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Review: Mary Hott brings wrongs to light regarding mine wars

Review: Mary Hott brings wrongs to light regarding mine wars

Mary Hott with the Carpenter Ants, "Devil in the Hills: Coal Country Reckoning” (Harmonic Alliance) This is grim history beautifully told. Mary Hott has put to music the tragic tale of West Virginia’s mine wars.
EU plans digital ID wallet for bloc's post-pandemic life

EU plans digital ID wallet for bloc's post-pandemic life

LONDON (AP) — The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an online world.
'Good feeling': Ai Weiwei picks Portugal for new show, home

'Good feeling': Ai Weiwei picks Portugal for new show, home

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is putting on the biggest show of his career, and he is doing it in a place he’s fallen in love with: Portugal.
Cannes lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax

Cannes lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax

The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup of films from big-name auteurs — including Wes Anderson, Asghar Farhadi, Mia Hansen-Løve and Sean Penn — for its 74th edition, an in-person, summertime event that aims to make a stirring return i
Longtime Steelers broadcaster Ilkin retiring to fight ALS

Longtime Steelers broadcaster Ilkin retiring to fight ALS

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers radio analyst Tunch Ilkin is retiring to focus on his fight against ALS.
R.J. Palacio's 'Pony' to be published in September

R.J. Palacio's 'Pony' to be published in September

NEW YORK (AP) — R.J. Palacio's next book is a world apart from her million-selling debut “Wonder.” Random House Children's Books announced Thursday that Palacio's “Pony” will be published Sept. 28, with an announced first printing of 500,000 copies.
23 poets laureate receive grants of up to $50,000

23 poets laureate receive grants of up to $50,000

NEW YORK (AP) — From Charleston, South Carolina, to San Mateo County in California, poets laureate are receiving support from a program managed by the Academy of American Poets.
Bob Fosse's 'Dancin'' plans to glide back to Broadway

Bob Fosse's 'Dancin'' plans to glide back to Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — “Dancin'” — choreographer Bob Fosse's tribute to the art of dance — is hoping to make its sleek and sexy return to Broadway under the guidance of a veteran Fosse dancer.
USFL relaunching next year, four decades after its birth

USFL relaunching next year, four decades after its birth

The USFL is relaunching in 2022, four decades after the spring football league's short-lived run that featured such stars as Reggie White, Herschel Walker, Steve Young, Jim Kelly and future president Donald Trump.
Princess Diana's wedding dress goes on display in London

Princess Diana's wedding dress goes on display in London

LONDON (AP) — The dress Princess Diana wore at her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles went on public display Thursday at the late princess's former home in London.
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