Brittney Griner says she's working on memoir about Russian captivity
Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner…
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The report released Thursday says more than 1,200 challenges were recorded by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record…
Tim McCarver, All-Star catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81
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Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop hits, dies at 94
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Russell Banks, award-winning author of 'Cloudsplitter,' dies at 82
Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the…
Thom Bell, 'Sound of Philadelphia' producer, dies at 79
Thom Bell, one of the architects of the 1970s "Sound of Philadelphia," has died.
Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster merger blocked by federal judge
The ruling was a victory for the Biden administration's tougher approach to proposed mergers, a break from decades of precedent…
Gerald Stern, prize-winning American poet, dies at 97
Gerald Stern, one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about…
'Great Balls of Fire' singer Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87
The untamable and often outrageous rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87.
