(WASHINGTON) — The first case of polio reported in the U.S. in nearly a decade was detected in New York state, health officials said Thursday.
The case is in a resident of Rockland County, the state health department said.
The last known case in the U.S. was recorded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2013.
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(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has turned the inquiry into the Secret Service deleted text messages into a criminal investigation, three sources familiar with the situation confirmed to ABC News Thursday.
The inspector general sent a letter to the Secret Service Wednesday night telling the agency to halt any internal investigations until the criminal probe has been wrapped up.
The inspector general’s office did not immediately respond to an ABC News request for comment.
It is unclear whether this criminal investigation would result in a referral to the Justice department but the inspector general wants the Secret Service to halt its internal review.
“The Secret Service is in receipt of the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s letter,” a Secret Service spokesperson told ABC News in a statement. “We have informed the January 6th Select Committee of the Inspector General’s request and will conduct a thorough legal review to ensure we are fully cooperative with all oversight efforts and that they do not conflict with each other.”
The Secret Service has said it has been cooperating with a House Jan 6 committee subpoena and a National Archives and Records Administration inquiry, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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Another project about The Beatles may be on the way.
In a recent interview, Peter Jackson, the director behind the Disney+ three-part docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, revealed that he’s in talks with surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr about a new endeavor.
“I’m talking to The Beatles about another project, something very, very different than Get Back,” Jackson told Deadline. “We’re seeing what the possibilities are, but it’s another project with them. It’s not really a documentary … and that’s all I can really say.”
Get Back, which hit Disney+ in November 2021, was created from dozens of hours of previously unseen footage that focuses on the January 1969 sessions that yielded the band’s Let It Be album.
The docuseries recently scored five Emmy nominations, in categories honoring outstanding documentary, directing, picture editing, sound editing and sound mixing.
Jackson told Deadline that he’s especially happy about the nominations in the sound-related categories.
“Get Back is all about the sound, and restoring the sound and developing the AI things to separate the musical tracks,” Peter notes. “We did a lot of groundbreaking work, so it’s really great that the guys who did that work are part of the Emmy nominations.”
The Beatles: Get Back is available now on DVD and Blu-ray.
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If you use Rihanna‘s Fenty Beauty products, chances are you are head over heels in love with the ultra-inclusive makeup line. Now, the “Umbrella” singer is expanding her network to cover hair.
Billboard reports Rihanna’s company Roraj Trade, LLC, recently filed two applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark “Fenty Hair.” Products include brushes, combs, wigs, curlers, scrunchies, hair bands, clips, bows, pins and more.
It is unknown if the Grammy winner will unleash her own hair care line of shampoos and oils, but considering her Fenty umbrella covers skin care, shapewear and makeup, it’s quite possible this is where she’s heading next.
Fans are already going wild about Fenty Hair on social media. Some have pointed out that Rihanna’s hairstyles are always iconic, so they’re excited they may soon have the right tools to replicate them.
Rihanna’s decision to create inclusive lines has paid off; Forbes crowned her America’s Richest Self-Made Women after she amassed a net worth of $1.4 billion thanks to Fenty Beauty. This also makes her the first billionaire to come from Barbados, said Forbes.
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Luke Combs is celebrating a big milestone today: It’s his wife Nicole‘s 30th birthday.
To celebrate, Luke posted a carousel of photos of Nicole, many of which were taken with pets or on hiking and fishing trips. “Welcome to the dirty 30 club,” he wrote in the caption. “You have amazed me more times than I thought was humanly possible.”
He also included a recent snapshot of Nicole at home with the couple’s infant son, Tex, who was born last month. Tex is their first child, and Luke has kept pretty quiet on social media since he was born, but he posted a sweet photo of Nicole cradling baby Tex in their bedroom, as their dog curled up on the bed behind her.
“Watching you become a mother, your positive outlook on life, your love for others, your honesty, your fierce loyalty and 1000 other traits that make you so perfect,” Luke continues. “I love you so much and I’m thankful for you Every. Single. Day.”
Luke and Nicole got married in August 2020. She’s been the inspiration behind several of his songs, and the music video for his “Forever After All” features footage of their wedding day.
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Late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the artists featured in an upcoming documentary titled Let There Be Drums!, according to Deadline.
Hawkins’ appearance in the film marks, as Deadline puts it, “what may have been the final filmed interview” he gave prior to his unexpected death earlier this year in March.
Let There Be Drums! — which aims to “examine the essential role drumming plays in great bands and how music passes from generation to generation” — will also feature interviews with The Beatles‘ Ringo Starr, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland, Jane’s Addiction‘s Stephen Perkins, ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum and the Grateful Dead‘s Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann.
Justin Kreutzmann, Bill’s son, is directing the doc in an effort to “talk to the world’s most influential drummers in hopes of better understanding his father and the instrument that defined his life.”
