Anastasia Tsioulcas
Stories
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National
Jury deliberations begin in the trial of actor Jonathan Majors
Majors is on trial for assault and harassment in a domestic violence incident involving a former girlfriend. If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison.
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Arts & Life
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" goes to No. 1 — after 65 years
Move over, Mariah Carey: Brenda Lee's reliable holiday hit, first released during the Eisenhower administration, is the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 — for the first time ever.
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National
Broadway costuming legend accused of sexual assault in civil suit
William Ivey Long, a six-time Tony Award winner and past chairman of the American Theatre Wing, is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Court Watson, a set and costume designer.
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Arts & Life
Suspect in Tupac Shakur's murder has pleaded not guilty
Almost 30 years after the rapper's death, Duane Davis appeared in a Las Vegas court Thursday morning. Shakur has now been dead longer than he was alive.
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Arts & Life
Madonna and Britney Spears: It's them against the world
Two new books chronicle the lives of two pop idols, Madonna and Britney Spears. The way each came to stardom — and what happened to them after — illuminates why their paths have been so different.
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Arts & Life
Even Beethoven got bad reviews. John Malkovich reads them aloud as 'The Music Critic'
A new live stage show features actor John Malkovich transformed into some of the meanest music critics ever — in real reviews skewering the work of great composers like Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.
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National
Tory Lanez awaits sentencing for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Rapper and producer Tory Lanez was expected to be sentenced Monday for shooting fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion. He shot her in the foot in July 2020 as they left a party in Los Angeles.
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Music
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has died at 56
Sinéad O'Connor, the acclaimed Irish singer who had one of the biggest hits of the early '90s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," has died. She was 56.
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National
Many teens don't know how to swim. A grassroots organization is trying to change that
First Strokes, a nonprofit based in New York City, is helping students learn water safety skills and how to swim. They offer free swimming lessons for teens — taught by other teens.
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Food
Cookbook celebrates the tradition of Gullah Geechee cuisine
An 89-year-old first-time cookbook author, Emily Meggett, celebrates the cuisine of South Carolina's Gullah Geechee community and its African and Southern traditions.