(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office announced that it filed two criminal charges against a suspect in the April 13 shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, Missouri.
Andrew Lester was charged with one count of felony assault in the first degree and one count of armed criminal action, also a felony, police said Monday.
The 16-year-old Black teenager was shot Thursday night by a homeowner in Kansas City after he accidentally went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings, police said.
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Gary Clark Jr. is playing Eric Clapton‘s Crossroads Guitar Festival, taking place September 23-24 in Los Angeles.
The event, which is making its return this year for the first time since 2019, is known for “hosting performances and impromptu collaborations from the world’s most renowned guitar players,” a press release declares.
Clapton will be performing both nights, while the lineup also includes ZZ Top, John Mayer Trio, Santana, Sheryl Crow, H.E.R., The War on Drugs and Buddy Guy, among many others.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 21, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit CrossroadsGuitarFestival.com.
Saint Motel has announced a livestream for the band’s upcoming concert in New York City, taking place May 1.
The stream begins at 8 p.m. ET via the platform Veeps. For more info, visit SaintMotel.Veeps.com.
The NYC show is part of Saint Motel’s Awards Show tour, during which fans will be able to vote on the set list for each concert.
“What better way to give friends the ability to help design our setlists than by making ticket holders actual voting members,” says frontman A/J Jackson. “We have a lot of surprises in store for this tour. See you at the Awards Show!”
Will.i.am is mourning the death of The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan, who passed away Friday at the age of 46. Will collaborated with The Script on their hit “Hall of Fame” and judged The Voice in the U.K. with Script lead singer Danny O’Donoghue. “My heart is broken…,” he tweeted. “Prayers to Mark’s spirit & family…”
Taylor Swift’s fans are looking out for her post Joe Alwyn breakup. During her concert in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, a fan held up a sign that simply said, “You OK?” Taylor responded with a thumbs-up. The quick interaction was captured by another concertgoer and posted to TikTok.
Doja Cat’s latest tattoo of a human/animal hybrid creature sparked criticism online, with some calling it demonic. But Doja took to Instagram to explain the ink’s real inspiration: illustrations from the 1655 edition of Fortunio Liceti‘s Monsters, about deformities in nature. “Your fear is not my problem,” she captioned her post.
Halsey has parted ways with her longtime label Capitol Records. The split comes almost a year after the singer criticized the label for not allowing her to release “So Good” unless they could “fake a viral moment on TikTok” for publicity. Halsey was signed to Capitol via its subsidiary label Astralwerks in 2014. Halsey’s managers said in a statement to People that they “are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans.”
Taylor Swift’s fans are looking out for her post Joe Alwyn breakup. During her concert in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, a fan held up a sign that simply said, “You OK?” Taylor responded with a thumbs-up. The quick interaction was captured by another concertgoer and posted to TikTok.
Billy Joel’s Madison Square Garden concert is getting bumped for the Stanley Cup playoffs. The show scheduled for Saturday, April 22, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 25. All tickets for the original show will be honored at the new one. On April 22, the New York Rangers play the New Jersey Devils in game three of the hockey playoffs.
Adele enjoyed a girls’ trip in Miami over the weekend with pals April McDaniel and Savannah James, NBA star LeBron James’ wife. Adele is, of course, dating LeBron’s agent, Rich Paul. While at a nightclub in South Beach, Adele was captured on video singing along to Katy Perry‘s “Teenage Dream” and Sia and David Guetta‘s “Titanium.”
Kanye West‘s recent controversial behavior has inspired a documentary that’s making its way to BBC. According to Variety, We Need to Talk About Kanye explores how his behavior affects his position in pop culture.
“Ye’s recent behavior has prompted both condemnation and a re-evaluation of his place in popular culture,” says Jeremy Lee, a producer on the documentary. “With recent events as a starting point, the documentary and accompanying eight-part podcast series explore Ye’s two decades in the public eye amid a rumored YE2024 election campaign.”
He notes the documentary is unique because it’s “underpinned with world-class journalism and unique access to members of Ye’s inner circle” and “is a revelation-driven film which sheds new light on recent events.”
We Need to Talk About Kanye, fronted by investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, has already been acquired by several high-profile broadcasters and platforms, according to Variety. It’s slated to premiere on BBC later this year.
Lee says Ye “is aware of but has no editorial control over the documentary.”
In an Instagram video of the final moments on set, executive producer Eric Kripke thanked the cast and crew of The Boys for wrapping the fourth season.
