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Amid unrest, songs continue to voice the black experience

NEW YORK (AP) — After watching the ghastly video of George Floyd dying as a police officer pressed a knee on his neck, Grammy-nominated R&B singer Trey Songz couldn’t sleep. He felt a pain in his gut so heavy it brought him down to his home studio, where he began …

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Movie theaters, shuttered for months, plan July reopening

NEW YORK (AP) — After three months of near total blackout of cinemas nationwide, movie theaters are preparing to reopen …

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JK Rowling's tweets on transgender people spark outrage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is facing hefty backlash after she posted a series of tweets …

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Missouri woman prompts Merriam-Webster to redefine 'racism'

Merriam-Webster is revising its definition of racism after a Missouri woman's emails claimed it fell short of including the systemic …

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Review: Gone West embrace a sunny country in superb album

Gone West, “Canyons” (Triple Tigers Records)

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AP PHOTOS: Magic in Greek moonlight as outdoor cinemas open

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — They're like enchanted pleasure gardens concealed in the depths of the city that open their gates …

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NY Times editorial page editor resigns amid fury over op-ed

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times’ editorial page editor resigned Sunday after the newspaper disowned an opinion piece …

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Israeli model Bar Refaeli signs plea bargain for tax evasion

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli top model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a …

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What makes an American a patriot? Spike Lee has some answers

NEW YORK (AP) — Spike Lee was just 10 when Muhammad Ali, in 1967, refused to be drafted into the …

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4 'Vanderpump' regulars ousted over slurs, racial profiling

NEW YORK (AP) — Four cast members are not returning for another season of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” — two over …

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Review: Identical twins veer apart in moving 'Thin Girls'

“Thin Girls,” by Diana Clarke (HarperCollins)

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Historian Charles King wins Francis Parkman Prize

NEW YORK (AP) — Charles King's “Gods of the Upper Air,” a group biography on such groundbreaking anthropologists as Franz …

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Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, …

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Publishing employees organize 'day of action' against racism

NEW YORK (AP) — As nationwide rallies against police violence and racism continue, book publishing employees are holding a “day …

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