Let There Be Drums! is set to premiere in theaters October 28.
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Ryan Gosling told Good Morning America on Thursday that he has always wanted to make an action film and is checking off that box with his latest movie, The Gray Man, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo.
The Oscar-nominated actor, who is known for his roles in La La Land and The Notebook, explains action films are, “probably what made me fall in love with movies.”
“It took a long time to get there but, you know, it was like finding the right one, finding the right character and obviously the Russo brothers directing this, who have been doing this for a decade at Marvel and killing it, I just knew I could go along for the crazy ride and feel comfortable with them driving,” he continued.
Gosling, who shares two daughters with his partner, actress Eva Mendes, also shared a funny moment involving his family that took place while he was filming in Prague.
He recalled, “…There’s lots of explosions going off…Eva and the kids…were in a hotel nearby.”
“I got a call in the middle of one of the scenes and…it was Eva saying, ‘How long are these explosions going to go on because the girls have a piano zoom class,'” he laughed.
In the movie, Gosling’s character, Sierra Six, is mocked by former CIA Agent Lloyd Hansen — played by Chris Evans — and referred to as “Ken Doll.” Gosling said the line was added into the script of The Gray Man after he was cast in the live-action Barbie film.
“I was the last to recognize the Ken in me but — I see it clearly now,” the actor joked, saying he’s experiencing a “Kenaissance.”
The Gray Man is out in select theaters now and hits Netflix Friday.
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Lawyers for Amber Heard made it official on Thursday and filed a motion in a Virginia court to appeal the June verdict in the Johnny Depp defamation case.
A jury had decided Heard “maliciously” defamed the Pirates of the Caribbean star in a Washington Post op-ed in which she claimed to have been a victim of domestic and sexual violence.
While she did not name her ex-husband Depp in the article, the jury decided that the implication was clear and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The latter amount was capped to $350,000 by Virginia law.
Heard, for her part, was awarded just $2 million in her $100 million countersuit and awarded no punitive damages for comments made about her by a former attorney of Depp.
After the appeal was filed, a spokesperson for Heard gave a statement to ABC News that read, “We believe the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the First Amendment. We are therefore appealing the verdict.”
“While we realize today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice,” the statement concluded.
For Depp’s part, a rep for the actor told ABC News in a statement, “The jury listened to the extensive evidence presented during the six-week trial and came to a clear and unanimous verdict that the defendant herself defamed Mr. Depp in multiple instances. We remain confident in our case and that this verdict will stand.”
Earlier this month, the judge in the case, Penny Azcarate, tossed an attempt by Heard’s lawyers to seek a mistrial in the case.
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Thomas Rhett’s newest out-of-the-box collaborator is Nashville-based singer-songwriter Ben Rector. The two singers are teaming up for Ben’s next single, “What Makes a Man,” which will be out August 5.
“I’ve always been a fan of Ben’s, so when he reached out wanting to collaborate, I jumped at the opportunity to work with him,” says Thomas. “He’s an incredible artist, writer and performer and this song hit me as something I could immediately connect to.”
Ben’s foray into the country genre doesn’t stop there: He’s also gearing up to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on August 9, just days after the release of “What Makes a Man.”
TR’s new duet with Ben is available to pre-save now. Meanwhile, the country singer is currently making waves on the charts with another duet: “Half of Me,” his current single with Riley Green.
Thomas’ Bring the Bar to You Tour kicked off last month.
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It’s a special moment when you’re handed the keys to your first car, which is why many people never forget the memory. That goes for both Jewel and Train frontman Pat Monahan, who spoke openly about their first cars.
“I think my first vehicle was a 1978 Chevrolet Chevette,” Pat revealed in a statement. “It was my mom’s car and she let me drive it. It was pretty sweet!”
He continued, “My finest memory of that Chevette was that I was allowed to do it all by myself. I was a 16 year old kid and being able to drive around and pick up [my] friends in Erie, Pennsylvania was a pretty big deal. I can’t say I loved anything most about the actual vehicle, [but] the freedom of the vehicle was what I loved most.”
As for Jewel, her first car was a little bit bigger than Pat’s Chevette. “My first car was a 1969 VW bus,” she disclosed in a statement.
“It was my first real ride and it also became my home so it was a pretty big deal,” she continued. “I was homeless at the time [and] this van represented safety and shelter.”
Jewel’s van was also responsible for starting her career as she revealed, “I wrote a lot of songs in that van and it’s amazing to think that those songs became my first album. Those songs ended up changing the entire trajectory of my life.”
“I will always think of a lot of music when I think about [that] van,” she added.
Jewel and Train’s recollections are a part of their collaboration with Mercury Insurance for its “My First Car” series, which encourages artists to share their best memories of their first vehicle.
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