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Music Review: Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson's 'Venus' imparts wise and caring lessons of love

Music Review: Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson's 'Venus' imparts wise and caring lessons of love

The month of February, with its overload of flowers, candy and everything heart-shaped, is an annual celebration of that warm, fuzzy feeling we call love.
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Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger

Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Toby Keith’s songs accomplished, for some, what great art is intended to: They sustained people in challenging times, particularly U.S. service members and their families during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11.
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Drug possession charge against rapper Kodak Black dismissed in Florida

Drug possession charge against rapper Kodak Black dismissed in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A drug possession charge against South Florida rapper Kodak Black was dismissed Friday, two months after an arrest, though a drug trafficking case from 2022 remains ongoing.
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Jury in Young Dolph murder trial will come from outside of Memphis, Tennessee, judge rules

Jury in Young Dolph murder trial will come from outside of Memphis, Tennessee, judge rules

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of two men charged with killing Young Dolph will come from outside of Memphis because of intense media coverage of the fatal shooting in the rapper’s hometown, a judge ruled Friday. Judge Jennifer J.
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In ‘Dune: Part Two,’ filmmaker Denis Villeneuve realizes a lifetime dream

In ‘Dune: Part Two,’ filmmaker Denis Villeneuve realizes a lifetime dream

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Villeneuve doesn’t feel like he came back to Arrakis for “Dune: Part Two.” In his mind, he never left.
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due

Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due

NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots.
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Prince Harry settles a tabloid phone hacking claim and says his mission to tame the media continues

Prince Harry settles a tabloid phone hacking claim and says his mission to tame the media continues

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry said Friday that his “mission” to rein in the British media continues, after he accepted costs and damages from a tabloid publisher that invaded his privacy with phone hacking and other illegal snooping.
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due

Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due

NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots.
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Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at age 88

Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at age 88

TOKYO (AP) — Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management office said Friday. He was 88.
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Ghana artifacts that were looted 150 years ago by British forces have been returned by a US museum

Ghana artifacts that were looted 150 years ago by British forces have been returned by a US museum

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Seven royal artifacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a United States museum have been returned and presented to the kingdom on Thursday, the latest of a series of st
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