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'One Day in September' chronicles how baseball's All-Star Game was born
Baseball’s best will showcase their talents on the field in Philadelphia during MLB's All-Star Game. What fans might not know is that the game traces its origins back to an event in Boston more than a century ago. The little-known…
Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75
Her iconic song, boosted by real eclipses, has over 1 billion streams.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce marry in front of famous friends at Madison Square Garden
In a culture obsessed with famous couplings it may have been the apex celebrity wedding, with perhaps only royal unions…
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WATCH LIVE: A Capitol Fourth – 250th Weekend Celebration
A Capitol Fourth will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States Friday with a live broadcast from the West…
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WATCH LIVE: Bruce Springsteen: Finding America in Song | A PBS News Special
In a special half-hour broadcast, PBS News' Geoff Bennett sits down with Bruce Springsteen for a rare and deeply personal…
Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding set for Friday at Madison Square Garden
A city permit obtained by The Associated Press shows the wedding is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. and could…
What we know about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding in New York City
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce really are having a wedding this weekend at Madison Square Garden, an official has told The…
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Dave Portnoy and Amna Nawaz discuss media and controversies on 'Settle In'
Dave Portnoy, the outspoken, unapologetic, polarizing founder of Barstool Sports, has written a memoir called "Cancel Me If You Can."…
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Willy Vlautin on spotlighting working-class American life in his novels and music
Novelist Willy Vlautin built his career writing about people on the edges of the American dream: working-class families, lonely alcoholics,…
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WATCH: Music industry legend Clive Davis remembered in funeral with Springsteen, Dionne Warwick
Kenny G played a mournful sax solo, Jennifer Hudson's voice soared and Bruce Springsteen spoke glowingly at the funeral Monday…
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Black Opera Project celebrates resilience and richness of the Black American experience
Imagine a world 400 years in the future, where a young woman is forced into exile after discovering she carries…
Heat catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool
The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a…
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America's oldest hospital preserves the nation's history of medicine and health care
There's a new museum in Philadelphia, but its building and mission date back to before this country was founded. Senior…
David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of brass rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies at 84
Clayton-Thomas was a onetime street fighter and petty thief from Canada who briefly became a rock superstar.
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Walter Isaacson on what he calls 'The Greatest Sentence Ever Written'
Ahead of America's 250th anniversary, author Walter Isaacson has turned his attention to a single sentence in the Declaration of…
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Music industry titan Clive Davis, who turned artists into stars across genres, dies at 94
The music industry lost a titan on Monday. Clive Davis, who nurtured artists across nearly every major genre for more…
Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94
Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the…