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Review: The 1975's new album is great until it's exceptional

Review: The 1975's new album is great until it's exceptional

The 1975, “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” (Dirty Hit/Interscope) There is plenty to like about The 1975's new album until there's something to really admire.
ACT test scores drop to lowest in 30 years in pandemic slide

ACT test scores drop to lowest in 30 years in pandemic slide

PHOENIX (AP) — Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year's high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years — the latest evidence of the enormity of learning disruption during the pandemic.
Blake Shelton, last of original 'The Voice' judges, to leave

Blake Shelton, last of original 'The Voice' judges, to leave

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton, the last of the original panel of judges on “The Voice,” will leave the megahit U.S. version of the singing competition show after next season.
Review: Birds and burdens in Lydia Millet's 'Dinosaurs'

Review: Birds and burdens in Lydia Millet's 'Dinosaurs'

“Dinosaurs,” by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton) Besides moving on from a bad breakup, Gil, the protagonist of Lydia Millet’s “Dinosaurs,” walks from New York to Phoenix because he “wanted to pay for something.
Michelle Obama Award will honor student memoir writers

Michelle Obama Award will honor student memoir writers

NEW YORK (AP) — A literary honor will now carry the name of a uniquely successful author: the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir.
Edmunds compares the Genesis GV60 and the Tesla Model Y

Edmunds compares the Genesis GV60 and the Tesla Model Y

The Tesla Model Y SUV is the best-selling electric vehicle in the U.S. and is quickly finding success overseas as well. But with a current starting price of $67,190, the Model Y leaves room for competitors to undercut it.
Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards

Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards

Sheila Heti and Anne Carson are among the well-known Canadian writers on the short list for the Governor General's Literary Awards.
Judge keeps slain Vegas reporter's files protected, for now

Judge keeps slain Vegas reporter's files protected, for now

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police, prosecutors and defense attorneys must wait to access a slain investigative journalist’s cellphone and electronic devices, over concerns about revealing the reporter’s confidential sources and notes, a judge said Tu
Weinstein lawyer decries 'almost medieval' cell conditions

Weinstein lawyer decries 'almost medieval' cell conditions

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein's attorney told the judge at his sexual assault trial Tuesday that conditions in the holding cell where he's being kept after court are “unhygienic” and “almost medieval.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 16-22

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 16-22

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 16-22: Oct. 16: Actor Barry Corbin (“One Tree Hill,” ″Northern Exposure”) is 82. Bassist C.F. Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 79. Actor Suzanne Somers is 76.
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