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CHICAGO (AP) — John Mangum was hired Wednesday to succeed Anthony Freud as general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mangum, 49, had been CEO of the Houston Symphony since April 2018.

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy.

The second part of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga’ will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, organizers said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees.

After a desultory start to the campaign season, news outlets are starting to see interest in political news perk up because of an extraordinary run of stories over the past few weeks.

TOKYO (AP) — Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits.

NEW YORK (AP) — It is not easy to be an outsider in country music, but Orville Peck has made a career out of it.

Norah O'Donnell said Tuesday she is leaving after the presidential election as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” a post she has held for five years.

Nonfiction 1. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance, narrated by the author (HarperAudio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3.

Elvis Costello, Allison Russell and Daniel Lanois are among the musicians set to celebrate Robbie Robertson's legacy at a concert supported by his friend Martin Scorsese.