Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – The Australian government plans to strengthen laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms. Observers said on Friday the government was responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube had failed.

David Clayton-Thomas, lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dead at 84

NEW YORK (AP) – David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other hits helped make the so-called “brass rock” band among the most popular acts of the late 1960s, has died at age 84.

Penelope Cruz premieres 'The Invite' in LA

Penelope Cruz premieres ‘The Invite’ in LA

Harvey Weinstein's New York rape charge dropped after accuser says she can't endure a fourth trial

NEW YORK (AP) – Harvey Weinstein avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could not endure testifying again, leading prosecutors to drop the #MeToo-era case on Thursday.

Movie Review: 'Jackass: Best and Last' is just a clip-job of greatest hits

Pour one out for the “Jackass” crew. They’re done. “Jackass: Best and Last” is a sad but fitting end to an extreme stunt franchise that was vanquished not by imagination but time.

Norman Rockwell people-watched in West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on display

WASHINGTON (AP) – For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor’s lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump had seen them.

What is the 2026 song of the summer?

NEW YORK (AP) – What is 2026’s song of the summer?

10 songs to memorialize Clive Davis, the larger-than-life music executive

NEW YORK (AP) – No music executive has ever been so powerful as to become synonymous with the whole of the music industry itself. But if anyone came close, it was Clive Davis.

Mel Brooks at 100

Mel Brooks at 100