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What's open and closed on Memorial Day?

In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the last Monday in May. Businesses inc...

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Billy Joel cancels touring after being diagnosed with a brain disorder

NEW YORK – Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and...

DATE: May 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Summer Movie Guide 2025: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming

Hollywood pulling out the stops this season

DATE: May 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Venice expands day-tripper tax in bid to combat overtourism

VENICE, Italy – Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the...

DATE: Apr 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Travel

David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

LOS ANGELES – David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days bef...

DATE: Jan 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Stephen King’s Maine radio stations will go silent for good on New Year’s Eve

BANGOR, Maine – Stephen King’s raucous rock ’n’ roll radio station is going silent at year’s end. The renowned author and lifelong rocker who used to perform with the Rock Bottom Remainders,...

DATE: Dec 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83

NEW YORK – Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a we...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack

VIENNA – Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in...

DATE: Aug 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Aerosmith retires from touring, citing permanent damage to Steven Tyler’s voice last year

LOS ANGELES – Aerosmith says Steven Tyler’s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like “Love in an...

DATE: Aug 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Ann Wilson announces cancer diagnosis, postpones Heart tour

LOS ANGELES – Ann Wilson, lead singer of rock band Heart, says she has cancer and the band is postponing the remaining shows on its Royal Flush Tour while she undergoes treatment. Wilson sai...

DATE: Jul 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin announce TLC family reality series

LOS ANGELES – Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, are the next family set to star in their own reality series. The actor and producer, who has seven kids under age 10 with his wife, announce...

DATE: Jun 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

What to expect in Colorado’s ballot measure election

Don’t look for results until the polls close, state secretary says

DATE: Nov 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News