

Mike Ives
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How Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ Was Inspired by Her Husband Carl Dean
She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its...

F.A.A.’s Main Warning System for Pilots Is Restored After Outage
The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the Federal Aviation Administration had used a backup system while it addressed the problem.

Top Malaysian Films Censored at Home Despite Government Praise
Movies that win praise and prizes abroad are sometimes banned or heavily censored at home, where some religious, racial and sexual themes are considered off-limits.

Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition
A typhoon and extreme heat dramatically affected prices for the kumquat trees that are ubiquitous during the holiday.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Reach Divorce Settlement
The settlement resolves a key part of the protracted end of their very public Hollywood romance.

Explosion Reported at Jose Cuervo Tequila Factory in Mexico
The explosion occurred on Tuesday in the city of Tequila, near Guadalajara. The scale of the damage was not immediately clear.

What the Impressionist Painter Camille Pissarro Saw in London
A writer used Camille Pissarro’s paintings of suburban London and a ‘lost’ railway as a lens for exploring the city’s history — and settling an...

Mountain Landslide Destroys Section of Highway to Jackson, Wyo.
The road, linking Idaho with Wyoming, is a key route to Jackson Hole, a tourism hub. It had been closed to traffic before the landslide.

Singapore Airlines Flight Fell 178 Feet in Under 5 Seconds
A man died and more than 70 other people were injured last week when a flight to Singapore from London hit sudden turbulence.

Red Lobster Temporarily Closes Dozens of Restaurants
The seafood chain has been losing money for years. The liquidator behind the auction said more than 50 of its U.S. locations had closed.