After 11 seasons on ER, Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: “I spent 15 years avoiding — actively avoiding — walking down what I thought was either hallowed ground or traveled road.”
Ashley Tribble
Ashley (aka Tribble) joined the TPR team as a substitute afternoon host in 2023. Hailing from the Midwest, Tribble is a comedian, producer and host who has been working in digital media since 2015. She started her career in audio as the creator, producer and host of P Power Radio, a podcast that shares the stories of revolutionary millennial women and the history of the world they are working to change. The podcast featured a range of women artists, activists, entrepreneurs and bosses from Chicago and beyond, and was listed among Ebony’s “5 Black Podcasts to Have in Your Arsenal” in 2016. In 2019, she helped launch More Sauce, a network focused on stories from creators of color at Stitcher. There she started her journey as the producer for Dead Ass with Khadeen & Devale Ellis, where she currently leads creative audio and live show production. In 2020, Tribble helped launch The Black Effect at iHeart, a network focused on Black stories and experiences.
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The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Catholics across the U.S. grieve, pray and reflect on the pope’s legacy
Parishioners pray at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Monday in New York. (Yuki Iwamura | AP) In New York City, mourners gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Monday to honor the life and legacy Pope Francis. “He’s definitely the pope of the people, made you feel like you were one,” Kim Campise told the […]
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With CDC injury prevention team gutted, ‘we will not know what is killing us’
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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China warns of ‘countermeasures’ against any deals that harm its interests
The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China.
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Who is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Vatican?
Kevin Farrell is the camerlengo, or acting head of the Vatican, until a new pope is elected. Here’s what to know about Farrell, who was born in Ireland and spent much of his career in the U.S.
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Here’s what ‘Conclave’ got right — and wrong — about the selection of a new pope
The Oscar-winning film is about the papal selection process. But how accurate is it to real life? Rev. Thomas Reese and Sister Susan Rose Francois weigh in on whether it checks out.
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A brief history of Trump’s feud with Pope Francis
Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis’s papacy, in 2013. But relations soured during the 2016 election, when Francis criticized Trump’s proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Canada border.
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The Pope enjoyed broad support among U.S. Catholics
A parishioner prays at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Monday, April 21, 2025, in New York. (Yuki Iwamura | AP) As tributes to Pope Francis pour in, many people are remarking on the timing of his death — the morning after Easter Sunday, the holiest day of the year in the Catholic faith. “It’s so fitting that […]
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Hegseth 2nd Signal chat cause for ‘worry’ about nation’s security, says Rep. Jim Himes
Pete Hegseth reportedly shared details about Yemen strikes in a second group chat with his wife and brother. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., says it’s ‘not shocking’ based on behavior out of the Pentagon.
