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Tom Kane, who voiced the character in the “Star Wars” series and Professor Utonium on Cartoon Network’s “The Powerpuff Girls,” died Monday from complications from a stroke he suffered in 2020.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.He was 64 years old. Kane, a native of Overland Park, Kansas, died surrounded by his family at a hospital in Kansas City, his attorney Zachary McGinnis said in a statement. McGinnis recalled Cain as “a legendary voice actor whose work shaped the childhoods and imaginations of millions of people around the world.” “From his…

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s inspector general announced Monday that he is investigating the U.S. Southern Command for suspected drug smuggling vessels in the military’s anti-drug cartel operation, which some critics say is illegal.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Since the operation began last fall, Southern Command has targeted about 60 small vessels that the military says transport drugs through the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, destroying 59 and killing 193 people, according to the Pentagon.According to a May 11 letter from the Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General, the internal watchdog agency…

Federal Reserve Chairman nominee Kevin Warsh will be sworn in during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in the Dirksen Building.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump plans to swear in Kevin Warsh, his pick to head the Federal Reserve, at a ceremony on Friday, a White House official told CNBC.The move would end a process that began in the summer of 2025 and culminated last week with the Senate confirming Warsh in a near-party-line vote. The new chairman will replace Jerome Powell. Mr. Powell’s term expired…

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s candidate to be the next Federal Reserve Chairman, testifies during the Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on April 21, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersMarket veteran Ed Yardeni said incoming Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who was sent to the Fed to lower interest rates, may instead need to push for higher rates to establish credibility.Yardeni, who coined the term “bond vigilante” to describe such events of investor anxiety, added that if the new central bank leadership does not demonstrate that policymakers are in tune with inflationary pressures, it risks further market anger…

Two people have been arrested in Japan after breaking into the cage of a monkey named Punch, who is infected with the virus, the zoo said. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Ichikawa Zoo on the outskirts of Tokyo announced on social media on Sunday that there was an “intruder” in its monkey enclosure. The two were arrested by police. The zoo conducted safety checks on the animals and found “no abnormalities,” but said it would take “countermeasures.” The zoo announced that starting Tuesday, it will expand restricted viewing areas, install…

This incident has also attracted criticism.The Rev. Paul Brandeis Rauschenbusch, CEO of the Interfaith Alliance, argued that it fosters a narrow view of America’s religious identity.”This is an opportunity for America to celebrate the diversity of our religious traditions,” Rauschenbusch told NBC News on Sunday. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing with Rededicate is an effort to actually betray the traditions that we have and instead say that there’s one tradition that really matters, and that’s what they’re trying to celebrate.”Harmon Barbe and his son drove from Michigan to attend Sunday’s event.Zachary Canepari appears on NBC NewsPresident Donald Trump and his administration…

Former FBI Director James Comey said Sunday he has “full confidence in our judicial system” as he faces an ongoing federal lawsuit over a 2025 Instagram post.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Comey said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the judiciary is “a product of the genius of our nation’s founders.””Frankly, this is the only leg of a three-legged stool still standing within the U.S. government, but it stands tall and straight,” he added. “It’s the guardian of the rule of law, and I believe in that.”The former FBI…

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Federal investigators are looking into whether high winds or other factors may have played a role in a small plane crash in Akron, Ohio, in which a passenger plane crashed into a house and exploded during a training flight, killing two people, officials said Friday.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Akron police received a call about the accident Thursday around 4 p.m. Both victims were aboard a Piper PA-28 aircraft when it crashed into the home.At a press conference Friday, NTSB air accident investigator Aaron McCarter confirmed that the flight was…

President Donald Trump is defending his comments earlier this week that he did not consider the financial situation of Americans amid efforts to negotiate an end to the Iran war.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.”Perfect statement. I’d say it again,” Trump said in an interview Friday after being shown a clip of his earlier remarks.President Trump told reporters Tuesday that he is not thinking “at all” about Americans’ finances as he negotiates with Iran to end the months-long conflict, adding that his sole focus is to prevent Iran from acquiring…