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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After 60-plus days, I threw in the towel. Mr. Rich had to go. Mr. Rich is a hamster who most recently served as the classroom pet in my 9-year-old’s science class.

NEW YORK — Bruce Jay Friedman, an Oscar-nominated screenplay writer and popular playwright and author known for the wry comedy and subtle pathos of such novels as “Stern” and “About Harry Towns” and for his scripts for “Splash” and “Stir Crazy," has

NEW YORK — Journalists alarmed by dozens of incidents where reporters were shot at, manhandled, gassed or arrested while covering demonstrations touched off by the death of Minnesota man George Floyd are fighting back legally.

NEW YORK — Just two days before it was to begin streaming, “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme," a documentary about the hip-hop improv group with Lin-Manuel Miranda and friends, has postponed its release out of solidarity with protesters.

NASHVILLE — Country stars highlighted the heroic work of citizens and communities around the country who were coming together to help each other in the middle of the coronavirus epidemic during the "CMT Celebrates Our Heroes" TV special.

NEW YORK — Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar detained by the government since earlier this year, is being honoured by PEN America.

NEW YORK — Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar detained by the government since earlier this year, is being honoured by PEN America.

ATLANTA — A teenager was injured Wednesday night after gunfire rang out during the filming of a music video in Atlanta, the city’s police said.

ATLANTA — A teenager was injured Wednesday night after gunfire rang out during the filming of a music video in Atlanta, the city’s police said.

LONDON — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has shared her sadness about racial divisions in the United States, telling students at her former high school that she felt moved to speak out because the life of George Floyd mattered.