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NEW YORK (AP) — Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, has died, his family confirmed to the New York Times. He was 94.

Earlier this year, Davis was hospitalized following an upper r...


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Juneteenth is both a milestone and a measure of how far we still have to go—celebrating freedom while reminding us that the promise of opportunity has never been guaranteed. Today, we recognize that freedom is not static; it must be supported, strengthened, and expanded. That expansion is deeply tied to opportunity—and one of the most powerful, and often overlooked, drivers ...


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Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy as three former presidents joined him on stage in an extraordinary event featuring politicians...


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Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom – not only because slavery ended, but because possibility began.

For generations after emancipation, Black Americans fought not only for legal freedom, but for the freedom to own homes, build businesses, vote, receive an edu...


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NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson held up the golden NBA championship trophy for a forest of outstretched hands to touch as fans celebrated the New York Knicks’ first title in 53 years with a booming parade through Manhattan’s skysc...


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