Greta Van Fleet has postponed the rest of its Dreams in Gold spring U.S. tour as guitarist Jake Kiszka continues to battle with a bout with pneumonia that hospitalized him last week.
As previously reported, the “Highway Tune” rockers pushed back two shows in Michigan scheduled for last Wednesday and Thursday after Kiszka and his brother, vocalist Josh Kiszka, “woke up ill.” While Josh had “mostly recovered,” by Thursday evening, Jake was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia, forcing GVF to delay a third show, which had been set to take place this past Saturday in West Virginia.
Now, in a statement posted Monday evening, the band has announced that the remaining dates on the current tour, scheduled from March 22 in Madison, Wisconsin, to April 2 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will not go on as planned.
“We recognize how upsetting this news is and share your disappointment,” the statement reads. “While Jake has been discharged after being hospitalized for four days, he is still struggling with pneumonia and its symptoms.”
The message continues, “The healing process is long and slower that anticipated. Jake wanted to push through, however doctors have advised doing so could potentially lead to further complications and a longer recovery.”
In the meantime, GVF is “actively working” to reschedule the affected dates, though the March 22 show in Madison had to be canceled.
“To the fans, friends, and family that planned to travel great lengths to be with us — your unwavering support has not gone unnoticed,” Greta writes. “We appreciate your dedication, understanding, grace, and sympathy.”
Greta Van Fleet currently plans to return to the road for a South American tour beginning in late April. A new North American leg is scheduled to kick off in August.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, faces four days of high-profile confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Monday’s session kicked off with up to 10-minute opening statements from Senate Judiciary Committee members, five-minute statements from outside introducers, and then 10 minutes from Jackson herself.
She noted her professional experience and how it has prepared her for the role and she also acknowledged those who came before her.
“I stand on the shoulders of so many who have come before me, including Judge Constance Baker Motley, who was the first African American woman to be appointed to the federal bench and with whom I share a birthday,” Jackson said. “And like Judge Motley, I have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the Supreme Court building ‘equal justice under law’ are a reality and not just an idea.”
In closing she said, “Thank you for this historic chance to join the highest court to work with brilliant colleagues to inspire future generations — and to ensure liberty and justice for all.”
Jackson, 51, who currently sits on the nation’s second most powerful court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, will face questions from the committee’s 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats over two days, starting Tuesday. On Thursday, senators can ask questions of the American Bar Association and other outside witnesses.
While Democrats have the votes to confirm President Joe Biden‘s first Supreme Court nominee on their own, and hope to by the middle of April, the hearings could prove critical to the White House goal of securing at least some Republican support and shoring up the court’s credibility.
Commenting on the themes of the songs on the upcoming release, Fixx frontman Cy Curnin says, “Life can either be a series of broken obsessive thoughts or it can be a wonderful mosaic of moments. Every Five Seconds reflects this human paradox. The constant struggle between bewilderment and betterment.”
The Fixx is best known for its string of hits during the 1980s, which included four songs that reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 — “Saved by Zero,” “One Thing Leads to Another,” “Are We Ourselves?” and “Secret Separation.”
The group’s most recent previous album was 2012’s Beautiful Friction.
Here’s the full track list of Every Five Seconds:
“A Life Survived”
“Closer”
“Take What You Want”
“Wake Up”
“Suspended in Make Believe”
“Lonely as a Lighthouse”
“Cold”
“Spell”
“Woman of Flesh and Blood”
“Neverending”
(NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. officials.
The attack began Feb. 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation.”
Russian forces moving from neighboring Belarus toward Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, have advanced closer to the city center in recent days despite the resistance. Heavy shelling and missile attacks, many on civilian buildings, continue in Kyiv, as well as major cities like Kharkiv and Mariupol. Russia also bombed western cities for the first time this week, targeting Lviv and a military base near the Poland border.
Russia has been met by sanctions from the United States, Canada and countries throughout Europe, targeting the Russian economy as well as Putin himself.
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:
Mar 21, 4:11 pm
Pro-Kremlin newspaper unwittingly publishes Russian troops death toll
Pro-Kremlin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that nearly 10,000 Russian troops have died as a result of the invasion into Ukraine.
The newspaper published an article Monday that included a paragraph stating that Russia’s defense ministry said its losses in Ukraine are 9,862 dead and 16,153 injured.
