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Music Review: The Black Keys' 'No Rain, No Flowers' puts a feel-good spin on a turbulent year

Music Review: The Black Keys' 'No Rain, No Flowers' puts a feel-good spin on a turbulent year

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ohio alt-rock band the Black Keys are finding their way home on their 13th full-length LP, “No Rain, No Flowers.” The journey hasn't been easy.
From a job at a meat processing plant to country music stardom, Bailey Zimmerman is figuring it out

From a job at a meat processing plant to country music stardom, Bailey Zimmerman is figuring it out

NEW YORK (AP) — His is a Cinderella story. Before the big tours and country music award nominations, Bailey Zimmerman was growing up in the small town of Louisville, Illinois, working at the local meat processing plant and laying gas pipeline.
Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new 'King of the Hill' episodes

Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new 'King of the Hill' episodes

NEW YORK (AP) — Hank Hill is back and he's the same ol' Hank Hill, but a lot of things around him have changed.
Quebec environment ministry fines Northvolt for polluted run-off water

Quebec environment ministry fines Northvolt for polluted run-off water

MONTREAL — Quebec’s Environment Department has fined Northvolt for allegedly releasing wastewater with high levels of aluminum and chromium at its Montérégie region site.
Tenor Piotr Beczała sings different productions of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' 41 hours apart

Tenor Piotr Beczała sings different productions of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' 41 hours apart

BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Less than 41 hours after his final bows for singing the title role of “Lohengrin” at Munich's Bavarian State Opera, Piotr Beczała was 150 miles (241 kilometers) away at the Bayreuth Festpielhaus for a different production of
Deadliest construction holiday on Quebec roads in 10 years, police say

Deadliest construction holiday on Quebec roads in 10 years, police say

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say this has been the deadliest construction holiday in 10 years on the province's roads and trails. Police say 38 people died in collisions involving vehicles during the two-week period spanning July 18 to Aug.
Book Review: Jason Mott's 'People Like Us' explores the struggles of semi-fame and American identity

Book Review: Jason Mott's 'People Like Us' explores the struggles of semi-fame and American identity

How does one follow up writing “A Hell of a Book” that wins the National Book Award? If you’re Jason Mott, you write a sort-of, not-really, by all legal terms fictionalized — according to the forward — autobiographical story about what life is like a
Book Review: Louis Sachar's debut adult novel is a zany adventure of science and magic

Book Review: Louis Sachar's debut adult novel is a zany adventure of science and magic

Anatole isn’t just any magician. He’s the magician of Tiger Castle, whom the king of Esquaveta once declared to be the greatest magician in all the land. "The Magician of Tiger Castle” is Anatole’s chance to set the record straight.
Book Review: A sudden blizzard strands a detective and murder suspects in a hunting lodge

Book Review: A sudden blizzard strands a detective and murder suspects in a hunting lodge

In 1965, as the Vietnam War escalates, a small group of wealthy, powerful men gather at a Vermont lodge to drink and hunt deer.
Book Review: 'The Dead Husband Cookbook' is a recipe for an exquisite murder mystery

Book Review: 'The Dead Husband Cookbook' is a recipe for an exquisite murder mystery

“The Dead Husband Cookbook” is an enthralling read providing readers with a thrilling look into the cutthroat world of culinary arts — and what makes the perfect recipe ... for murder, that is.