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FILE – David Clayton-Thomas of “Blood, Sweat and Tears” performs during one of several tailgate parties prior to the Texas A&M-Utah game on Sept. 2, 2004, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dead at 84

June 25, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “When I Die” and other hits helped make the so-called “brass rock” band...

FILE – Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

The Kennedy Center drops ‘Trump’ branding as Bill Maher’s Twain Award guests are revealed

June 8, 2026 at 3:11 p.m.

John Mellencamp, Jay Leno and Whitney Cummings will be among the guest speakers when Bill Maher receives the Mark Twain Award for American Humor during a June 28 ceremony at...

Owner Kelley Hartnett poses at her Double Dog Bookshop in Wentzville, Missouri, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Photo by Bekah Ford/Double Dog Bookshop via AP)

Independent bookstores are multiplying, although many people still think they’re dying out

May 28, 2026 at 1:16 p.m.

The decline of physical bookstores ended years ago, and the latest numbers from the American Booksellers Association show independent stores are expanding at a pace not seen this century.

FILE – Bess Wohl attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at The Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Daniel Kraus’ ‘Angel Down’ and Bess Wohl’s ‘Liberation’ are among Pulitzer winners in the arts

May 4, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize officials awarded arts prizes to Daniel Kraus, cited for “Angel Down,” and “Liberation,” Bess Wohl’s look at the feminist consciousness-raising groups of the 1970s.

FILE _ Vice President JD Vance speaks, March 18, 2026, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith, ‘Communion,’ coming out later this spring

April 1, 2026 at 2:15 p.m.

“Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” comes out June 16, the HarperCollins Publishers imprint Harper told The Associated Press on Tuesday. HarperCollins also released “Hillbilly Elegy,” the million-selling memoir...

FILE – Author John Green poses in his studio in Indianapolis on Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

John Green is writing his first novel for adults

April 1, 2026 at 2:14 p.m.

The author of such favorites for young people as “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Looking for Alaska” has written a story about celebrity and the attention economy, “Hollywood, Ending.”...

This undated image shows Dash Crofts from the music duo Seals & Crofts. (Luis Javier Lizarraga via AP)

Singer-songwriter Dash Crofts of Seals & Crofts, known for hits ‘Summer Breeze’ and ‘Diamond Girl,’ dies at 87

March 26, 2026 at 7:35 p.m.

Crofts died Wednesday of heart failure at the Heart Hospital of Austin in Austin, Texas, said his daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher.

FILE – A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts on Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years and names a new president

March 16, 2026 at 5:23 p.m.

The Kennedy Center’s board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer’s July 4 celebrations.

FILE – Actor Robert Di Niro receives a German television, “Goldene Kamera,” media award in Berlin on Feb. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Robert De Niro delivers Abraham Lincoln’s civility warning at a Carnegie Hall benefit

March 4, 2026 at 11:33 a.m.

Robert De Niro walked onto Carnegie Hall’s stage Tuesday night, unannounced and to loud applause. He didn’t make any speeches, at least none of his own. After a career defined...

FILE – Filmmaker Woody Allen, right, and Soon-Yi Previn arrive for an event in Cannes, southern France, May 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Epstein emails show he helped arrange White House visit for Woody Allen

February 6, 2026 at 6:30 a.m.

In 2015, Woody Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, went on a trip to Washington, D.C. With the help of their friend Jeffrey Epstein, they were able to tour the...

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