“Russia’s Ministry of Defense denies the information of the Ukrainian General Staff about alleged large-scale casualties among the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine,” the article stated. “According to the data of the Russian ministry of defense, in the course of the special operation in Ukraine, Russia’s armed forces have lost 9,861 dead, 16,153 have received wounds.”
Not long after journalists online spotted the number, the article vanished and then was reposted without any mention of Russian casualties, indicating that the newspaper likely published the figure unwittingly.
If a journalist deliberately posted the death toll, they could be severely prosecuted under a new Russian law.
Russia has not published an official death toll for its forces since March 3, when it said just 498 of its troops had been killed.
The U.S. has estimated that between 2,000 and 10,000 Russians have been killed in the conflict.
Mar 21, 3:48 pm
Russian defense minister claims nearly 350,000 Ukrainians evacuated to Russia
Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, claimed that about 347,000 Ukrainians have evacuated to Russia.
The evacuations occurred “without the participation of the Kyiv authorities,” Mizintsev alleged during a press conference Monday, claiming that officials in Kyiv “again have not approved any of the four humanitarian corridors in Russia’s direction proposed by the Russian side.”
Mizintsev also alleged that Kyiv refuses to conduct humanitarian operations in the besieged city of Mariupol by withdrawing Ukrainian forces from the city.
“At 2 a.m. on March 21, 2022, we received an unsubstantiated refusal to rescue people, and a surrender and laying down arms are out of the question,” Mizintsev said, adding that more than 130,000 people remain blockaded in the city.
Mizintsev claimed that in the past 24 hours alone, 16,054 people, including 4,631 children, were evacuated “from dangerous areas of Ukraine and the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics” into Russia.
Moscow had had offered safe passage out of Mariupol in return for the city’s surrender before 4 a.m. Monday, but Ukraine rejected the offer well before the deadline.
Mar 21, 2:09 pm
Nazi concentration camp survivor killed in Kharkiv bombardment
A man who survived multiple Nazi concentration camps was killed in the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, on Friday, the country’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
Kuleba announced the news on Twitter Monday, saying 96-year-old Boris Romantchenko died after a “Russian bomb” hit his home.
“Survived Hitler, murdered by Putin,” Kuleba wrote.
Romantchenko survived four Nazi concentration camps: Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora and Peenemünde.
The Buchenwald Memorial Institute issued a statement saying it is “appalled at the news of Boris Romantschenko’s violent death in the war in Ukraine.”
The institute confirmed a projectile hit the multistory building where Romantchenko lived and ignited his flat.
-ABC News’ Luisa Rollenhagen and Christine Theodorou
Mar 21, 1:46 pm
US officials says Russian missiles are ‘failing to launch’
A senior U.S. defense official said at a Monday press briefing that Russian missiles are “failing to launch” as they are fired into Ukraine.
Russia has fired more than 1,100 missiles since the invasion last month, according to U.S. assessments, but there are indications they have been facing problems with the reliability of precision-guided munitions.
Some Russian missiles are “failing to launch, or they’re failing to hit the target, or they’re failing to explode on contact,” the official said.
Additionally, Russian forces are no closer to Kyiv than they were more than a week ago.
“They haven’t achieved anything in terms of what we assessed to be their objectives, which was population centers so that they could occupy and take over Ukraine,” the official said.
“They are looking for a chance to gain some momentum – not even regain momentum … because they never really had it. And that’s what’s so frustrating for them,” the official continued.
The official said most credit for the stalled Russian efforts goes to the Ukrainian forces and citizens, and the leadership of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mar 21, 12:37 pm
Nazi concentration camp survivor killed in Kharkiv bombardment
A man who survived multiple Nazi concentration camps was killed in the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, on Friday, the country’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
Kuleba announced the news on Twitter Monday, saying 96-year-old Boris Romantchenko died after a “Russian bomb” hit his home.
“Survived Hitler, murdered by Putin,” Kuleba wrote.
Romantchenko survived four Nazi concentration camps: Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora and Peenemünde.
The Buchenwald Memorial Institute issued a statement saying it is “appalled at the news of Boris Romantschenko’s violent death in the war in Ukraine.”
The institute confirmed a projectile hit the multistory building where Romantchenko lived and ignited his flat.
