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    Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter' drips history -- and joy

    Beyonce's "Cowboy Carter" is a full-throated ode to her southern roots, a rollicking revue of an album that also deals a vital history lesson on the Black lineage of country music.At the same time, news of her album magnified a wider conversation on the long history of Black artists in country music, and the persistent racist backlash they've continued to experience in those spaces.

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    Friends of Illinois stabbing victims hold vigil

    STORY: Ramona Schupbach, 63, and Jacob Schupbach, 23, were among the victims.Shon Miller, a friend of Jacob, expressed disbelief, saying, "this is hard. I've lost people before, but this, this is different. This, this hurts." Miller cried as he signed a cross dedicated to Jacob.U.S. postal worker Jay Larson was also killed. Friend Lawrence Stuart emphasized his commitment to his community: "from his friends at the post office, from his union brothers and sisters. The worst of times can bring out

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    Jordan Klepper Brutally Shades Clarence Thomas Without Even Using His Name

    "The Daily Show" correspondent has some blunt advice for anyone trying to buy access to power.

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    'A unique place': foreigners visit post-war Afghanistan

    His soldier son toured Afghanistan with insurgents in his crosshairs, but American traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective -- sight-seeing promoted by the Taliban's fledgling tourism sector.Marvelling at the 15th century Blue Mosque in northern Mazar-i-Sharif, Wells is among a small but rising number of travellers coming to Afghanistan since the war's end.

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    Trump Once Again Goes After Daughter Of Judge Overseeing Hush Money Trial

    The former president had also lashed out at the judge and his daughter in Truth Social posts on Tuesday.

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    A-bomb saga 'Oppenheimer' finally opens in Japan

    Oscars best picture winner "Oppenheimer" was finally released on Friday in Japan, where its subject -- the man who masterminded the creation of the atomic bomb -- is a highly sensitive and emotional topic.But while "Barbie" was released in Japan in August, "Oppenheimer" was conspicuously absent from cinemas for months.

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    Cleanup begins in 'very long road' to recovery for Baltimore bridge, port

    Cranes began arriving Thursday at the scene of the catastrophic bridge collapse over Baltimore harbor, as authorities shifted to a clean-up phase of the recovery and warned of extensive work before the major US port can reopen.Up the coast from Baltimore, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will plan to take on additional cargo to help blunt the supply chain impacts, the governors of those states pledged in a joint statement Thursday. caw/tjj

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