Streisand returns to Chicago, and she still can deliver a song at 74

Nearly four years ago, when Barbra Streisand last played Chicago's United Center, she duetted with three teenage tenors, a saxophonist and her son, Jason Gould. Turns out, Streisand doesn't need any help to captivate a crowd, which she did Tuesday as part of "Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic," her nine-city tour that launched earlier this month in Los Angeles.

Gay rights icon Harvey Milk will have a Navy vessel named for him

A Navy vessel will travel the world bearing the name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk, the most prominent gesture towards the LGBT community in military history. The U.S. Naval Institute News obtained a leaked Congressional memo from July 14, showing that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus signed plans to name a Military Sealift Command fleet oiler "the USNS Harvey Milk."

The Navy Is Naming A Ship After LGBTQ Pioneer Harvey Milk

The Navy is set to name a ship after the pioneering LGBTQ activist Harvey Milk, who was killed while in office in 1978. The Navy is planning to name one of its new oil tankers after the pioneering gay rights activist who served his country as a diving officer during the Korean War, Milk had to hide his sexuality when he served because openly gay people were officially banned from serving in the U.S. armed forces - a rule that lasted until 2011.

Garrison Keillor’s Prophecy and Apostasy

On what was billed as his last show , Garrison Keillor, host of "A Prairie Home Companion" got a call from President Barack Obama and they traded extensive compliments, with Keillor telling Obama he was "the coolest president." Keillor's signing off on July 4 weekend was likely calculated to extenuate his presumed ties to all things Americana, but for me it actually highlighted his hypocrisies and contradictions.

Meet America’s loneliest supporter of Donald Trump

First came the grimaces - the disbelieving eyes trained upon his shirt, his signs, his car window stickers broadcasting a local betrayal. Then his teenage son refused to drive the family car without redecorating, hiding the three "Make America Great Again" hats that usually sit atop the dashboard.

Trump Hires Pollster John McLaughlin to Focus on New York

Donald Trump has hired a pollster to work exclusively on his presidential campaign in New York, according to The New York Times. The pollster, John McLaughlin, predicted that then-House Majority leader Eric Cantor would win his 2014 race in Virginia, but Cantor lost to Dave Brat.

Clinton moves closer to nomination, sweeps in Virgin Islands

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a conversation on immigration at Culinary Arts Institute of Los Angeles Mission College on Saturday, June 4, 2016 in Sylmar, Calif. Congressman Xavier Becerra, Mayor Eric Garcetti and California's Senate President pro Tem Kevin de Leon along with two immigrant students Clara Kim and Italia Garcia took part in the conversation.

Hillary Clinton campaign re nes strategy for taking on Donald Trump

Plotting a general-election strategy against Donald Trump , Hillary Clinton 's advisers joke that their challenge feels like Lucille Ball's in the famed chocolate-factory episode of "I Love Lucy." As truffles fly down a conveyor belt, Lucy frantically tries to wrap them before they pass.

Trump businesses honoured by NY company closely tied to Trump

More than a dozen Donald Trump golf courses, hotels, casinos and private clubs have been honoured with "Star Diamond" awards from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, a company that doles out shiny plaques representing "the most prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality." The Trump Grill at Trump Tower has one.

Sexist ‘Ghostbusters’ Backlash Coincides With 2016 Gender Divide

On Wednesday, the all-female stars of the summer reboot of "Ghostbusters" appeared on the same episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, and the confluence of gender politics and the cultural zeitgeist was not lost on the show's host. "Get your Woman Cards ready," DeGeneres tweeted in anticipation of the show, while an apparent Clinton supporter shared an image of the presidential contender dressed in a Ghostbusters uniform, with her likely Republican rival Donald Trump cast as the gluttonous apparition "Slimer."

Trump’s expected pick for top USDA scientist is not a scientist

Under the 2008 Farm Bill, its leader is supposed to serve as the agency's "chief scientist" and be chosen "from among distinguished scientists with specialized or significant experience in agricultural research, education, and economics." But Sam Clovis - who, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment and members of the agriculture trade press, is President Trump's pick to oversee the section - appears to have no such credentials.