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November 14

Dave Sims replacing John Sterling as Yankees radio play-by-play broadcaster

Dave Sims is replacing John Sterling as Suzyn Waldman’s play-by-play partner on New York Yankees radio broadcasts
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Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87

Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of Da...
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Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That's what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars

It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory
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FILE - Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Judge weighs the merits of a lawsuit alleging 'Real Housewives' creators abused a cast member

The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” has told a judge that the First Amendment cannot shield the show's creators from a lawsuit alleging the show's participants were subjected to a “rotted workplace culture.”
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FILE - Leah McSweeney attends the Harper's Bazaar Icons and Bloomingdale's 150th anniversary party at Bloomingdale's 59th Street, Sept. 9, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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How Alex Jones' Infowars wound up in the hands of The Onion

The purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga
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FILE - Bill Sherlach, husband of Mary, one of the Sandy Hook School shooting victims, speaks to the media after jurors returned a $965 million dollar judgement in the defamation trial against Alex Jones, in Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)
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Statue of the late US Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is unveiled in his native Alabama

A statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has been added to Legacy Plaza in Alabama’s capital city
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This image provided by the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative, speaks during the unveiling of a a statue of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, at the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Plaza, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. (Equal Justice Initiative via AP)
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Diamond Sports Group can emerge out of bankruptcy after having reorganization plan approved

Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, can emerge out of bankruptcy after having its reorganization plan approved
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The state that cleared the way for sports gambling now may ban 'prop' bets on college athletes

The state that gave much of America the right to offer legal sports betting may decide that certain bets on college athletes are out of bounds
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FILE - Auburn's Payton Thorne (1) runs the ball during the second half of an NCAA football game against California, Sept. 7, 2024 in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
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Burt Bacharach, composer of classic songs, will have papers donated to Library of Congress

The papers of composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach are being donated to the Library of Congress
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FILE - Burt Bacharach poses with his Oscar for best original score for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" at the 42nd annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 7, 1970. (AP Photo, File)
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Q&A: ‘Love, Actually’ filmmaker Richard Curtis on charity, the Oscars and the state of rom-coms

Richard Curtis is known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.”
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FILE - Filmmaker Richard Curtis appears at the premiere for "Yesterday" in London on June 18, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
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Q&A: Muna’s Katie Gavin on comfort music, creative freedom and her debut solo record

Katie Gavin is self-proclaimed “gay famous.”
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Singer-songwriter Katie Gavin poses for a portrait on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue and Billy Porter to perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

The giant balloons may be flying at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street
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Cynthia Erivo arrives at the premiere of "Wicked" on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Veteran NBC host Craig Melvin tapped to replace Hoda Kotb for the first hours of 'Today' show

Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a_m_ to 9 a_m_ hours of “Today.”
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FILE - Craig Melvin appears on NBC's "Today" show in New York on Aug. 11, 2023. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how a bankruptcy auction was co...
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Global Tetrahedron, LLC, owner of The Onion, is displayed on the entrance screen to the office building that is headquarters to the satirical publication, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 in Chicago. The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones'Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Satirical outlet The Onion has bought Alex Jones' Infowars at auction, relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims say

Satirical outlet The Onion has bought Alex Jones' Infowars at auction, relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims say
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Mason Bates' Met-bound opera 'Kavalier & Clay' based on Michael Chabon novel premieres in Indiana

When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” into an opera, he said the writer told him frankly that “opera was not his thing.”
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This image released by the Indiana University shows, from left, Jonathan Elmore, Evan Tiapula, and Cody Home during a rehearsal of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” at the Jacobs School of Music on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, Ind., on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Sarah J. Slover/Indiana University via AP)
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Karen Silkwood's sudden death unpacked in ABC documentary

The four-part podcast unearths never-before-heard audio tapes.
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Undated photograph of Karen Silkwood and her children.
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Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins album of the year at the 2024 Latin Grammys, a 25th anniversary party

Juan Luis Guerra 4_40 won album of the year at the 2024 Latin Grammys, not long after receiving record of the year for “Mambo 23.”
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Carlos Vives performs during the 25th Latin Grammy Award ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
November 13

Nevada trial set for ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor in newly-revived sex abuse case

Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 13 in Las Vegas
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FILE - Nathan Chasing Horse sits in Las Vegas court, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil, File)
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FanDuel Sports Network regional channels will be available as add-on subscription on Prime Video

Diamond Sports Group has reached a multiyear agreement with Prime Video to make its 16 regional sports network channels available as an add-on subscription
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Movie Review: A luminous slice of Mumbai life in ‘All We Imagine as Light’

The rhythms of bustling, working-class Mumbai are brought to vivid life in “All We Imagine as Light.”
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This image released by Janus and Sideshow Films shows Kani Kusruti, left, and Divya Prabha in a scene from "All We Imagine As Light." (Janus and Sideshow Films via AP)
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Alexander Shelley to become Pacific Symphony Orchestra music director for 2026-27 season

