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‘The Lionheart’: Dan Wheldon documentary covers grief, loss, love and familial legacyMar 12, 2024 1:51 pm - HBO’s “The Lionheart” is an emotional documentary that leans on archival footage to follow the late Dan Wheldon’s race-car-driving career while interlaying his wife Susie's struggles as a single mother trying to navigate the careers of her sons in a high-risk sport.
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Beyoncé’s new album will be called ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’Mar 12, 2024 1:36 pm - Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, she dropped yet another one. Her forthcoming album has a name: “Act II: Cowboy Carter.”
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Enrique Mazzola extends contract as music director of Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31Mar 12, 2024 1:22 pm - Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31, the company said Tuesday as it announced a 2024-25 season that opens with him conducting Verdi’s “Rigoletto” on Sept. 24.
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Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish U.S. stockpileMar 12, 2024 1:10 pm - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply ove...
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Chefs see a more confident, local Irish cuisine going well beyond meat and potatoesMar 12, 2024 11:38 am - Even in Ireland many people have thought of their cuisine as basically stews, meat pies and potatoes. But contemporary chefs and a renewed focus on local producers have changed minds.
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Illinois police identify 5 people, including 3 children, killed when school bus, semitruck collideMar 12, 2024 8:20 am - RUSHVILLE, Ill. — Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery crash, including both drivers and three children, when a school bus and a semitruck collid...
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Aid ship sets sail to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation 5 months into warMar 12, 2024 8:15 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, wher...
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Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battleMar 12, 2024 8:13 am - WASHINGTON — Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republi...
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U.S. inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevatedMar 12, 2024 8:01 am - WASHINGTON — Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe...
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Book Review: Debut novel ‘Headshot’ gives us head shots of the psyches of teenage girl boxersMar 12, 2024 7:08 am - Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, ...