Bengals star requests trade on eve of NFL Draft night: report

The Biden administration has reportedly put a hold on a shipment of ammunition to Israel, sparking concerns within the Israeli government.

A 14-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were injured when a shooting erupted Saturday night in a parking lot in Buffalo, according to police.

The Saturday Night Live cold open is usually a place for the series to do its most topical, often political, material. But an awkward sense of obligation hung over last night’s sketch, about campus protests surrounding the conflict in Gaza. The activism at colleges across the U.S. has been dominating the news, especially as the university and police responses have led to arrests. SNL seemed compelled to acknowledge this in some way, but all it gave its audience was uncomfortable, limp material that failed to make any real point about the urgent subjects animating protesters.The show opened with a fake NY1 community-affairs panel featuring parents of New York City college students. Even the cast seemed ill at ease. Heidi Gardner’s Hunter College mom spoke of the strain the protests had put on her relationship with her daughter. Mikey Day’s New School dad said, “I want to let my son make his own choices, but to be honest, it’s a little scary.” Kenan Thompson, playing a Columbia dad named Alphonse Roberts, appeared to be fully supportive of the protests—“Nothing makes me prouder than young people using their voices to fight for what they believe in”—until it was implied that his daughter might be out there. “I am supportive of y’all’s kids protesting,” he said; “not my kids.”Thompson’s delivery is routinely one of the most delightful things SNL has to offer, and that was the case here. Yet the sketch was underdeveloped, with little discussion of the reason students are demonstrating, and that tension hung in the air. There was some loose commentary on class and race in the divide between the concerned white parents and Alphonse, a Black man who works multiple jobs to pay Columbia’s exorbitant tuition. It turned out that Alphonse didn’t really care about the protests, as long as his daughter “had her butt in class,” pursuing the degree he was paying for. By the time Thompson got to the close and yelled, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!,” he looked both surprised and relieved the moment had come.It was as if the writers felt moved to say something but ended up reaching for the most potentially inoffensive angle. The ultimate joke was less about the protests and more about how expensive it is to attend college—a fact probably anyone in the audience would agree with. The sketch certainly didn’t have the boldness of Ramy Youssef’s opening monologue earlier this season, a deft stand-up set about how “complicated” his prayers are these days, in which he also said, “Please free the people of Palestine, please,” and “Please free the hostages, all the hostages, please.”In general lately, SNL seems to be struggling with the most newsworthy material. Regarding Israel and Gaza, that makes sense. The war is nearly impossible to joke about, especially for a program trying to be broadly appealing. But even in a sketch last night on a lower-stakes topic—the ongoing beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, featuring host Dua Lipa as a clueless southern morning-show reporter with limited knowledge of Black culture—the gags were labored.The sketches that hit were the most bizarre and absurdist: Sarah Sherman’s riff on The Elephant Man, titled “The Anomalous Man,” in which a 19th-century woman, played by Lipa, falls for Sherman’s monstrous playwright, who turns out to be a major player and is cheating on her; and “Sonny Angel,” in which Bowen Yang played a tiny, naked doll hooking up with Lipa’s character, a woman with a fixation on her “little boyfriend” toys.One sketch late in the night perhaps unintentionally captured SNL’s predicament. In a fake ad for the “Teeny Tiny Statement Pin,” the writers mocked celebrities who were too afraid of taking a stand to wear a normal-size pin on the red carpet. “It’s wrong to stay silent, but it’s also wrong to say too much,” Gardner said. “I just wish there was a way to split the difference.” The joke was supposed to be on wishy-washy famous people—but SNL might as well have been sending up itself.

University of Florida President and ex-Sen. Ben Sasse on Sunday implored colleges to take his school's lead and stake out a balance between free speech and order as anti-Israel protests take campuses by storm.

The incredible demands are being made despite its members delivering underwhelming results for its students, with only 21 percent of the city’s eighth graders being proficient readers, according to the last Nation’s Report Card.

Rubio, a Florida Republican, has been floated as a potential vice presidential pick for the former president.

Commencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U.S. amid protests on campuses over the Israel-Hamas war.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been under fire for details about killing her dog and a false claim about meeting with North Korea's leader in her new book.

A British newspaper says Mike Pompeo, when he was the U.S. secretary of state, leaked "gobsmacking" information regarding the coronavirus lab-leak theory to the U.K.

Bernard Hill, an actor best known for roles in "Titanic" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, has died at the age of 79.

A flood watch was in place through Sunday night for a vast section of southeastern Texas, including Houston, that's been pummeled by rain.

