Kevin James plays a bearded bad guy, ‘Urban Cowboy’ turns 40 and more of this week's best in pop culture

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Former Biden administration official plans to jump into New Hampshire House race
Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former official in the Biden White House and Justice Department, is on the verge of launching a primary campaign in New Hampshire.
Associated Press
Boeing's first astronaut launch is off until late next week to replace a bad rocket valve
Boeing’s first astronaut launch is off until late next week because of a bad valve in the rocket that needs to be replaced. The countdown was halted Monday night after a pressure-relief valve in the Atlas V rocket’s upper stage opened and closed so quickly and so many times that it created a loud buzz. Engineers for United Launch Alliance determined Tuesday that the valve has exceeded its design limit and must now be removed, pushing liftoff to no earlier than May 17.
Associated Press
Colorado supermarket shooter was sane at the time of the attack, state experts say
State experts have found the man charged with shooting and killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 had untreated mental illness but was legally sane at the time of the attack, lawyers said Tuesday. The results of the sanity evaluation of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa done at the state mental hospital are not public but were discussed during a court hearing as Alissa, dressed in a jail uniform and his wrists in shackles, and relatives of some of those killed listened. According to the defense, the evaluators found that the attack would not have happened but for Alissa's untreated mental illness, which attorney Sam Dunn said was schizophrenia that included “auditory hallucinations.”
CNN
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial
Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida, citing significant issues around classified evidence that would need to be worked out before the federal criminal case goes to a jury.
NBC News
What you missed on Day 13 of Trump’s hush money trial: Stormy Daniels takes the stand
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump, took the witness stand in the former president’s criminal trial Tuesday, providing sometimes graphic testimony about their alleged 2006 tryst in a hotel suite and the efforts to buy her silence in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.
TODAY
Dr. Ryan Osborne of 'Take My Tumor' recalls the surgery he vowed to never do again
Dr. Ryan Osborne of TLC's "Take My Tumor" explains how he came to operate on head and neck tumors and his code for determining which cases he'll take on.
NBC News
Trump's trial gets into his personal and financial affairs: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.
Reuters
FTX files amended reorganization plan, expects between $14.5 billion-$16.3 billion for distribution
FTX said it has anticipated the figure based on monetizing assets, most of which were investments owned by Alameda Research, a crypto-focused hedge fund controlled Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Ventures businesses, and litigation claims. The $14.5 billion to $16.3 billion amount for distribution includes assets under the control of the chapter 11 debtors, as well as those controlled by liquidators of FTX Bahamas Digital Markets, Bahamas Securities Commission, liquidators of FTX's Australia unit, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and several private parties, the statement added.
TODAY
Ole Miss fraternity expels member who appeared to make ape-like sounds toward Black protester
A fraternity at the University of Mississippi, where a member last week jeered a Black woman protester by appearing to make ape-like sounds and gestures, said the man has been expelled from the organization.
NBC News
A generational divide splits Black voters ahead of Biden-Trump rematch
Polls show younger Black voters are more disillusioned with Biden and more open to Trump, while older Black voters are far more supportive of Biden.
TODAY
Most tick bites go unnoticed. Here's how to identify and treat them
Ticks can be hard to spot but spread serious diseases. See pictures of what tick bites and rashes look like and get tips from experts on how to identify them.
TODAY
What's the healthiest Starbucks drink? Dietitians share their top 5 picks
Dietitians share how to order a healthy drink at Starbucks, plus their top 5 options on the menu.
USA TODAY
'Sketch artist did her dirty': Stormy Daniels' depiction in Trump trial captures attention
A court sketch of Stormy Daniels, an adult film star, is starting a conversation online following her testimony at Donald Trump's hush money trial.
NBC News
Judge indefinitely delays Trump's classified documents criminal trial
Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed Trump’s Florida classified docs trial pending the resolution of multiple pending pretrial issues.
AFP
Brazilians queue for precious water as flood damage intensifies
Teams in flood-ravaged southern Brazil scrambled Tuesday to deliver humanitarian aid to Porto Alegre and other inundated municipalities, where queues formed for drinking water as forecasters warned of more downpours.In Alvorada, a municipality east of Porto Alegre, people queued with buckets and plastic bottles, collecting drinking water from the few taps still working.
Associated Press
Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement
Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could lead to an investigation. The onslaught has led the state official tasked by the law with managing the tip line, Utah Auditor John Dougall, to bemoan getting stuck with the cumbersome task of filtering through fake complaints while also facing backlash for enforcing a law he had no role in passing. “No auditor goes into auditing so they can be the bathroom monitors," Dougall said Tuesday.
CNN
Kemp signs new Georgia voting rules into law ahead of presidential election
Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed into law new rules for challenging voters’ eligibility along with a measure that would make it easier for an independent candidate to qualify for the presidential ballot — provisions that could shape the outcome of fall elections in this key battleground state.
Associated Press
More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don't emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane — according to a report published Wednesday by Ember, a think tank based in London. For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued to grow fast. Of the types of clean energy generated last year, hydroelectric dams produced the most.
Associated Press
Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota
Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. Supporters of the initiative turned in about 29,000 signatures to Secretary of State Monae Johnson's office. Twenty-four states have legalized recreational marijuana, including as recently as November 2023 in Ohio, but “no state has as interesting or rocky or turbulent a story than South Dakota,” said South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws Campaign Director Matthew Schweich.
NBC News
Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damage from climate change
Vermont lawmakers have passed a so-called "Climate Superfund Act" designed to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage from weather disasters fueled by climate change.

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