NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to make Fernando Mendoza, the national championship-winning quarterback from Indiana, the first overall pick in the NFL Draft next Thursday.But that hasn’t stopped teams below the Raiders at No. 1 overall from calling their phone about a possible trade up scenario.Raiders GM John Spytek spoke during a pre-NFL Draft news conference, during which he admitted to getting a “few calls” about the first overall selection his team owns. “Those teams know where they stand,” Spytek said, via ESPN.Spytek said during the news conference that good trades…

Global crisis = altered cruises. The war in Iran continues to rage, amplified this week by the US blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, a sea corridor through which 20 million barrels of oil and a fifth of the world’s natural gas supplies traverse each day. The conflict has spiked crude oil prices, affected travel costs, and drastically altered or ended cruise ship itineraries. Several vessels operating itineraries in the Middle East are berthed after abandoning their winter programming. Several vessels operating itineraries in the Middle East are berthed after abandoning their winter programming. AFP via Getty Images “All my bookings…

4/14: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales officially resign from Congress; U.S. blockade of Iranian ports continues for second day.

For her role as Dr. Trinity Santos in the popular series The Pitt, Isa Briones has found a whole new audience of fans. But she is now returning to her stage roots in Just in Time, a project which she views as a homecoming.  “Theater’s where I came from. I am a theater girl first and foremost,” she said during a recent appearance on TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle. In the musical, she plays Connie Francis, sharing the stage with star Matthew Morrison as Bobby Darin.  Morrison is known to television audiences as Will Schuester in Glee, and Briones was a huge fan…

Teen Mom alum Jenelle Evans is assuring fans that her 16-year-old son Jace is in good hands. “I’ll let you know something that I haven’t told anyone,” Evans, 34, shared on the Monday, April 13, episode of the “La Femme Talk” podcast. “You know I’ve been very quiet online, and behind the scenes, I’ve been actually getting help for my son as needed, and he’s in a safe place [in a] holistic approach.” Evans — who shares Jace with ex Andrew Lewis, Kaiser, 11, with ex Nathan Griffith, and Ensley, 9, with David Eason — added that her oldest child…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed motions to vacate the convictions of several high-profile defendants involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.The filings, submitted to the Court of Appeals by the United States, specifically seek to vacate criminal judgments against identified members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys organizations, most of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy.”In the Executive Branch’s view, it is not in the interests of justice to continue to prosecute this case or the cases of other, similarly situated defendants,” federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s, D-Calif., closest friends in Congress said their tight-knit relationship “clouded his judgment” regarding rumors that swirled about the ex-lawmaker for years in Washington, D.C.”Eric Swalwell lied to all of us,” Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said at an impromptu press conference in his office. “He lied to the most powerful people in this country and they trusted him. They trusted him with some of the most sensitive spots in our government, whether it was on Judiciary Committee, Intel Committee, impeaching Donald Trump.””And that clouded my judgment, my…

President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran war is “very close” to an end as hostilities ease amid a two-week ceasefire agreement. “I think it’s close to over, yeah. I view it as very close to being over,” Trump told FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in an interview that will air on “Mornings with Maria” on Wednesday.The president’s comments come as peace talks between U.S. officials and Iranian negotiators are reportedly expected to restart Thursday following stalled weekend talks in Pakistan. On Monday, Trump instituted a naval blockade of all Iranian ports, marking a fresh intensification of the conflict after the U.S. agreed to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz has seven fractures in his orbital area as well as a broken jaw after taking a foul ball to the face, but he remains in the dugout with his squad.However, Albernaz has one big change to his daily routine over the next month or so. He needs to eat baby food.The injury occurred on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, as the foul ball came whipping toward the Orioles’ dugout and hit Albernaz square on the right side of his face. But he was back at Camden…

One of Los Angeles’ most iconic taco institutions could soon receive official recognition from city leaders. The original King Taco location in Cypress Park is being considered for designation as a Historic-Cultural Monument, a move that would formally acknowledge the restaurant’s influence on LA’s taco culture and its role as a symbol of Latino immigrant entrepreneurship, according to LAist. The proposal is scheduled to be reviewed by the city’s Planning and Land Management Committee, which will consider adding the restaurant at 1118 N. Cypress Ave. to the city’s list of protected historic sites, according to city records. A couple holds…

WHITTIER, Calif. () — A homeowner in Whittier is left picking up the pieces after a large block of ice mysteriously fell from the sky and crashed through his home, according to Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn.Photos shared by Hahn show what appears to be a large mass of ice covered in dirt that landed on the couch inside the man’s home, plus a large hole torn through the ceiling.It happened just after 11:15 a.m. on April 10. Hahn says resident Yuder Grau heard what sounded like an explosion, and that’s when he discovered the block of ice and…

BroadwayWorld has your first look at the A-list lineup set to appear at The Broadway Festival this summer. Check out videos from today’s preview featuring Tony Award-winnerAlex Newell, Talia Suskauer, and Tony-nominee Jenn Colella performing selections from stage and popular music. Tony Award winner Newell performs “When You’re Good to Mama” from CHICAGO, while Talia Suskauer delivers “The Wizard & I” from WICKED. Jenn Colella is also featured, performing “Hard to Handle” by The Black Crowes ahead of her scheduled appearance at the festival. The videos arrive in anticipation of The Festival, a three-day outdoor event set to take place…

Barbie Ferreira is confident in her own skin and doesn’t need anyone trying to dull her shine. “To me, talking about weight loss or glowing up is so boring,” Ferreira, 29, said during a Tuesday, April 14, episode of Amanda Hirsch’s “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “I think people are just obsessed with that right now. It’ll be even a young person that just grows up and it’s like, ‘The glow up! Or the glow down!’ Everyone’s obsessed with that. She was 16, and now she’s 25.” The Euphoria alum added, “It’s not just me. Every actress right now…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former delivery driver who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand searched “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record” after the killing, an expert testified in week two of the capital murder trial.The second week of Tanner Horner’s punishment phase began with Scott Morris, a digital forensic examiner employed by the FBI, who exposed the search history of the FedEx driver’s cellphone.He talked about Horner’s browser cache and search history on the day of Dec. 1, including the phrases “Paradise missing girl” and “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record.”SEND US A TIP HEREHorner, 34, a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans are demanding ActBlue, a top Democratic campaign fundraising apparatus, turn over international communications, probing whether the organization knowingly misled lawmakers and dodged subpoenas to hide weaknesses in its screening process to weed out illegal, overseas donations.House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., collectively laid out their demands in a letter published on Tuesday.”For more than a year, the Committees have conducted oversight regarding ActBlue’s ‘fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention,’” the letter reads.”Recent reporting ……