Jordan Travis may only be five months removed from a serious leg injury that brought his college career to a halt, but still believes he will be Aaron Rodgers' heir apparent.

"While I heartily agree with your points regarding sex/gender, may I suggest also posting interesting and positive content on other matters?" the billionaire, 52, wrote on X on Saturday in response to a nearly month-old post by fellow billionaire Rowling in which she offered up her definition of a woman.

Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan tells "Face the Nation" that the Arab world sees the U.S. as an "enabler" of Israel. "People view the U.S. as being a party to this war," she said.

Two veteran astronauts will put the Starliner through its paces in the ship's first piloted flight to orbit.

Trump, however, did not indicate he'd block states from taking actions against pregnant women who have illegal abortions.

Where could Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel land if the 49ers do trade them? Here are three landing spots.

He plants himself in the grass, pretending he is invisible and avoiding eye contact.

Four wins down; 12 remain.

The ’Canes remain the market consensus favorites to win the Stanley Cup heading into Game 1’s puck drop at MSG, with odds as low as +360 at FanDuel.

I just can't shake the feeling that she's holding back.

"It is truly remarkable to complete this work in less than 80 hours," Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said in a Sunday morning post on X.

In her upcoming book, out May 7, the “Sister Act” star writes about hitting rock bottom when a hotel employee found her sitting in a closet doing the hard drug.

The North Carolina Republican Party has been mocked over a "Star Wars"-themed Donald Trump social media post.

J.J. Watt may be retired, but he can potentially be convinced to put his pads back on.

As you look to the week ahead, check out some of the top recent stories in Health that you may have missed, or have been meaning to check out — here are 8 key developments.

"She is young enough she can marry again and wreck some other guy's life," the reddit user said.

Israel has closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas militants attacked it.

Police moved overnight to close the encampment at USC, following similar moves at schools from Virginia to Michigan. Roughly 80 colleges and universities are dealing with unrest that is fracturing their campuses. Mark Strassmann reports.

Radio host Fifi Box has responded to being body-shamed after she was trolled for a ridiculous reason.

The extraordinary order includes confiscating broadcast equipment and preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites.

The Los Angeles Police Department shut down a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California.

He teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 playoffs.

This week on "Face the Nation," South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem kicks off her book tour after the viral excerpt about shooting a dog to death. Plus, Margaret Brennan speaks to Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan.

The story of ex-Marine turned LAPD vice cop Fred Otash is being told in a new biography, 'The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars and Marilyn'

Police in an Atlanta suburb rounded up six alleged squatters on Saturday after tracing a neighbor's stolen car to the driveway -- bringing relief to locals who considered the trespassers a nuisance.

Despite their differences, Leguizamo still praised the actor, saying, "Rest in peace, I love him."

The attack on Israel's Kerem Shalom prompted officials to close the terminal, disrupting critical shipments of food and other humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesSen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) raised the alarm over GOP senate hopeful Kari Lake’s suggestion that voters “strap on a Glock” to prepare for the election season, saying it has the potential to incite violence.“It’s dangerous,” Kelly told Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press. “What Kari Lake said could result in people getting hurt or killed.” For Kelly, the threat of gun violence is personal. His wife, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, narrowly survived a gunshot wound to the head in a 2011 assassination attempt in Tucson. That mass shooting resulted in the deaths of six other people and the hospitalization of a dozen others.Read more at The Daily Beast.

"Saturday Night Live" took aim at the student protests at Columbia University on Saturday from the perspective of parents paying their kids' tuition.

"I certainly expect to have a decision from the president in the next 60 days or so," the GOP senator said on Sunday.

Actor Rebel Wilson sits down with Lee Cowan to discuss her memoir “Rebel Rising.” Then, Mark Whitaker travels to Montgomery, Alabama, to visit Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. “Here Comes the Sun” is a closer look at some of the people, places and things we bring you every week on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

“I hope none of my blind friends see this and take it out of context.”

Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu tells CNN's Jake Tapper that despite the tensions over Biden's handling of the war in Gaza, the situation "isn't comparable" to Vietnam and that "young people have a wonderful reason to vote for Joe Biden."

Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Biden has "evolved" on abortion over his career and that "he trusts women to make decisions about their reproductive health."

Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Biden "understands that people have a right to protest, but they have to do so peacefully," adding "the president has been very clear about this."

Moscow is hoping to capture Chasiv Yar by May 9, Kyiv's military has warned following the reported buildup.

Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso's WNBA debuts for the Chicago Sky drew big numbers despite an initial hiccup by the WNBA.