(CNN) — The head of the US Food and Drug Administration department responsible for assuring the safety and effectiveness of vaccines has resigned, according to a resignation letter obtained by CNN. Dr. Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was forced out of his job, having been given the choice to resign or be fired. The news of Marks’ resignation was first reported Friday by The Wall Street Journal. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather...

(CNN) — A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday. Delta 2983 was departing Reagan Airport around 3:15 p.m. and heading to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for a regularly scheduled flight. Delta did not identify the other jet involved, but a review of tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows an Air Force T-38 jet flying past the...

(CNN) — Academy Award-nominated “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo reflected on the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community at this time while accepting an honor at the GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday night. Erivo, who was presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award for “making a significant difference in raising visibility and promoting the acceptance of LGBTQ people and issues,” according to a press release, used addressed struggles faced by those who feel frustrated, unseen and sidelined. Other honorees included Harper Steele, who accepted the documentary award for her Netflix film “Will...

(CNN) — “You Better Run,” not walk, to check this one out. That’s the title of the latest single from Something Out West, a country music duo with actor Chet Hanks and his friend, Drew Arthur. The music video for the song features Hanks recreating scenes from his father Tom Hanks’s 1994 Oscar-winning film “Forrest Gump.” And if that was enough old schoolness, the younger Hanks enlisted his dad to be in the video. In one replicated scene, the elder Hanks, seemingly dressed as himself, joins his son, who is...

DENVER — A federal judge in Denver is set to hear arguments Friday over whether an immigration and labor activist who took refuge in Colorado churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration should be freed from detention. Jeanette Vizguerra was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 17 and is being held at its immigration detention facility in suburban Denver. Read More: What to Know About ICE’s Controversial Arrest of Former TIME100 Listee Jeannette Vizguerra ICE says Vizguerra entered the U.S. from Mexico illegally in 1997...

BOULDER, Colo. (KRDO) - The Sundance Film Festival has announced that it's moving to Colorado. While the festival will move forward in Park City, Utah in 2026, Boulder will host for the very first time in 2027. "Boulder offers small-town charm with an engaged community, distinctive natural beauty, and a vibrant arts scene, making it the ideal location for the Festival to grow," organizers said in a release. According to our partners at 9News in Denver, the festival has laid stake in Utah since 1978. Organizers said they were leaving...

The Sundance Film Festival announces its new home: Boulder, Colorado The Sundance Film Festival will have a new home starting in 2027: Boulder, Colorado. The Sundance Institute made the announcement Thursday after a year-long process. "Boulder offers small-town charm with an engaged community, distinctive natural beauty, and a vibrant arts scene, making it the ideal location for the Festival to grow," the institute wrote in a press release. The announcement says the festival will center in downtown Boulder, at theater and venues around the pedestrian-only Pearl Street Mall, as well...

It’s official: Starting in 2027, Sundance will move to Boulder, Colorado—and luckily, not Cincinnati, the possibility of which was a major concern for attendees this year. After an extensive search that started in April of 2024, the festival revealed Boulder, Cincinnati, and nearby Salt Lake City as its the three new potential host cities. Of those, the Colorado hamlet won out. “It became clear that Boulder is the ideal location in which to build our Festival's future, marking a key strategic step in its natural evolution,” said Ebs Burnough, Sundance...