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NABATIEH, Lebanon — Sweating under a powerful afternoon sun, the crowd slapped their chests in time with the chanter's cry, his mournful refrain echoing over the abandoned, rubble-lined streets of this wounded city that ...Read more

A man in Spain paid $960 for a pair of nail clippers belonging to the late Hollywood actress Diane Keaton.

Gustavo Egusquiza, a communications consultant from Bilbao, has added the nail clippers once used by the Annie ...Read more

Sir Paul McCartney says his 14-year marriage to Nancy Shevell works so well because they are total opposites.

The Beatles legend tied the knot with Nancy back in May 2011, with the pair beginning their relationship in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Public Library is releasing a limited-edition library card in honor of Bedford-Stuyvesant native Jay-Z.

The billionaire hip-hop titan, 56, born Shawn Carter, will be honored with the JAŸ-Z 30 ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting early Tuesday morning that marked the city’s 46th homicide of the year, according to data.

Officers responded around 12:14 a.m. to the 3400 ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley fired back at former state Sen. Richard Pan on Monday afternoon, criticizing the Democrat’s record and challenging him to five debates in the months leading up to the November...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Barry Manilow has told the story behind his first big hit so many times that I had no intention of bringing up the half-century-old "Mandy" when I sat down with the singer on a recent afternoon at his home ...Read more

NEW YORK — Singer Halsey blasted self-styled music critic Anthony Fantano on Sunday after his scathing review of her 2024 album “The Great Impersonator” resurfaced in adjacent social media discussions, branding him a...Read more

DETROIT — With six weeks to go until the August primary, Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow released her first TV ad of the cycle Tuesday, promising to "stand up to Trump," to big tech and "make this country ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Seventeen percent more Marylanders cast ballots during early voting this year than in the state’s last midterm primary, a surge analysts attribute in part to competitive congressional races, economic ...Read more

An L.A.-set crime thriller tops the DVD releases for the week of June 30.

"Crime 101": A perfectionist jewel thief has his best laid plans turned to chaos with a new robber in town and an obsessive cop on his tail. ...Read more

Though based on a 1979 Barbara Taylor Bradford novel, the new eight-episode British series “A Woman of Substance” nonetheless feels more like “Downton Abbey” meets “Dynasty.” In a good way, let me hasten to add...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Bob Dylan took to the stage Sunday night at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park only 12 days after Paul Simon concluded his own sold-out concert at the same San Diego venue with “The Sound of Silence.”

That ...Read more

The Cowboy Junkies are one of the best bands on the planet.

That was true decades ago, back when the Cowboy Junkies first started putting out records in the ’80s, and it remains true to this day.

Yet, this Canadian ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A manager’s amendment filed ahead of this week’s scheduled floor consideration of a sweeping package of veterans legislation would tweak some key language in the bill, but leave untouched the most ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It’s been more than 30 years, but Andy’s toys are proving irreplaceable at the box office.

Walt Disney Co. and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” opened to a massive $160 million in the U.S. and Canada last ...Read more

MIAMI — The pilot in the helicopter crash earlier this month at North Perry Airport, which sent a man and two kids to the hospital, doesn’t show up as licensed in the FAA database.

Sky Helicopter Tours’ Marcelo ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kaskade’s Sun Soaked Festival is heading back to Orange County this fall.

The beachside electronic music festival will return to Huntington State Beach on Sept. 12, bringing a lineup led by Kaskade ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys general in seventeen states are suing California over its landmark single-use plastic law, which went into effect on June 1.

The lawsuit comes after a coalition of environmental groups sued the ...Read more

The United States is one of only a handful of countries that allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties. As a result, a small number of corporations can – and do – suppress competition in the seed industry,...Read more