John finney photography via Getty Images(ILLINOIS) One person died and dozens were injured after the roof of a historic theater in Illinois collapsed during a suspected tornado Friday night, officials said.
More than 40 people were injured in the incident at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, which was hosting a heavy metal concert at the time, officials said. Among those transported via ambulance from the venue were two with life-threatening injuries, two with severe injuries, 18 with moderate injuries and five with minor injuries, according to Dan Zaccard, emergency management director for Boone County.
A 50-year-old man wearing a concert T-shirt was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
More than 200 people were inside the venue at the time of the roof collapse, Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said during a press briefing Saturday morning.
"Luckily due to the response and all the first responders and the bystanders helping assist everybody out, I believe the cond
ABC/Gavin BondLionel Richie wrote Kenny Rogers classic song “Lady,” and he just revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that he finished the tune in a very unlikely place the bathroom.
"I m working with Kenny Rogers this is back in the day and so Kenny calls and says, I want you to write a song for me, " Richie shared on the show. "And, of course, I wrote Lady. "
Richie explains that at Kenny’s request he also prepared a second song, “Goin’ Back to Alabama,” but midway through writing it, Rogers decided he wanted to record "Lady" first.
“Now, what he didn t know was I only had written the first verse of Lady,’” Richie revealed. "So, I said, Excuse me for a minute. Let me, uh, go to the bathroom. I m sitting in the stall writing the second verse to Lady. "
Barrymore couldn’t believe Richie was able to finish the classic tune in such a short period of time, but he noted, "You will do some amazing things
Courtesy of Jon Franks(NEW YORK) A U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Mexico for more than 13 years for a crime he did not commit is now a free man after a judge overturned his conviction on Wednesday in the city of Acapulco.
"I’m so happy to be out and going home and be reunited with my family and to start my life again. I’m so grateful for my second chance," 46-year-old James Frisvold told ABC News exclusively after he walked free on Thursday from the notorious Las Cruces prison.
Frisvold headed back to his native California, where he was set to be reunited with his mother, sister and uncle at a private airport.
His release was secured by months of unofficial diplomacy orchestrated by Jonathan Franks, a family representative who worked with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, now head of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. Both were present when Frisvold left Las Cruces.
"For years, the Frisvolds tried and failed to get the attention of three succes
ABC News(NEW YORK) The video game industry is one of the most lucrative tech sectors in the world, bringing in $159.3 billion globally, according to the International Trade Administration. But not everyone is getting a piece of that pot.
Only 4% of game creators identify as Black, according to a study by the International Game Developers Association.
Now some Black developers and historically Black universities are looking to change those statistics and, in turn, improve representation in the games themselves.
"We re going to see diversity in all types of gaming, from the controllers that we use, to the storylines that are being told, to the characters that you re seeing," Jaycee Holmes, the director of curriculum for the nonprofit CodeHouse told ABC News. "More seats at the table means more quality gaming and experiences."
Holmes brother Ernest, a software engineer at Google, co-founded CodeHouse to introduce more young Black students to the world of comput
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Bruce SpringsteenSteven Van Zandt may be busy on tour with Bruce Springsteen, but he hasn’t forgotten about his other band. The guitarist just announced a very special concert with the Disciples of Soul.
Little Steven and the Disciples Of Soul present Sorcery & Soulfire Live! at the Basie! is set to go down April 18 at Red Bank, New Jersey’s Count Basie Center for the Arts. The show will have Little Steven and the band “reinventing” songs from two of their albums, 2017’s Soulfire and 2019’s Summer of Sorcery, along with other fan favorites.
“Come on down,” says Little Steven, “and we’ll see what sorcery we can conjure up!”
Tickets for the show are on sale now, but fans who can’t get there still have a chance to experience the evening. The concert will be recorded and released as a concert film later this year.
This isn’t the only performance the Disciples of Soul has planned. On April 15, they ll be the house band a