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Marianne Mantell, Who Helped Pave the Way for Audiobooks, Dies at 93
In her early 20s she co-founded the groundbreaking spoken-word record label Caedmon, which had a hit with Dylan Thomas’s “A…
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Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85
An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole…
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A Pigeon Was Dyed. Then It Died. Now the Police Are Investigating.
The artificially pink pigeon, nicknamed Flamingo, was thought to be a victim of a gender reveal stunt gone wrong. The…
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Family of ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Sues Baldwin and Other Producers
Halyna Hutchins’s husband previously agreed to settle his lawsuit regarding the fatal on-set shooting. Now her parents and sister are…
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Laraaji Conjures a Baptism in Sound
The pioneer of ambient music, now 79, rediscovered some of his earliest recordings for a new four-disc set.
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What an ’80s Feeling: ‘Flashdance’ Turns 40
The film helped bring breaking into the mainstream. Over the years, it also became famous for the subs and doubles…
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Review: No Dudamel Yet, but a Celebration at the Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen led the New York Philharmonic the day after Gustavo Dudamel was named as its next music director.
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Jean Anderson, Exacting and Encyclopedic Cookbook Author, Dies at 93
Her 1,300-page “Doubleday Cookbook” was a rival to “The Joy of Cooking,” and her rigorously tested recipes taught generations of…
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Your Friday Briefing: 20,000 Dead in Turkey and Syria
Also, new U.S. information about China’s spy balloon and North Korea’s newest missile.
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SpaceX Test Fires 31 Engines on the Most Powerful Rocket Ever
The ignition of the Super Heavy booster may set up an uncrewed orbital flight test next month of Starship, the…