Mar 21, 11:55 am
Secretary Blinken condemns Russia during tour of Holocaust Museum
Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Russia while visiting the U.S. Holocaust Museum Monday to tour its Rohingya exhibit.
At the top of his remarks, Blinken discussed the Russian government’s “unprovoked, brutal war on Ukraine,” including the strike that damaged the Ukrainian Holocaust memorial Babyn Yar.
He also said the Kremlin is falsely claiming to be stopping a genocide in Ukraine, “abusing the term that we reserve for the greatest atrocities, disrespecting every victim of this heinous crime.”
Blinken then pivoted to discuss atrocities elsewhere in the world including China, Ethiopia and Myanmar.
“The day will come when those responsible for these appalling acts will have to answer for them,” he said.
Mar 21, 10:50 am
Pope Francis makes strong anti-war statement as Russian invasion continues
Pope Francis made a strong anti-war statement Monday as the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its 26th day.
In a speech in a private meeting at the Vatican with volunteer members of the I Was Thirsty organization, which promotes clean drinking water to poor areas of the world, the pope decried war and the money spent on weapons.
“Why make war on each other for conflicts that we should resolve by talking to each other as men?” he said to the audience in the Clementine Hall.
“Why not rather unite our forces and our resources to fight together the true battles of civilization: the fight against hunger and thirst; the fight against disease and epidemics; the fight against epidemics; the fight against the poverty and slavery of today?” the pope continued. “We must create the consciousness that continuing to spend on weapons dirties the soul, it dirties the heart, it dirties humanity.”
It comes just one day after Pope Francis denounced the “repugnant” war against Ukraine as “cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity” during a noontime prayer in St. Peter’s Square, although he stopped short of naming Russia as the aggressor.
Mar 21, 9:53 am
Ammonia leak at chemical plant in besieged city of Sumy
An ammonia leak has been reported at a chemical plant in the northeastern city of Sumy, the regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said Monday.
On his official Telegram channel, Zhyvytskyy said the leak was caused by Russian shelling.
He warned those within a 3-mile radius of the Sumykhimprom plant should leave the area because the gas is hazardous but that workers have contained the leak.
Zhyvytskyy said, so far, just one injury has been reported among employees of the plant.
-ABC News’ Joseph Simonetti
Mar 21, 9:05 am
Refugee numbers reach 3.4 million
More than 3.4 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, according to the latest figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Monday’s update showed that, of those refugees, more than 2 million have crossed the border into Poland. Additionally, about 535,000 have entered Romania and 365,000 have crossed into Moldova.
Refugees are also going to Hungary, Slovakia, Russia and Belarus.
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi tweeted Sunday that since the Russian invasion, 10 million people in Ukraine fled, either displaced in the country or as refugees abroad.
“Among the responsibilities of those who wage war, everywhere in the world, is the suffering inflicted on civilians who are forced to flee their homes,” he wrote.
UNICEF told ABC News that half of the internally displaced Ukrainians and half of those who have fled are children.
-ABC News’ Zoe Magee
Mar 21, 5:21 am
No surrender in besieged Mariupol, Ukraine says
Ukrainian officials rejected Russia’s demand that they surrender the southern port city of Mariupol on Monday morning.
Officials instead called on Russia to allow residents to evacuate safely from the city.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an early morning video address said his government was preparing to send buses to Mariupol on Monday to continue the evacuation.
“In besieged Mariupol, Russian aircraft dropped a bomb on an art school. People were hiding there. Hiding from shelling, from bombing,” Zelenskyy said, according to an official translation from his office. “There were no military positions. There were about four hundred civilians. Mostly women and children, the elderly. They are under the debris. We do not know how many are alive at the moment.”
Some who’ve left Mariupol have described dire circumstances, with constant shelling and little access to essentials, including food, water, and medicine, according to a report published Monday by Human Rights Watch.
“Mariupol residents have described a freezing hellscape riddled with dead bodies and destroyed buildings,” Belkis Wille, senior crisis and conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. “And these are the lucky ones who were able to escape, leaving behind thousands who are cut off from the world in the besieged city.”
Mar 20, 10:17 pm
Biden traveling to Poland Friday to discuss efforts to support Ukraine, humanitarian crisis
In addition to his trip to Brussels, President Joe Biden will also travel to Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, where he will hold a bilateral meeting with President Andrzej Duda.
“The President will discuss how the United States, alongside our Allies and partners, is responding to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war on Ukraine has created,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Sunday.
