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Our music critics love Minnesota's new amphitheater, but ...
MINNEAPOLIS — One week into its opening run, the splashy Mystic Lake Amphitheater has been put to the test — probably more than its operators had hoped for.
Three of the concerts at Live Nation’s sprawling, new ...Read more
Billy Strings announces new album, shares new single
DETROIT — Michigan bluegrass revivalist Billy Strings has set an Aug. 28 release date for his new album "So Much for Goodbyes," his reps announced Tuesday.
The date coincides with the artist's two-day Ionia Freak Fair ...Read more
Hurricane center keeps track of Atlantic system off US coast
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to give just a small chance a system in the Atlantic off the southeastern U.S. coast could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm....Read more
Jessica Frances Dukes says Ozark role helped her with new crime series The Westies
Jessica Frances Dukes says her role in Ozark gave her invaluable experience for her new crime drama The Westies.
The 45-year-old actress previously starred as Special Agent Maya Miller in the hit Netflix series and she ...Read more
Analysis: Inside the fraught Israel-Lebanon accord that critics say was built to fail
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Israel last week forged a framework agreement aimed at ending hostilities between the long-time enemies. But the U.S.-engineered deal hinges on what has been a non-starter for the Lebanese Shiite ...Read more
New on DVD: Find out what's behind 'The Drama'
A dark comedy starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson tops the DVD releases for the week of July 7.
"The Drama": A couple must contend with a shocking confession in the week before their wedding.
"In 2024, Tinashe sang 'is...Read more
Drug-spiked water jug caused teens to overdose in LA juvenile hall, lawsuit alleges
LOS ANGELES — Several teens overdosed at a Los Angeles County juvenile hall last year after they drank from a water jug spiked with a "dangerous narcotic" that was passed around in a classroom, according to a federal ...Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul to send $19 million to fund 8 NYC childcare construction projects
NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is continuing to bankroll New York City’s major childcare expansion, with $19 million in capital grants awarded on Tuesday to eight “shovel-ready” childcare projects.
It’s part of a ...Read more
2 independents fight to stay on the Illinois 4th District ballot amid machine politics claims
CHICAGO — Two independent candidates aiming to give voters more choices in the Illinois 4th Congressional District race are still fighting to keep their names on the November ballot — casualties, they say, of the same ...Read more
How Donny Hathaway turned this soft rock cover into America's defining song
LOS ANGELES — Donny Hathaway had already been expounding on the splendors and indignities of American life by the time he got to the Troubadour in West Hollywood in the last week of August 1971.
A classically trained ...Read more
Squeezed UK defense plan leaves many hard choices to Burnham
The U.K.’s defense spending plan leaves several hard choices for Andy Burnham to make on the future security of the nation.
The government rejected calls to boost defense spending to 3% of economic output in 2030 — ...Read more
'Silo' Season 3 review: Apple TV series returns with best season yet
You know how a show is good? It gets you invested in the fate of a PEZ dispenser.
Not just any PEZ dispenser, mind you — a battered, rubber duck-topped one that doesn’t even have any candy in it. You see, in the first...Read more
Supreme Court rules your cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment
Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” officers obtain a...Read more
500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published – and stirred up a hornet’s nest
In 1526, books appeared in England that no one had seen before: printed New Testaments in the English language. The public snapped them up. For the first time, people read now-common phrases such as “the powers that ...Read more
Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – decades before the English founded Jamestown in 1607 and a full ...Read more
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which the Trump administration seeks to limit
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common sense to first get a detailed picture of who they are and where they are. My research shows what can be gained – by ...Read more
Starmer says defense plan allows Burnham to counter UK threats
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was confident his likely successor, Andy Burnham, would maintain the U.K.’s commitment to defense, as he laid out plans to invest an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to modernize the ...Read more
Lebanon-Israel pact fragile after Hezbollah's vow of disruption
Israel and Lebanon’s latest peace deal faces an uncertain future after Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful proxy militant group, this week vowed to derail its implementation.
The framework agreement — signed in ...Read more
After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in US drinking water
LOS ANGELES — For the next five years, the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will not require public water utilities to test for microplastics or pharmaceuticals in drinking water, according to a proposed ...Read more
Venezuela quake's damage to airport risks return to isolation
Just as Venezuela was leaving behind years of international pariah status, catastrophic earthquakes have devastated its main international airport — and many of the skilled hands who worked there.
Ground zero for the ...Read more
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