Alexander Shelley will become music director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra for the 2026-27 season following the 35-year tenure of Carl St. Clair
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This image released by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra shows guest conductor Alexander Shelley performing the "New World Symphony" concert in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Nov. 30, 2023. Shelley will become music director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra for the 2026-27 season, following the 3 1/2-decade tenure of Carl St. Clair. (Doug Gifford/Pacific Symphony Orchestra via AP)
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Dolly Parton sings her family's story on 'Smoky Mountain DNA.' She says it is her 'favorite album'

Dolly Parton’s musical story starts further back than most might expect — to the British Isles of the 1600s
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FILE - Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York on Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
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'Emilia Pérez' wouldn't work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nomin...
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Karla Sofía Gascón, a cast member in the film "Emilia Perez," poses for a portrait at the Shangri-La Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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From anime to fine art: Japan's Yoshitaka Amano is celebrated with a major retrospective

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, video game creator and fine artist
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Artist Yoshitaka Amano attends the press preview of the exhibition "Amano Corpus Animae", celebrating his 50-year-long career, at the Fabbrica del Vapore, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Arbitrator upholds 5-year bans of Bad Bunny baseball agency leaders, cuts agent penalty to 3 years

An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm for making improper inducements to players and cut the ban of the company’s only certified baseball agent to three years
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FILE - Bad Bunny appears in the press room at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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James Patterson to help lead honors program at his undergraduate alma mater, Manhattan University

James Patterson’s latest philanthropic project marks a deepening of ties to his undergraduate alma mater
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Author James Patterson attends a special screening of the Prime Video television series "Cross" at the Florence Gould Theater on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Daniele Rustioni to become Metropolitan Opera's principal guest conductor

Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in its nearly century-and-a-half history, leading at least two productions each season starting in 2025-26 as a No. 2 to music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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FILE - This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Daniele Rustioni conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra during a rehearsal on Feb. 9, 2023 in New York. (Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera via AP, File)
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Nelly won't be charged after August drug arrest, Missouri prosecutor says

Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St. Louis-area casino
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Nelly arrives at the Baby2Baby Gala on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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On the eve of Oscars honor, James Bond producers reflect on legacy and future of 007

James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G
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FILE - Barbara Broccoli, left, and Michael G. Wilson appear at the World premiere of the film "No Time To Die" in London on Sept. 28, 2021. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
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Timothy West, acclaimed British actor and lover of UK's waterways, dies at 90

British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on screen three times, has died at 90
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Timothy West and Prunella Scales leave Lamb House in Rye, East Sussex, England, May 16, 2024. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
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Thailand's baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng now has an official song in 4 languages

In case you can’t get enough of pygmy hippo Moo Deng, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal
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FILE -Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng sleeps at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
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South Korean actor Song Jae-lim found dead at 39

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Queen Woo,” was found dead at his home in Seoul
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South Korean actor Song Jae-lim poses during a press conference to promote his television drama "I Wanna Hear Your Song" in Seoul, South Korea on Aug. 1, 2019. (Jo Soo-jung/Newsis via AP)
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Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific
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In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, head of the museum Liv Heyerdahl, second from right, attends the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)
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Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience

President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary
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FILE - Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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John Krasinski named People magazine's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive

Let the office debates begin — John Krasinski is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024
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FILE - Director John Krasinski poses for photographers upon arrival at the UK Premiere of the film 'IF' in London, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
November 12

Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao

By day, Xing Long works in an office for a state-owned company in Changchun, an industrial city in the northeastern rust belt of China
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Abandoned machinery sits in an abandoned factory of Dacheng Shenghua Feed company in Changchun, China, a city located in northwestern China's industrial rustbelt zone Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction

British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station
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The Booker Prize award prior to the dinner in London, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction

British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
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Ethan Slater landing the role of Boq in 'Wicked' has an element of magic to it

Ethan Slater, best known for his Tony-nominated starring role in Broadway's “SpongeBob SquarePants” brings his talent to the big screen in the musical adaptation of “Wicked," out Nov. 22
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Ethan Slater arrives at the premiere of "Wicked" on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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My Chemical Romance returns with 'The Black Parade' tour

Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance released their career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade.”
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FILE - My Chemical Romance performs during the pre-game show for the NFL Football game between the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers at Wembley Stadium in London on Oct. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi, File)
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New Yorkers vent their feelings over the election and the Knicks via subway tunnel sticky notes

New Yorkers seeking to unburden themselves after last week’s election got a chance to share their feelings by posting sticky notes in a busy subway tunnel
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Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 45 days in prison for probation violations

Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 45 days in prison after repeatedly violating probation, disappointing a federal judge who rewarded his cooperation in a criminal case against him with leniency five years ago
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FILE- Rapper Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, performs during the Philipp Plein women's 2019 Spring-Summer collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine sentenced to more prison time

Prosecutors had only been seeking one month in prison.
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Rapper Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, performs during the Philipp Plein women's 2019 Spring-Summer collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Sept. 21, 2018.
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Apple Books charts for week ending Nov. 11
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Apple TV app (Movies) charts for week ending Nov. 8
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Apple Podcasts charts for week ending Nov. 8
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Chris Wallace is leaving CNN. He says he wants to see what the new media environment has to offer

Veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace is leaving CNN after three years but, at age 77, he's not interested in retiring
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FILE - Moderator Chris Wallace speaks as President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate in Cleveland on Sept. 29, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP, File)