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Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish help Grammys reach its largest audience since 2020

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Feb 5, 2024 8:26 PM Read more >

Taylor Swift announces new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department,' and song titles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget her “Reputation.” Taylor Swift has a whole new album coming out. Accepting the Grammy for best pop vocal album on Sunday night, Taylor said she’d been keeping a secret for two years. “My brand-new album comes out April 19.

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Jam Master Jay dabbled in drug sales 'to make ends meet,' witness testifies

NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted drug dealer reluctantly testified Monday that Jam Master Jay — known for his anti-drug advocacy as part of the groundbreaking rap group Run-DMC — got involved in cocaine deals to pay his bills.

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Women dominated the 2024 Grammy Awards. Is the tide turning?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the 2024 Grammy nominees were first announced, women dominated the major categories. And at Sunday's show, those nominations translated into awards : Every televised competitive Grammy went to at least one woman.

Feb 5, 2024 4:50 PM Read more >

The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Taylor Swift made music history at the Grammy Awards, a band formed long before she was born made their own history: The Grateful Dead have broken the record for the most Top 40 albums to chart on the Billboard 200.

Feb 5, 2024 4:33 PM Read more >

CBC proposes Indigenous oversight office as part of new national strategy

WINNIPEG — Canada's public broadcaster promises to increase Indigenous staffing and promote Indigenous languages in its content as part of a sweeping new strategy.

Feb 5, 2024 3:54 PM Read more >

Strike averted as culinary union settles with Las Vegas hotel-casinos before Super Bowl week

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A union representing hospitality workers says it has reached a tentative agreement with six more hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas and called off a strike deadline for another.

Feb 5, 2024 1:06 PM Read more >

Music Review: New album by Pylon Reenactment Society revives Pylon’s style of funky art punk

In 1980, Vanessa Briscoe Hay began the first tune on Georgia alt-rock band Pylon’s first album by singing, “Volume is pleasant. Volume is pleasant. Volume is pleasant.

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List of top Grammy Award winners

A list of top winners at the 66th annual Grammy Awards.

Feb 5, 2024 12:57 PM Read more >

Judge in Borgata/MGM case rules casinos have no duty to stop compulsive gamblers from betting

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