Course on Beyonce's cultural impact coming to Yale University in 2025
Yale University will teach a course about Beyonce‘s political and cultural impact next spring.
The pop superstar, who topped the 2025 Grammy nominations list with 11 nods last week, will be the centerpiece of a new ...Read more
Minnesota keyboardist Dr. Fink explains why he's selling his Prince memorabilia
MINNEAPOLIS — Being a professional musician often means an unpredictable paycheck. Even for an internationally famous one like Dr. Fink of Prince & the Revolution.
Fink, a Twin Cities keyboardist/producer/composer, is ...Read more
Why 'One Love's' Lashana Lynch felt right at home with Rita Marley
For Lashana Lynch, playing singer, philanthropist and cultural icon Rita Marley was always going to be daunting. The British actor has Jamaican roots, and the wife of reggae god Bob Marley is a hero of her mother’s. You ...Read more
Hello Simon, my old friend: Art Garfunkel now in 'a wonderful place' with long-estranged bandmate
Art Garfunkel says he’s rekindling his bond with estranged Simon & Garfunkel bandmate Paul Simon, after decades of on-and-off tensions.
The 83-year-old singer reflected on his partnership with Simon, saying in a recent ...Read more
Q&A: Sting on his new trio, his old friend Billy Joel and why he'll never wear spandex
LOS ANGELES — Sting sits in a trailer at September's Ohana Festival in Dana Point with two important questions before him: which songs to perform during that night's headlining set and which pair of underwear to do it in...Read more
Business groups promise to fight minimum wage boost in Missouri
ST. LOUIS — Retail and restaurant groups are promising to fight “with all available options” against the increase in the state’s minimum wage approved by voters this week.
The measure will increase prices for ...Read more
With Trump headed back to the White House, here's how the UAW moves forward
The United Auto Workers' campaigns to keep President-elect Donald Trump out of the White House, to organize more nonunion auto plants and to pressure Stellantis NV over its commitments to an idled Jeep plant in Illinois ...Read more
Lower taxes, higher tariffs: What Trump's tax plans mean for you
Taxes may not be the first thing on your mind following the presidential election, but there’s no doubt that tax policy will play a key role in the year ahead, given that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is set to ...Read more
These San Diego employees work 32 hours a week and get paid for 40. This is how they do it
Here is a question for the full-time workers out there.
If you added up all the minutes you squander or misallocate in a week, whether because you’re stuck on a call with a client who won’t say goodbye, or you’re ...Read more
The fascinating, crucial work of a poison control center
At the California Poison Control System in San Francisco, a call has just come in from a mother whose toddler accidentally drank a stain remover called “Grandma’s Secret.”
“I’m not sure how much she had and ...Read more
Colorado on track to see deadliest year for police shootings since 2020, data shows
DENVER — Colorado is on track to see the deadliest year for police shootings since 2020 with nearly 60 people having been shot or killed by state law enforcement so far this year.
This time last year, 34 people had been...Read more
Donald Trump is likely to look to Georgia as he builds out his White House team
ATLANTA — President-elect Donald Trump has already announced his picks for chief of staff and “border czar,” but there are dozens of roles he has to fill. Some of his most prominent supporters in Georgia are part of ...Read more
New abortion-rights measures in 7 states could trigger legal, legislative challenges
Widespread support for abortion rights continued to defy partisan labels in Tuesday’s election, but several of the ballot measures that voters approved may face legal and legislative challenges in the coming months. And ...Read more
In Vermont, where almost everyone has insurance, many can't find or afford care
RICHMOND, Vt. — On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers’ ...Read more
Florida's iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — The world’s only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetlands bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico on the Florida Keys.
For years...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: Looking for clues to stop seizures
Using deep brain stimulation techniques, neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic are looking for early signals in the brain to help stop seizures. In their biomarker discovery initiative, a team of researchers is assessing how ...Read more
Relationship Born In Rehab Must Endure Long-Distance
DEAR ABBY: I got out of rehab two months ago. While I was there, I met someone. "Annie" lives in Florida, and I live in California. We both are doing great, and I believe we make each other stronger.
Do you think a long-...Read more
What Trump means for the future of heat pump and EV incentives
If you’re thinking of buying an electric car or an energy-saving heat pump eligible for federal tax credits and rebates, now might be the time.
President-Elect Donald Trump has labeled the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act ...Read more
Israel sees progress in Lebanon truce talks despite hurdles
Israel said headway was being made in U.S.-mediated efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Lebanon, but that it still needed guarantees on resuming military operations if there are any infractions by Hezbollah.
“There is a ...Read more
Republicans close to House majority and Washington trifecta
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are on the brink of clinching unified GOP control over Washington under President-elect Donald Trump, awaiting wins in just four of the chamber’s 17 remaining uncalled races.
With 218 ...Read more
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