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Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said last week he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House.
Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wav ... (full story)
Sports
Pittsburgh Bound
With all this crazy cold winter weather we’ve been enduring seems as though it’s about time to take a little trip to escape what appears to be a prolonged, and maybe for some of you an agonizing, 2026 winter season.
Yet reality for many of us is that we don’t have the where-with-all to pull off a spur-of-the-m ... (full story)
From Bart Starr, to everyone after, photographer John Biever has shot every Super Bowl
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Photographer John Biever has shot every Super Bowl, yet the only football picture he has prominently displayed in his San Diego home is the one he took of Bart Starr scoring on a quarterback sneak with 13 seconds left in the “Ice Bowl,” the 1967 NFL championship game against the Dallas Cowboys, to ... (full story)
How the Super Bowl halftime show evolved from pageantry to pop culture's biggest stage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Once upon a time, the Super Bowl halftime show belonged to marching bands and pageantry. But these days, it belongs to global pop stars, cinematic production and moments that ripple beyond the stadium.
Over the years, the league’s brief intermission has transformed into one of entertainment’s ... (full story)
State
The Conversation: Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement
In January 2025, Seema received an email from the International Organization for Migration saying that her flight from Pakistan to the United States, which she and her family were booked on after months of extensive interviewing and background checks by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, had been canceled.
“We had ... (full story)
A mix of hope and fear settles over Venezuela after US-imposed government change
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Time in Venezuela feels like it’s moving both too fast and too slow. The pillars of the country’s self-proclaimed socialist government are falling at a dizzying pace or not quickly enough. Economic relief is finally on the horizon or already too late.
Thirty days after the U.S. raid an ... (full story)
Takeaways from investigation into the toxic forever chemical legacy of the South’s carpet industry
A major investigative collaboration among five newsrooms shows how chemicals used to make carpets stain-resistant have contaminated swaths of the South.
In the mills of northwest Georgia, workers treated carpets with these chemicals starting in the 1970s. Carried in manufacturing wastewater, the chemicals spread into rivers and, ... (full story)