Psaki’s statement did not specify if Biden will do anything else during his trip to Poland, which has taken in more than 2 million Ukrainian refugees since the start of the conflict with Russia.
-ABC News’ Molly Nagle
Mar 20, 5:36 pm
Russia gives Ukrainian forces in Mariupol until morning to surrender: Reports
Russia has given Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol until Monday at 4 a.m. local time to surrender, according to reports.
Gen. Col. Mikhail Mizintsev, a senior Russian commander, warned the city’s local authorities, including the mayor, that if they do not surrender they will face a “military tribunal,” according to Russian state media.
He called on the official authorities in Kyiv to “see reason” and to cancel orders given earlier that he said oblige Ukrainian fighters “to sacrifice themselves and to become the ’martyrs of Mariupol.’”
Russian forces have been trying to push deep into Mariupol, engaging in street-to-street fighting while indiscriminately bombarding the city. Ukrainian troops defending the city are believed to be under severe pressure right now.
Mizintsev said Russia has proposed opening humanitarian corridors beginning at 9 a.m. Monday to allow Ukrainian troops and civilians to leave Mariupol.
He claims Russia’s goals in the city are “purely humanitarian” and repeated Russia’s false claims that it was Ukrainian “nationalist” forces that have destroyed several major civilian buildings, which in reality have been struck directly by Russian air and missile strikes.
“We call on the units of the Ukrainian armed forces, the battalions of the Territorial Defense, foreign mercenaries, to cease military action, lay down their arms and to leave for the territories controlled by Kyiv via the humanitarian corridors agreed with the Ukrainian side,” Mizintsev reportedly said. “Moreover, the safe exit of all those laying down their arms is guaranteed and the sparing of their lives.”
Mar 20, 4:27 pm
Zelenskyy criticizes Israel for not providing arms to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed members of the Knesset, the legislature of Israel, on Sunday, criticizing the country for not doing more to help Ukraine.
During the address, Zelenskyy drew parallels between Ukraine and Israel’s challenges with their neighbors and questioned why Israel has not sent arms to Ukraine or imposed sanctions on Russia.
“Everyone in Israel knows that your missile defense is the best,” Zelenskyy said. “It is powerful. Everyone knows that your weapon is strong. Everyone knows you’re doing great. You know how to defend your state interests, the interests of your people. And you can definitely help us protect our lives, the lives of Ukrainians, the lives of Ukrainian Jews. One can keep asking why we can’t get weapons from you. Or why Israel has not imposed strong sanctions against Russia.”
Zelenskyy described the Russian invasion as “a large-scale and treacherous war aimed at destroying our people,” quoting former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who was born in Kyiv.
“We intend to remain alive. Our neighbors want to see us dead,” Zelenskyy said. “This is not a question that leaves much room for compromise.”
During Zelensky’s speech, the Knesset’s cyber unit and the National Cyber Directorate fought off a number of cyberattacks aimed at interrupting the live-streamed speech, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing the Knesset.
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott on Monday shared a video dedicated to their newborn son, Wolf.
In the 10-minute YouTube montage titled “To Our Son,” the proud parents reveal clips from throughout Kylie’s pregnancy all the way up to the birth. Messages from family members — including Kylie’s mom Kris Jenner and Travis’ mom Wanda Webster — are interspersed as well.
The couple welcomed Wolf Webster on February 2, 2022. The baby boy joins big sister Stormi, who turned four the day before her brother was born.
(HOOD COUNTY, Texas) — Extreme weather conditions are causing deadly wildfires across the country.
A wildfire in central Texas that started over the weekend has burned over 11,000 acres and injured a firefighter, according to Hood County officials. Officials with the forest service said the fire started in Erath County and is moving north.
The wildfire, known as “Big L” by the Texas A&M Forest Service, started in a grassy area where it quickly began to spread due to the gusty winds and dry heat. The Hood County Emergency Management department said the city of Lipan, about 18 miles west of Granbury, was being evacuated and residents were urged to head east toward Granbury.
As of Monday morning, the Big L fire was about 20% contained and residents who evacuated were allowed to return home.
Four firefighters were wounded after battling the “Big L,” according to Hood County officials. One firefighter suffered first-degree burns but has been treated and released from the hospital. The other three firefighters suffered dehydration and have since recovered, officials said.