In an f-bomb-loaded send-off, Kripke thanked his stars and the Amazon show’s crew, calling working on the show “one of the great honors of my life.”
Shown embracing in the video were a bloodied Jack Quaid (Hughie), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko) and Erin Moriarty (Starlight/Annie), and a relatively clean Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk) and a fist-pumping Tomer Capone (Frenchie). Not seen was Antony Starr (Homelander), so it’s likely the final shot was of the series’ heroes.
Recently ABC Audio asked executive producer Seth Rogen what he could tell us about the fourth season. “It’s just so crazy,” he expressed.
“Every time I’m like, ‘These guys have done the craziest stuff you could ever do.’ I’ll, like, watch — there’s one set piece in this new season that is, like, I’m disturbed that I work with the people who conceived of it,” he said.
The show’s fourth season will start either late this year or in early 2024.
Erykah Badu is hitting the road this year, and she’s bringing along Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. The two will embark on a 25-city tour, which includes San Antonio, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Philadelphia.
The trek, titled the Unfollow Me tour, will kick off June 11 and wrap over a month later on July 23. Presale tickets are available now. A general sale will go up on April 20.
Erykah teases a slew of “extraordinary guests” at her upcoming shows.
Lil Yachty has not abandoned rap music. He previewed a reminder of his rapping abilities Sunday during a conversation with Twitch streamer Kai Cenat.
The song he teased appears to be a remix of “EA” by Young Nudy and 21 Savage, which replaces Pi’erre Bourne’s trap percussion with drill drums. It’s unclear if or when the full song will actually be released.
Yachty previously dropped “Poland,” tapping into his rap roots after his psychedelic rock album, Let’s Start Here.
Elsewhere in the livestream, he discussed his friendship with Drake, specifically noting one of the craziest things he’s ever witnessed in Drizzy’s home.
“Every bathroom in his house has heated seats,” said Yachty. “And every bathroom in his house, when you walk up to the toilet, it opens and starts playing 2Pac ‘Hit ‘Em Up.’ I swear to God!”
“Every time it’s like, ‘Yeah, you fat muthaf****!’” he continued. “It’s so annoying when you gotta take a s*** ’cause it keeps looping.”
(AUSTIN, Texas) — A bill described as “anti-vaccine” is moving through the Texas legislature and could give lawmakers the power to make decisions about vaccines in schools rather than doctors or administrators.
SB 1024, which was recently passed by a Senate committee — and will soon be voted on by the Texas Senate and the House — could limit schools and local health departments from being able to require or recommend immunizations.
While the proposed legislation mainly focuses on ending COVID-19 restrictions and barring COVID-19 vaccine requirements, public health experts say it could have implications for any kind of vaccine.
The bill states “every child shall be immunized against diphtheria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, measles, meningococcal disease, mumps, pertussis, polio, rubella, tetanus, and varicella” but not any other disease.
This language could apply to vaccines that are currently in development or for shots that don’t yet exist.
What’s more, legislators would be able to decide whether to add or remove vaccines that are required for students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Texas.
“This is a very concerning trend because it’s not just about COVID,” Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, told ABC News. “It’s not even just about future pandemics, although that’s worrisome as well.”
“It’s a now thing and it will have immediate potential implications by cherry-picking who gets vaccinated and who gets mandated and how much of the population is protected against diseases.”
Chin-Hong said diseases considered to be eliminated from the United States due to vaccines have cropped up in recent years, including several outbreaks of measles and a recent case of polio identified in New York last year.
Health experts say that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and that the bill is the most recent example of a trend of anti-vaccine legislation that has swept the country.
“There is no doubt…that the COVID vaccines are an extraordinary triumph,” Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told ABC News. “They’ve been very effective, particularly in preventing severe disease, a kind that requires hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and could lead to death.”
Schaffner continued, “They’ve been used in millions of people around the world. They’re no longer new. They’re no longer experimental. They’re really very solidly established vaccines.”
He said bills like this cast doubt on public health experts and further erode public trust.
The bill authored by Republican State Senator Lois Kolkhorst, who is the chairwoman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, which just passed the bill.
If the bill is passed and signed into law, it would go into effect Sept. 1, 2023.
Kolkhorst’s office did not immediately return ABC News’ request for comment, but this is not the first bill she’s introduced regarding vaccine restrictions.
One bill, SB 1025, prohibits the use of vaccine passports to certify vaccination status and would implement a tracking system for adverse events following the administration of vaccines and booster doses.
Another bill, SB 1026, prevents governments, courts, schools and employers from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination and from discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccination status.
