Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...

The bluegrass musician's mom Debra died of a drug overdose in June Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

The New York Times Strands puzzle for December 19, 2025, is here. The theme is 'On the chopping block'. Players will find words like CUBE, SLICE, MINCE, JULIENNE, and CHIFFONADE. The spangram is ...

Billy Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...

The 2025 NFL season is entering the home stretch. As we march further into Week 13 after Thanksgiving's tripleheader, only five full weeks of regular-season action remain until the start of the ...

The crazed gunman who shot two National Guard troops in a possible terror attack near the White House Wednesday has been identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national ...

Strings will be performing at the Fishers Event Center on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2026. The tour extension is in support of his latest full-length album, "Highway Prayers, which was ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Authorities have not yet identified a suspect, an official said. At least four people, including three children, were killed and 11 others wounded in a mass shooting that erupted on Saturday evening ...

In a statement confirming her death Thursday night, the commander of Joint Task Force District of Columbia hailed Army National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom as "a hero." "This is a devastating loss to ...

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #656. The official theme for NYT Strands #656 is... "On the chopping block". And here ...

Three children and a young adult were killed in a mass shooting at a little girl’s birthday party in California on Saturday, with the gunman still on the loose, cops said. The deadly chaos, which also ...