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Lori Loughlin and her husband pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges, accepting responsibility for paying $500,000 to have their daughters admitted to USC.

IT WAS MAY 22nd … when Jack Benny signed off his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years… When the Seattle-based Brothers Four sang “Greenfields” on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show. And Canada’s Wayne & Schuster did a skit from the Old West called “Frontier Psychiatrist” … When 'To Tell the Truth' aired the final weekly show of its original run on CBS-TV ... When New Westminster-born actor Raymond Burr (pictured) starred in the title role as the last original Perry Mason episode titled ‘The Case Of The Final Fade-Out’ began filming…. ..and when ABC-TV’s ‘Hart to Hart’, and the NBC-TV sitcom ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’ , as well as ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,’ aired their finales. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The money comes to NPR from a foundation set up by former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy. It's the largest gift NPR has received for its collaborative journalism work.

Rogan invites a wide range of guests, including actors, musicians, comedians, politicians and conspiracy theorists on to the show, which has garnered a huge audience. Last year the podcast was downloaded 190 million times per month.

Melania Trump will appear on CNN's weekly global town hall on Thursday night, marking the first time the first lady has appeared on the cable news network since President Trump took office.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey will speak to MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski who is demanding Donald Trump is banned from the platform after again accusing her husband and co-host Joe Scarborough of murder.

IT WAS MAY 21st … when Kamloops B.C. got its first FM station as CFFM 98.3 signed on … When CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show aired from Montreal’s Expo 67, and featured Petula Clark and The Seekers, with comedian Alan King… When after 18 years of losing Susan Lucci finally won Best Daytime Actress Emmy …. When after a 5 year run, the final episode of ‘Miami Vice’ aired on NBC-TV… .. and when after 8 seasons the finale of the sitcom ‘Newhart’ was seen on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

"A large audience at the Chateau Laurier assembly hall tonight heard quite distinctly a gramophone played in Montreal and also Miss Lutton singing in that city, over 100 miles away by means of wireless telephony," reads a 1920 story in the Montreal Gazette.

Bilte’s retirement concludes a 41-year career in television broadcasting that began in 1979 as an account executive for KXLY in Spokane, and culminated in leading KIRO in Seattle to achieve record ratings.

A member of the Rat Pack, and he continued to have hits like Just In Time in 1960. Dean Martin