A red flag warning and high wind alerts have been issued for some areas throughout southern Texas as gusty winds and dry conditions continue to fuel wildfires.
With wildfires raging throughout Texas, severe storms expected to arrive later Monday night into Tuesday morning could potentially bring the precipitation needed to combat the dry heat and strong winds.
Thomas Rhett has been busily autographing copies of the vinyl version of new album, Where We Started, and he decided to have a little fun in the process.
On one copy, he decided to draw a fake neck tattoo onto the picture of himself on the album cover. For the famously family-oriented country star, no tattoo will do but a picture of his wife, Lauren, and so he tried his hand at drawing her portrait.
“When it comes to drawing, I may be the worst artist that exists,” TR says in a social media video explaining the incident.
“I’ve always thought about getting a new tattoo, and I thought I would test it out on one of these vinyl covers,” he continues. “So I drew a picture of Lauren on my neck, and this is how it turned out.”
He then panned the camera over to the vinyl, with a stick-figure, smiling drawing of a woman unrecognizable as his wife, complete with long, spaghetti-like hair.
“Love you babe,” Thomas adds, with a smile.
It doesn’t look like the tattooed vinyl is available in his merch store, but you can pick up your autographed vinyl of Where We Started, or perhaps a signed CD or an audio cassette with exclusive commentary. Where We Started will be out April 1.
Dolly Parton‘s new book is getting the feature treatment — with a little help from Reese Witherspoon.
Two weeks after the release of Run, Rose, Run, which Dolly co-wrote with author James Patterson, the novel is now being adapted into a feature film co-produced by Dolly, Reese, James and Hello Sunshine, a media company founded by the Academy Award-winning actress.
Dolly is set to star in the film, which follows an aspiring country singer who moves to Nashville with a collection of songs inspired by a dark secret from her past. The book was released on March 7 and became a New York Times bestseller, debuting at #1. It was accompanied by an album of the same name featuring original songs by Dolly.
“I’m proud, excited and honored to be working with my good friend Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine on the movie of Run, Rose, Run from the novel I co-wrote with James Patterson. James and I love Reese and look forward to working with her and her wonderful team,” Dolly says in a statement.
“Growing up in Nashville, I’ve loved Dolly since the moment I heard her magical voice and saw her luminous personality shine onstage. Beyond her magnetic presence as an artist and performer, she is one of the greatest songwriters and storytellers of our time,” praises Reese, calling the fellow Tennessee native an “icon.”
“My admiration for her grew to even greater heights when reading Run, Rose, Run, a gripping and heartbreaking book I couldn’t put down,” Reese continues. “I couldn’t feel more honored to be working alongside her and James to bring this remarkable story to the screen.”
Glass Animals still have the number-one song in the U.S., but this week, Imagine Dragons celebrates a nice achievement: their first top 10 since 2018.
Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week out of 61 weeks in total on the chart. Only a few other songs have hung around on the Hot 100 for 61 weeks or longer: Post Malone‘s “Circles,” The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears,” Adele‘s “Rolling in the Deep,” LMFAO‘s “Party Rock Anthem,” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” which is the champ with 90 weeks.
Meanwhile, “Enemy,” by Imagine Dragons and JID — which is seen heard in each new episode of the Netflix animated series Arcane: League of Legends — has jumped from #12 to number eight on the Hot 100. It’s ID’s fifth career top 10, and their first since “Thunder” was in the upper reaches of the chart in late 2017/early 2018.
“Enemy” is also in the top 10 on the Adult Pop and Pop Airplay charts.
Imagine Dragons’ highest-charting song to date is “Radioactive,” which peaked at number three in 2013.
With just days to go until Hollywood’s biggest night, Oscars producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have announced the latest batch of stars who will present at the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
Bill Murray, Elliot Page, Tiffany Haddish, skateboarding icon Tony Hawk and Encanto‘s Stephanie Beatriz will join DJ Khaled, Jennifer Garner, surfing legend Kelly Slater, and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White on envelope-opening duty.
As previously reported, already announced presenters include Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins, Rami Malek, Lupita Nyong’o, and Lady Gaga will also take to the stage, along with Oscar nominees Daniel Kaluuya, Uma Thurman, and John Travolta, among other famous names.
Hosted by Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall, the 94th Annual Academy Awards will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m. from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
