Your complete guide to America's 250th birthday in the Fayetteville area

From fireworks to live music, here's what the Fayetteville area — including Fort Bragg — has planned for the Fourth of July.
Under the Radar

Billy Bragg Shares New Protest Song for Minneapolis: “City of Heroes”

Legendary British protest singer Billy Bragg has penned a new song about the people in Minneapolis protesting the influx of ICE agents. “City of Heroes” was inspired by the murders of Alex Pretti and ...
Under the Radar

12 Best Songs of the Week: Bruce Springsteen, Miss Grit, Billy Bragg, Eaves Wilder, and More

Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12.
The New York Times

After a Box Office Letdown, a More Reflective Billy Eichner Is Back

The comedian needed time to process the poor turnout for his gay rom-com, “Bros.” His vulnerable new memoir may surprise “Billy on the Street” fans. Billy Eichner, stopping on a stroll around the city ...
Variety

Billy Eichner on Wanting His ‘Real Voice’ to Be Heard in ‘Extremely Personal’ Audio-Only Memoir and ‘People Begging’ Him to Bring Back ‘Billy on the Street’

Billy Eichner knows he has a reputation for being loud, brash and in-your-face. When you find fame yelling questions at strangers on New York City streets as he did as the host of “Billy on the Street ...
Rolling Stone

How Madonna Inspired ‘Billy on the Street’ — and More Billy Eichner Secrets

“I’ve always had to work really hard for it,” Billy Eichner says in his hilarious, moving new audio memoir, Billy on Billy, out May 19. “Proving myself again and again and again… There was always ...
KTLA

Firefighters battle early-morning blaze at downtown L.A. commercial building

Fire crews worked to extinguish flames that broke out overnight at a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed the fire was reported in the 1200 block of ...
ABC7

Firefighter hospitalized after large commercial building fire in downtown LA

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles firefighters battled a large blaze at a commercial building in downtown L.A. that left one firefighter hospitalized with minor injuries. The L.A. Fire ...
TwinCities.com

St. Paul: Billy’s Victorian, a century-old Frogtown bar, changes hands

Billy’s Victorian Bar, a neighborhood dive that has anchored the corner of Thomas Avenue and Victoria Street in Frogtown since 1912, is under new ownership and new management. Chris Briseno, left, the ...
The Fayetteville Observer

Fort Bragg Fair kicks off this week. Here's what to know if you're going

The annual Fort Bragg Fair returns this week with carnival rides, live music, food and entertainment. The fair runs April 29 through May 10 at the Fort Bragg Fairgrounds, the installation said in an ...
AOL

Hope Street actor Finnian Garbutt dies aged 28

Finnian Garbutt played police constable Ryan Power in the BBC Northern Ireland police drama Hope Street The actor Finnian Garbutt, known for his role in BBC police drama Hope Street, has died ...