Paxton faced ethical and personal questions during the primary. He was acquitted in an Republican-driven impeachment trial in 2023. Paxton’s wife filed for divorce last year, citing “biblical grounds.”
Republican leadership, which had encouraged President Donald Trump to back Paxton’s opponent in the primary, Sen. John Cornyn, as more electable in the general election, have begun to coalesce around Paxton as the Republican nominee.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in a radio appearance Wednesday that Republicans were going “all-in” on Paxton and attacked Talarico as a “far left liberal.”
The Senate Majority PAC, which backed Cornyn in his primary race, has taken down past press releases and ads attacking Paxton and has issued a statement opposing Talarico without mentioning Paxton by name.
Talarico has made explicit overtures to Trump voters and Cornyn voters, who are necessary to win any statewide election in Texas, saying, “There is a lot of disillusionment among the president’s supporters here in Texas, and I’m extending an open hand to those Trump voters. So that they know they have a place in our campaign.”
While Cornyn has not explicitly endorsed Paxton in the election, he has said that he will “support the Republican ticket.”
Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers (Photo Credit: Stephanie Pistel)
Duran Duran recently dropped the new song “Free to Love,” which is their latest collaboration with Chic’s Nile Rodgers.
Bassist John Taylor tells ABC Audio that Nile’s greatest contribution to the song is “this crazy kind of almost Afro, this guitar riff of his.”
“It’s one of those deceptively simple licks that Nile specializes in,” he says. “We get almost the whole song really just sitting on top of this lick of his.”
Duran Duran and Rodgers go way back, first working together in 1984, when Rodgers remixed “The Reflex,” which became the band’s first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Taylor says back then he was too young to think about how long their relationship may last.
“I just was never thinking that far ahead,” he says. “I knew that I loved Nile’s work, and that there was something very special about Chic and they were very inspirational to Duran Duran, you know, at a very early age.”
“And the first time we met Nile, we just connected,” he adds.
Duran Duran and Rodgers continued to work together over the years, with Rodgers also producing “The Wild Boys” and producing or co-producing several of the band’s albums, including 1986’s Notorious.
“He’s got an extraordinary energy about him,” Taylor says of Rodgers. “We’ve had some big moments together,” adding, “I always feel kind of safe when he’s around.”
Duran Duran will kick off a European tour on June 19 in Denmark. They are also set to headline BST Hyde Park in London on July 5. A complete list of dates can be found at DuranDuran.com.
We now know when season 2 of X-Men ’97 will arrive. The second season of the Emmy-nominated Marvel Animation series will debut to Disney+ on July 1. It will continue the story of the mutant team of X-Men who are divided and thrown across different eras in time as they make their way back home. Disney+ also released the trailer for the new season. The show’s voice cast includes Ross Marquand as Professor X, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, Ray Chase as Cyclops and Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey …
Ted Danson has found his next role. The actor is set to join Elizabeth Banks in the cast of a new Apple TV comedy series. The currently untitled show comes from creators Liz Heldens and Matt Ward. It follows a recently divorced woman named Heidi (Banks) who stumbles into coordinating her father’s (Danson) retirement community sexcapades …
The trailer for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has arrived. Fresh off its Cannes Film Festival debut, Mubi has released the trailer for the new movie from director Jane Schoenbrun. It stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson and releases in theaters on Aug. 7 …
If you happen to be going through a tough time, Tyler Hubbard’s new song, “Land,” may just be the bit of encouragement you need.
“When the rug gets pulled on your best made plans/ It’s how you fall and where you land,” he sings on the track.
“Really, it’s about overcoming obstacles in life,” Tyler says of the new song. “It’s about how you handle curveballs, if you will, and hurdles and speed bumps and all the things along the way.”
“And you know, it also talks about celebrating the good things in life and the successes,” he continues, “but it’s really, I think what makes a man is how you handle and how you overcome the hard, difficult seasons of life.”
“Land” is the beginning of Tyler’s next chapter of music, which is coming soon.
He heads out on the road in September with Dan + Shay on The Young Tour.
Wyclef Jean performs at ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025′ (Disney/Christopher Willard)
Wyclef Jean has been teasing the first installment of his Quantum Leap series, Clef Notes, the hip-hop focused chapter of the project. He’s already previewed tracks with Rapsody and G Herbo, but there’s more in store. He tells ABC Audio that Andra Day and Lil Wayne also appear on the album, which pays tribute to the genre that launched his career.
“Starting it with hip-hop is like paying tribute to what made me who I am today. Coming to America from the islands, growing up in a project, you know, started off [with] church music and a jazz major and found myself through hip-hop. If it wasn’t hip-hip I wouldn’t be here, so it’s important,” he explains.
He says the project will first spotlight his lyrical genius before reminding fans of his production style.
“I know y’all haven’t heard me produce in a minute, so this is back to that Wyclef production,” he says. “1996 mixed with 2030, the sonics are crazy. Y’all gonna love it.”
Clef Notes is scheduled to arrive on June 26, marking the first of Quantum Leap, a seven-album series Wyclef will release over the next year, each centered on a genre that’s shaped him as an artist. He hopes listeners take away at least one message from the ambitious project: “never put yourself in a box.”
“When you listen to seven albums or you listen to one album, always remember once somebody starts categorizing y’all and saying, ‘Oh, you’re this, or you’re that, or you’re this,’ no, I am all things. Like, why you trying to belittle me? That’s what I want y’all to get out of that,” he says.
“Mr. October” featuring G Herbo, the lead single off Clef Notes, is due out Friday.
