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‘Wicked’ composer joins growing list of Kennedy Center cancellationsJan 05, 2026 2:59 pm - Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” said Friday to various news outlets that he wouldn’t host a gala featuring the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center on May 16.
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‘Homeschooled’ recalls a formidable mother and a vexed educationJan 05, 2026 1:01 pm - When the novelist Stefan Merrill Block moved from Indianapolis to Plano, Texas, at age 8, he struggled to fit in. “I try to call it ‘home,’” he recalls in his absorbing new memoir, “Homeschooled,” but “the word feels pasted on with a glue stick.” From fourth through eighth grade, Block was a victim of a 1987 Texas court ruling that legalized home schooling.
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Walz drops bid for reelection as Minn. governor while Klobuchar considers runJan 05, 2026 9:31 am - Democratic Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday he is dropping his bid for reelection in Minnesota, a dramatic turn for the two-term governor who gained national prominence as his party’s 2024 vice-presidential nominee but now faces intense scrutiny over welfare fraud investigations in his state.
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A flashover made the Swiss blaze so deadly, authorities say. What is it?Jan 03, 2026 10:09 pm - The New Year’s Day inferno that ripped through a crowded bar in southern Switzerland, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119, spread so rapidly because of what is known as a flashover, local authorities have said - the near-simultaneous ignition of everything in a room.
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Travelers stranded in Caribbean as FAA closes airspace for Maduro captureJan 03, 2026 5:06 pm - The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday temporarily banned U.S. airlines from flying near Venezuela, Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean “due to safety-of-flight risks associated with ongoing military activity.”
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Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policyJan 03, 2026 3:23 pm - A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
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As MLB enters a pivotal 2026, these five questions loom over everythingJan 03, 2026 11:53 am - By most available measures, 2025 was a massive success for Major League Baseball. And yet — because baseball somehow never stays comfortable for long — reckonings await in the new year. Some of them, such as looming collective bargaining, might be existential. Some of them are merely consequential.
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U.S. men’s hockey — eyes on Canada, always — sets its Olympic rosterJan 02, 2026 4:54 pm - Brady and Matthew Tkachuk were two of the initial six players named to the United States men’s roster in June, and on Friday morning, USA Hockey announced the rest of the 25 players who will be joining them.
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Love triumphs over lore in the teary ‘Stranger Things’ finaleJan 02, 2026 9:40 am - “Stranger Things” believes in repair. The series that started with kids playing Dungeons & Dragons has done many things well over its nine-year run. It created a stable of memorable characters. It featured an impressively varied range of monsters. It delivered flavors of horror ranging from physical to psychological to supernatural to simply geopolitical. Above all, it captured that ’80s feeling.
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Dry January has a profound affect on the bodyJan 02, 2026 8:29 am - If you are considering giving up alcohol this January, you’ll be happy to hear that new research suggests it may bring you health benefits, including better mood and sleep, as well as lower blood sugar and blood pressure.