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As her pop covers album 'Inuktitut' sails to success, Elisapie finds a renewed voice

As her pop covers album 'Inuktitut' sails to success, Elisapie finds a renewed voice

TORONTO — Elisapie can’t quite put her finger on it but something within her has recently changed. The thought crosses the soft-spoken musician's mind as she ponders her sudden flurry of accomplishments.

Madonna will fund a youth art project to celebrate her 66th birthday

ROME (AP) — Madonna will fund an artistic project involving youths, she announced during her 66th birthday celebrations in Pompeii.
Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you

Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you

When a little boy burst into tears in her third-grade classroom last fall, Audrey Jost pulled him aside while the other kids were at recess.
'Shoot me up with a big one': A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry

'Shoot me up with a big one': A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The arrest of five people in the overdose death of Matthew Perry has revealed key details about the final days of the “Friends” star, most of them spent in the throes of an addiction to the surgical anesthetic ketamine .
San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls

San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls

Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation.
Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class

Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class

MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year.
Songwriter-producer The-Dream seeks dismissal of sexual assault lawsuit

Songwriter-producer The-Dream seeks dismissal of sexual assault lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for The-Dream, a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer, are seeking the dismissal of a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault and other abuse.

BeatKing, a Houston rapper known for viral TikTok song 'Then Leave,' dies at 39

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 39.
Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley's family and auction off Graceland

Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley's family and auction off Graceland

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale , the
Kihn of rock and roll: Greg Kihn of '80s 'Jeopardy' song fame dies at 75

Kihn of rock and roll: Greg Kihn of '80s 'Jeopardy' song fame dies at 75

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Greg Kihn, a rock and roll musician best known for his '80s hit songs “Jeopardy” and “The Breakup Song,” has died. He was 75.
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