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Nashville to name street after ‘Harmonica Wizard,’ Opry founder DeFord Bailey

Nashville to name street after ‘Harmonica Wizard,’ Opry founder DeFord Bailey

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Nashville is naming a street after Grand Ole Opry pioneer DeFord Bailey, the “Harmonica Wizard" whose popularity and contributions to country music and blues are still being recognized decades later.
First full-size 3D scan of Titanic shows shipwreck in new light

First full-size 3D scan of Titanic shows shipwreck in new light

LONDON (AP) — Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday.
Johnny Depp on his Cannes return and finding 'the basement to the bottom'

Johnny Depp on his Cannes return and finding 'the basement to the bottom'

CANNES, France (AP) — Just a year ago, the image of Johnny Depp smiling and waving atop the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival would have been unthinkable to most — including to Depp, himself.
Review: This 'White Men Can't Jump,' with Jack Harlow, has no game

Review: This 'White Men Can't Jump,' with Jack Harlow, has no game

Nineties nostalgia has extended now to 1992's “White Men Can't Jump” returning to the blacktop courts where Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson hustled and Rosie Perez studied “Jeopardy!” answers for foods beginning with the letter “Q.
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral cost UK government $200 million

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral cost UK government $200 million

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and lying-in-state last year cost Britain's government an estimated 162 million pounds (around $200 million), the treasury revealed Thursday. The state funeral for the late monarch, held on Sept.
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau signs two-book deal with Penguin Random House Canada

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau signs two-book deal with Penguin Random House Canada

OTTAWA — Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House Canada. The first, "Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other," is set to be released next spring.
ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims

ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims

NEW YORK (AP) — After most mass shootings that capture the public's attention, national news organizations will send reporters for a few days, a week maybe, before moving on. There's always another community, another tragedy.
Curator of Africa-themed Venice Biennale denounces Italy's denial of visas to 3 Ghanaians

Curator of Africa-themed Venice Biennale denounces Italy's denial of visas to 3 Ghanaians

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The curator of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale on Thursday denounced Italy’s denial of visas to three Ghanaian men who worked with her on the main exhibition giving voice to Africans and the African diaspora.
Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month battle

Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month battle

NEW YORK (AP) — Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S.
Mattea Roach advances to next round of 'Jeopardy Masters' tournament

Mattea Roach advances to next round of 'Jeopardy Masters' tournament

LOS ANGELES — Canadian trivia phenom Mattea Roach has made it to the semifinals of "Jeopardy Masters," a spinoff of the TV game show that made them famous.