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Chris Rea, Grammy-Nominated Singer of ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ Dies at 74

The Blues-influenced singer and guitarist built a lasting career, particularly in Europe, with hits that included “Driving Home for Christmas” and “Fool (If You Think…

Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to…

Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55

Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.

Jim Avila, Former ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 70

He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center…

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead Singer, Dies at 78

She helped shape the band’s sound in the 1970s, a decade that took the band to new heights.

AWS Cloud-Computing Outage Left Smart Bed Customers Without Sleep

The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services was particularly disruptive ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: People who just wanted to sleep…

Sea Otters and Museums Are Feeling Taylor Swift’s Midas Touch

After the release of her latest album, an aquarium in California and a museum in Germany suddenly were thrust into the center of Taylor Swift’s…

The Penny’s Demise Is Leaving Some Businesses Shortchanged

Some stores are rounding transactions to the nearest nickel and encouraging customers to pay with plastic, citing the Treasury Department’s decision to phase out the…

‘Mexodus’ Tells an Underground Railroad Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

In this new hip-hop musical from Nygel D. Robinson and Brian Quijada, audiences hear a tale of reverse migration: Slaves leaving the United States for…

LimeWire, the Former File-Sharing Service, Is Buying Fyre Festival Brand

The streaming service, which became popular in the 2000s, paid $245,000 for the festival naming rights. It’s unclear what exactly it plans to do with…