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Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons

Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer's death last week came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to
The wife of a famed Tennessee sheriff died in a 1967 unsolved shooting. Agents just exhumed her body

The wife of a famed Tennessee sheriff died in a 1967 unsolved shooting. Agents just exhumed her body

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing.
Mardi Gras 2024: What to know as Carnival season nears its rollicking end in New Orleans

Mardi Gras 2024: What to know as Carnival season nears its rollicking end in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on Friday as a parade of “fabulous women and the men who support them” walked the narrow streets of the old French Quarter handing out hand-decorated bras.

Man accused of stalking outside Taylor Swift's Manhattan home to receive psychiatric treatment

NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of stalking Taylor Swift after being spotted multiple times outside the singer's Manhattan townhouse was found unfit to stand trial and will be committed to state custody for psychiatric treatment, attorneys said Friday.
'Depressing' to see 'W5' affected by Bell Media cuts, says former host Kevin Newman

'Depressing' to see 'W5' affected by Bell Media cuts, says former host Kevin Newman

TORONTO — Former “W5” host Kevin Newman says the demise of Canada's longstanding prime-time investigative program is “depressing” and he worries about the future of hard-hitting journalism in the country.
Colin Jost of 'Saturday Night Live' gets entertainer gig at White House correspondents' dinner

Colin Jost of 'Saturday Night Live' gets entertainer gig at White House correspondents' dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Jost, the co-anchor of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” will get a chance in April to roast leading political and media figures as the featured entertainer at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Associ
Music Review: Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson's 'Venus' imparts wise and caring lessons of love

Music Review: Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson's 'Venus' imparts wise and caring lessons of love

The month of February, with its overload of flowers, candy and everything heart-shaped, is an annual celebration of that warm, fuzzy feeling we call love.
Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger

Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Toby Keith’s songs accomplished, for some, what great art is intended to: They sustained people in challenging times, particularly U.S. service members and their families during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11.
Drug possession charge against rapper Kodak Black dismissed in Florida

Drug possession charge against rapper Kodak Black dismissed in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A drug possession charge against South Florida rapper Kodak Black was dismissed Friday, two months after an arrest, though a drug trafficking case from 2022 remains ongoing.
Jury in Young Dolph murder trial will come from outside of Memphis, Tennessee, judge rules

Jury in Young Dolph murder trial will come from outside of Memphis, Tennessee, judge rules

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of two men charged with killing Young Dolph will come from outside of Memphis because of intense media coverage of the fatal shooting in the rapper’s hometown, a judge ruled Friday. Judge Jennifer J.
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