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The Unofficial Guide to Space Savers in Boston
Parking your car in Boston when a snowstorm hits is a pain, but Maureen and Heather from Caught in Southie are here to help.
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American Poet Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
American poet Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her “candid and uncompromising” work
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Apple TV Plus Joins Streaming Wars With Oprah… but No Library
As the streaming wars near a fever pitch and viewers are targeted from every vantage point — Disney Plus has the Marvel and Star Wars brands! HBO Max counters with “Game of Thrones” and DC superheroes! — Apple TV Plus could be cast as the highly pedigreed and improbable underdog.
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Gina Rodriguez Apologizes for Using N-word While Singing on Instagram Video
Actress Gina Rodriguez has apologized for using the N-word while singing along to “Ready or Not,” a song by The Fugees, in a now-deleted video on Instagram Tuesday. “I am sorry if I offended anyone by singing The Fugees, to a song that I love, that I grew up on,” Rodriguez said in a subsequent video on her Instagram stories....
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Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead's Poetic Lyricist, Dead at 78
Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, has died at age 78. Hunter died Monday at his Northern California home with his wife, Maureen, at his side, former Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The family did not release a cause of death. “We...
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Domingo to Return to the Stage Amid Harassment Allegations
Placido Domingo returns to the stage at the Salzburg Festival this weekend to perform for the first time since multiple women accused the opera legend of sexual harassment in allegations brought to light by The Associated Press. Two opera houses in the United States have canceled performances, but no European opera house has taken Domingo off the bill. Instead, some...
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Everything You Need to Know About This Year's Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
Thousands are expected to flock to the Charles River Esplanade on Thursday for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Joe Biden, the current frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, once again came under criticism over the topic of race when Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey took issue with language Biden used at a Rainbow PUSH luncheon on Friday, NBC News reports. While discussing the need for criminal justice reform, Biden said people must continue to...
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Cory Booker Takes Aim at Joe Biden's ‘Hoodie' Language About Race
Joe Biden, the current frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, once again came under criticism over the topic of race when Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey took issue with language Biden used at a Rainbow PUSH luncheon on Friday, NBC News reports. While discussing the need for criminal justice reform, Biden said people must continue to...
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Thirsty? Beyoncé's ‘Lemonade' Now Streaming Across All Major Platforms
Beyhive, get in formation. Beyoncé fans are currently devouring the audio release of her Lemonade film, which is now finally available across multiple streaming services.
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Search on For Burial Site of America's First Published Poet
Anne Bradstreet was the North American continent’s first published poet, yet her legacy has largely been lost to time. Now, professors and students at Merrimack College in Massachusetts are trying to pinpoint her burial site while at the same restoring her legacy and what they say is her rightful place in the pantheon of Western literature. “Even though we don’t...
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Man Shot, Killed Outside Halfway House in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
A Rhode Island man has been shot and killed outside a halfway house in Pawtucket. The Providence Journal reports 37-year-old Napoleon Andrade was killed at around 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Police didn’t identify the victim but the newspaper says Jay Chattelle, Pawtucket’s poet laureate, was among those who identified him. Chattelle said the two had grown up together and that Andrade...
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Jenna Bush Hager Launches Book Club, Announces First Pick
The daughter of a librarian and our resident bookworm, Jenna’s a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the best new reads. Now, she wants to share her passion with TODAY fans.
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Killer Who Escaped Prison, Lived as Poet Fights for Release
A convicted killer who spent 20 years on the run, hiding in plain sight as a poet, went before the Massachusetts Parole Board to ask to be released Thursday. Norman Porter, 79, said he takes full responsibility for his crimes, which include two murders, followed by a prison break that kept him under an alias in Chicago for 20 years.
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Killer Who Escaped and Lived as Poet Fights for Release
Norman Porter, a 79-year-old convicted murderer who escaped prison and lived as a poet, is fighting for his freedom at a parole hearing.
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Parkland Students Write Poignant Book of Surviving School Massacre
The book by 43 students and teachers who lived through February’s high school massacre gives a poignant, raw, and sometimes horrifically graphic look into the six-minute shooting spree where 17 died.
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Turkey Train Crash Leaves 9 Dead, Dozens Injured
A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 47 others, officials said. The 6:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) train from Ankara to the central Turkish city of Konya collided head-on with the engine, which was checking the tracks at the capital’s...
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‘Anna and the Apocalypse' Star Ella Hunt Is Having a Hollywood Beginning
Ella Hunt doesn’t think she’d survive the Zombie apocalypse. “I’m extremely clumsy and would probably trip over, and, probably, be eaten by zombies,” the star of the new film “Anna and the Apocalypse,” told NBC. If she did survive, though, she said, it’d be with a garden shovel. She’s from “middle of nowhere” in Devon, the southwest of England, and...
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Danez Smith, Youngest Winner of Top UK Poetry Prize, Wants Trump Fans to Read Their Work
The Baptist bishops preaching from the pulpit are poets. The wino on the corner is a poet. Grandparents who repeat oral stories from the comfort of their favorite chair are poets. Or at least that’s what Danez Smith, the newest and youngest poet to receive the British Forward Prize for Best Collection, believes. The Minnesota native is also the first...
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'Bachelorette' and New Fiance Address Instagram Controversy
ABC’s “Bachelorette” Becca Kufrin and her new fiance, Garrett Yrigoyen, hope to move forward after controversy. Shortly after the season premiere, it was discovered that Yrigoyen had liked Instagram posts that mocked transgender people, feminists and Parkland, Florida, shooting survivor David Hogg. He responded quickly by deleting the account and apologizing, describing the likes as “mindless taps.”