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Caribbean music icons bring ‘A Journey to Kingston’ to Miramar

South Florida’s Caribbean culture will take center stage in Miramar this weekend as “A Journey to Kingston” brings together some of dancehall and reggae’s biggest names for a night of music and nostalgia.

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Martina McBride, Morris Day among wave of cancellations at Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the “first wave” of performers for “The Great American State Fair” shows on Washington's National Mall in June and July, the lineup has been hit with a wave of cancellations. Young MC, Morris Day, the Commodores and Martina McBride are among the scheduled acts who have said they will not be appearing.

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ABC stations call FCC's early call for license renewal 'unconstitutional'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Local TV stations owned by ABC across the United States blasted the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for launching an “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional” early review of their broadcast licenses as a dispute between the network and the Trump-controlled agency intensifies.

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Suspect in Taylor Swift Vienna concert attack plot convicted and sentenced to 15 years

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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Why your co-worker might be listening to music tuned to 432 hertz

NEW YORK (AP) — Yoselin Sanchez has been in chronic pain since she was born with cervical scoliosis. While little eases the discomfort, she’s found ways to distract herself from hurting.

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Miami Beach hosts American Black Film Festival

The American Black Film Festival has kicked off in Miami Beach.

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Conan O’Brien speaks at Harvard commencement as Trump tightens pressure on the school

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Comedian and television host Conan O’Brien entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday, mixing offbeat humor and political jokes with more reflective commentary about empathy and humility at a time when the Ivy League school is in the Trump administration's crosshairs.

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Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections.

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Joshua Henry recalls Met Gala jitters as 'Ragtime' acclaim builds toward Tony Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — At a recent event celebrating this year’s Tony nominees, Joshua Henry, star of “Ragtime,” reflected on his Met Gala performance of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Henry says he was more nervous than he has ever been on a Broadway stage, largely because he was worried about tumbling down the staircase mid-song.

In ‘Pressure,’ the story of the meteorologist who helped save D-Day

D-Day was supposed to happen on June 5, 1944. The story of why it ultimately took place on June 6 is one that has been a bit lost to history, consumed by the larger events surrounding it.

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

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a lifetime of sobriety struggles, Matthew Perry spent the last days of his life desperately seeking the ketamine that would ultimately cause his death.

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Many National Spelling Bee contenders pursue mastery. For a few, it's more about memorization

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shrey Parikh finished third in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee before making a stunning exit from his school bee last year. Now in his final year before he ages out of the competition, he's fully committed.

Bruce Dern takes a bow at the Cannes Film Festival with a new documentary on his life

CANNES, France (AP) — When Bruce Dern was leaving the Actors Studio to try to make it in Los Angeles, Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg warned him that he wasn’t going to be landing leading man parts. He was going to be “the fifth cowboy to the right.”

Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to 'The Late Show' in ambitious final show

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert chatted with Paul McCartney and joined him on stage for a raucous performance of “Hello, Goodbye” on the final broadcast of CBS' “The Late Show” on Thursday night, a bittersweet farewell for a canceled show that still had a few barbs left for the network that ended its 33-year run.

The game's afoot as armchair detectives mark Sherlock Holmes Day

SCHATTENHALB, Switzerland (AP) — From 221B Baker Street in central London to a cliffside waterfall in the Swiss Alps, generations of armchair detectives are celebrating International Sherlock Holmes Day on Friday.

Wynwood Balloon Museum brings interactive inflatable art exhibit to South Florida

A globally touring inflatable art exhibit that has attracted more than seven million visitors worldwide has arrived in South Florida, bringing creative installations and interactive experiences to Wynwood for a limited run.

Matthew Perry's family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry paid Kenneth Iwamasa $150,000 a year to be his live-in personal assistant. His role for the “Friends” star would expand to drug messenger, addiction enabler and de facto doctor, according to court filings.

Giant inflatable artworks have taken over The Hague

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — There is a giant stew pot in a small lake in the center of The Hague.