Graduations are emotional. Especially when it’s your little sister. A Connecticut mom captured the moment her 8-year-old son Derek congratulated her 5-year-old daughter Charlee after her Pre-K graduation and the image is making the rounds on social media. Aundrea and Matthew Smith posted the photo on Instagram saying their son walked up to their daughter…… MORE
Singer R. Kelly appeared in a Chicago court Wednesday, where a judge said he would like to set a trial date for early next year and prosecutors turned over a DVD allegedly showing pornographic images involving a minor. Kelly pleaded not guilty earlier this month to 11 new charges in his sexual assault and sexual…… MORE
If you dive deep enough off America’s northeast coast you’ll find something surprising under the Atlantic Ocean: freshwater. A gigantic aquifer of mostly freshwater, hugging the coastline from New Jersey up to Massachusetts, sits below the ocean floor. It contains at least 2,800 cubic kilometers (that’s about 739 trillion gallons) of liquid. That’s enough water…… MORE
In an appeal to patriotism, a car dealership in Alabama is giving away bibles, flags and guns for a Fourth of July special. From now until July 31, Chatom Ford will offer customers a bible, American flag and a gift certificate for a 12-gauge shotgun when they purchase any new or used vehicle. In a…… MORE
A Baltimore postman pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to distribute marijuana on his mail route, court documents say. According to his plea agreement, postal worker, William McRae, was paid in cash and marijuana to distribute over 100-kilograms of drugs along his mail route over the course of a year. Court documents lay out how…… MORE
The children’s magazine, Highlights, denounced the Trump administration’s separation of migrant families in a statement posted to Twitter Tuesday. This comes after new reports revealing poor conditions at border detention facilities. “This is not a political statement about immigration policy. This is a statement about human decency, plain and simple,” wrote CEO Kent Johnson. The…… MORE
Is she smiling or is she upset as she stands with one hand touching her necklace, the other clutching her phone? The last known images of Mackenzie Lueck, 23, released by the Salt Lake City Police Department on Tuesday, offer few clues. In the still shots snatched from Salt Lake City International Airport videotape, Lueck…… MORE
Grab a piece of cardboard and practice your moves. Break dancing is a step closer to becoming an Olympic sport. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.)…… MORE
Tiger Woods has been dropped as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit. The parents of Nicholas Immesberger, a bartender at a restaurant owned by Woods who died in a December drunk driving accident, had sued Woods and others saying that Immesberger’s death was the result of negligence on the part of The Woods Jupiter…… MORE
We’ve seen it with whales, we’ve seen it with dolphins and now it’s gators. Animals keep mistakenly eating our trash. A visitor posted a video showing an alligator at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, in Crawfordville, Florida, chewing on a plastic bag. The park said the gator likely thought it contained something edible. “This…… MORE
Elaina Smith is back with the second season of her award-winning podcast, Breaking Thru With Elaina, formerly titled Women Want to Hear Women. Elaina kicked off Season 2 with one of her favorite guests from Season 1 . . . the one and only Maren Morris. In addition to chatting with Maren about country radio,…
Jim Casey talks with Thomas Rhett about: the anticipation of releasing his new album, Center Point Road, on May 31 moving from Valdosta, Ga., to Hendersonville, Tenn., as a 5-year-old in 1995 his first memory of his house on Center Point Road building the new 16-song album finding the centerpiece for the album, “Remember You…
Jim Casey talks with Hunter Hayes about: life-living and self-discovery as a 27-year-old releasing his first single in three years to country radio, “Heartbreak” the genesis of “Heartbreak,” which set the tone for his upcoming album trying to stay optimistic in the face of negativity releasing his self-titled debut album in 2011 growing up in…
Jim Casey talks with Jake Owen about: creating his sixth studio album, Greetings From . . . Jake what ties the album together picking the 14 songs for the new album the all-star group of Nashville songwriters who have cuts on the album the success of singles “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)” and “Down…
