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NewsHour staff members discuss new books they have written
If you are looking for something good to read this summer, you might start with the books written by our very own NewsHour staff. Three of our colleagues are out now with a memoir, a novel and a non-fiction book,…
Grammy Awards showcase music world and offer up surprises
The 65th annual Grammy Awards showcased a hip-hop tribute for the ages and celebrated some major high points in the music world from this year. But the top honors weren't what some expected. Jeffrey Brown reports on the ongoing questions…
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Ticket prices, anticipation grow as Lebron James nears NBA scoring record
Ticket prices are predictably high for the Los Angeles Lakers' next two home games, with LeBron James poised to break…
Super Bowl betting estimated to reach $16 billion
Over 50 million American adults plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the…
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A Brief But Spectacular take on being a women's healthcare warrior
Dr. Donna Adams-Pickett is a practicing OB-GYN in Georgia, a state that's known as a maternal care desert. She's run…
Paco Rabanne, lauded fashion designer, dies at age 88
PARIS (AP) -- Spanish-born fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at age 88. The company that owns the Rabanne brand…
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Actors Ben Platt and Noah Galvin on working together as a creative and engaged pair
Although still in their 20s, actors Ben Platt and Noah Galvin are already performing veterans. Both have played dozens of…
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How Octavia Butler remembered the fallen Columbia astronauts on the NewsHour
Acclaimed science fiction author Octavia Butler offered insight into the place that space and its explorers occupy in our collective…
Tom Brady retires — again — saying this time it's 'for good'
Brady says he's out of the game for real this time.
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Jake Blount's new twist on Black American folk music
When folklorists went to the American South last century to record and preserve traditional string band music, they probably didn't…
Prosecutors file charges against Alec Baldwin in 'Rust' set shooting
A Santa Fe district attorney has filed involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a…
Kelce brothers prepare for Super Bowl showdown
For the first time in Super Bowl history, a pair of siblings will play each other on the NFL's grandest…
'Father of Peeps,' innovator of marshmallow candies Bob Born dies at 98
Ira "Bob" Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the…
'Laverne & Shirley' actor Cindy Williams dies at 75
Williams credits included the films "American Graffiti" and "The Conversation." But she was by far best known for playing the…
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Rainesford Stauffer's Brief But Spectacular take on rethinking ambition
Rainesford Stauffer is a freelance writer and Kentuckian. She is the author of "An Ordinary Age," and her upcoming book,…
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Why luck is a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to this expert
A big part of luck is the way someone is thinking and behaving, psychology professor and author Richard Wiseman said.
Inspired by their mothers' stories, how 3 Iranian film directors at Sundance told powerful tales of resilience
Although "Shayda" was written four years ago and set in the Australian coastal city of Brisbane three decades ago, the…