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Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dies at 95

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as 鈥淜iller Joe鈥� and 鈥淎long Came Betty," has died. He was 95.
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The 2025 Tony Awards set June 8 ceremony date at Radio City Music Hall

The 2025 Tony Awards set June 8 ceremony date at Radio City Music Hall

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This season's Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at its familiar home of Radio City Music Hall. Producers of the show announced the date and location Monday.
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Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'

Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Jeanine Tesori watched the world premiere run of her 鈥淕rounded鈥� with director Michael Mayer last fall at the Kennedy Center and noticed audience fidgeting.
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Book Review: 'America First' is a resonant history of FDR's fight against isolationist movement

Historian H.W. Brands' 鈥淎merica First: Roosevelt vs Lindbergh in the Shadow of War" barely mentions former President Donald Trump or the 2024 election. But it could be one of the most relevant books to read for this year's presidential campaign.
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Diddy鈥檚 music streams jump after after arrest and indictment

Diddy鈥檚 music streams jump after after arrest and indictment

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs鈥� vast music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his arrest last week and the unsealing of an indictment against him. Under his many musical monikers 鈥� including Diddy, Puff Daddy and P.
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Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in 鈥楾he Barn鈥�

Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in 鈥楾he Barn鈥�

鈥淭he barn鈥� is long and narrow with sliding doors in the middle,鈥� writes Wright Thompson in 鈥楾he Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi.
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5: Sept. 29: Filmmaker Robert Benton (鈥淜ramer vs. Kramer鈥�) is 92. Actor Ian McShane (鈥淛ohn Wick,鈥� 鈥淒eadwood鈥�) is 82. Jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty is 82. TV theme composer Mike Post is 80.
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Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
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Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests

Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to the 2022 protests that rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in
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Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
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