Tony Award-winner Frank Galati dies aged 79
Galati won twin Tonys in 1990 for his adaptation and staging of Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of John Steinbeck’s The Grape Of Wrath.
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Thousands pay respects to Pope Benedict
Thousands more, including controversial Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, have paid their respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Kevin McCarthy loses second round of voting for House speaker amid GOP defections
Nineteen Republicans vote against his nomination to lead the House
Delta is investigating a pilot for making anti-Pete Buttigieg comments
A pilot in Atlanta blamed the transportation secretary for planes getting grounded in Florida
Don Jr mocked by Adam Kinzinger for selling Bibles on social media
The outgoing GOP congressman encourages pastors and priests to ‘rise up and call this out’
Sam Bankman-Fried fights through media scrum for first US court appearance
The FTX founder pleads not guilty to all charges in federal court
Account of Benedict’s papacy to be sealed in his coffin
Tens of thousands of people filed through St Peter’s Basilica to view Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body as it lay in state for a second day.
2 arrested in power substation vandalism in Washington state
U.S. prosecutors say two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state, attacks that left thousands without power over the holidays
Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at ‘destructionists’ blocking Kevin McCarthy’s House speaker bid
GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw calls conservative dissidents ‘pretty f***ing stupid’
Outgoing Democratic congressman calls successor George Santos a ‘con man’
Newly elected Republican faces backlash over fictions in biography