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In “Hatchet Island,” Paul Doiron’s the 13th novel featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch, two workers at an island bird sanctuary are brutally murdered

Police say two climate change protesters have been arrested after they glued themselves to the frame of a famous John Constable painting hanging in Britain’s National Gallery

A judge in southern Italy has ruled that film director Paul Haggis should be released from detention at his hotel while prosecutors continue to investigate sex abuse allegations

Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp

The Puerto Rican superstar has not been charged with any crime.

The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate

Federal authorities are pushing back on claims that R. Kelly was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment last week after a judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars for using his fame to sexually abuse young girls

Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater.

China’s famed Palace Museum has displayed artifacts at a museum in Hong Kong amid a drive to build loyalty to Beijing in the former British colony that reverted to Chinese rule 25 years ago

British theater and film director Peter Brook has died at age 97

A Puerto Rican judge issued a restraining order against superstar Ricky Martin.

Authorities said he entered two NYC residences linked to the singer-songwriter.

The “Freaky Friday” star said she was the “luckiest woman in the world.”

Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman’s long search has ended after he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel

With a string of 14 No. 1 hits, country star Luke Combs made the professional leap into stadiums this year on his ascent to the genre's peak

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The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate

Germany and Nigeria have signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago

In a major reversal of policy, the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture said Friday that it will allow attendees to show a negative COVID test result for admission to its ticketed concerts in the Superdome and other events

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar week of 7/4/2022

A new report says a downward trend continues.

An international film festival in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary has kicked off amid controversy following a protest by Ukraine against the screening of a Russian movie

R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for sexually abusing young fans

The prosecutor said the rapper sought to raise up his neighborhood with him.

Four Atlantic City casinos reach contract agreement with union, averting a strike on Fourth of July weekend

Essence’s chief executive officer said she’s been asked many times whether the Essence Festival of Culture is staying in New Orleans

The leather-clad founding member of the notorious motorcycle club has died.

“Mr. Malcolm’s List” is not, technically, by Jane Austen, but it is Austenesque through and through

Former Associated Press board chair Frank Daniels Jr. has died at 90

Years before “Bridgerton” and the Regency-era fashion moment it helped inspire, director Emma Holly Jones was dreaming of an early 19th century romantic comedy with a diverse cast

If you were hiding under your bed after listening to the last album by Imagine Dragons, it’s time to come out

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After light years in space, actors Sonequa Martin-Green and Kate Mulgrew are meeting up on Earth to compare “Star Trek” stories

USA Today Best-Selling Books for the week ending 6/26/2022

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The NFL is teaming up with Ice Cube

The 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has gone to Jesmyn Ward, who at 45, is the youngest person to receive the library’s fiction award and is being honored for her lifetime of work examining racism and social injustice

Despite a growing recognition of the newspaper industry's problems among politicians and philanthropists, a new report says a downward trend continues

Royal accounts show the British monarchy’s publicly-funded spending rose by 17% to 102.4 million pounds ($124 million) in the past year, with the renovation of Buckingham Palace taking up a large part of the expenses

Elmo got a COVID-19 vaccine

Buckingham Palace has investigated how staff handled allegations of bullying.

Both sides have rested their cases in the trial of a man charged with the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle

R. Kelly is being sentenced in a sex trafficking case.

For a not small segment of the audience for “Minions: Rise of Gru,” only one thing really needs to be said

Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur during daytime hours, and ratings show that a striking number of their viewers are tuning it out

R. Kelly’s musical accomplishments have been accompanied by a long history of allegations that he sexually abused women and children

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” writer-director Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his whodunit hit “Knives Out,” will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

R. Kelly, who used music superstardom to subject young fans to systemic sexual abuse, sentenced to 30 years in prison

Dutch police have released without charge two Belgians who were arrested on suspicion of involvement in a daring smash and grab jewelry heist at a prestigious art fair

Black culture, in all its glory, will be on display over the 4th of July holiday weekend in New Orleans as thousands converge for the in-person return of the Essence Festival of Culture