I first met Dan Kleftstad at WNIJ, the NPR affiliate station in my town. I was visiting the station, and he was the current Morning Edition host, but he was also on his way out. He was retiring from the station. He had published his horror novel Fiona’s Guardians in

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Missy Elliott can now be heard in space.  The rapper’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly” was transmitted at the speed of light — approximately 158 million miles — from Earth to Venus, which is her “favorite planet,” NASA’s Deep Space Network announced on Friday.  Elliott is the first rapper

A nine-hour documentary about the late singer Prince has been put on pause because of differences between his estate and the doc’s production team. The film, which was originally going to stream on Netflix, is “dead in the water” after the “Kiss” singer’s estate viewed the project and claimed it

This week, Michael Strahan’s 19-year-old daughter Isabella bid the hospital farewell as she shared a positive update about her treatment. In a new segment of her YouTube series documenting her health journey, Strahan announced that she is officially cancer-free.  “It was a great, great scan,” she said in the video

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Making — and keeping — friends as an adult can be daunting, especially when you are over age 30. Danielle Bayard Jackson, a friendship coach and expert, and author of “Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women’s Relationships,” explained how several factors can make it

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman inside her home, a death that led to protests about justice for the Black victim. Sonya Massey was killed after Sangamon County deputies responded to her 911 call early on

Television writer and producer Shonda Rhimes is stepping off the set and onto the golf course as the newest part-owner of the Los Angeles Golf Club (LAGC). Created to pioneer the future of golf, the California club is the inaugural team in Tiger Woods’ golf league, TGL, which integrates advanced

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for an Army private who fled to North Korea and was later charged with desertion and possessing sexual images of a child said Wednesday that he was in negotiations with military prosecutors to resolve the case against his client. Army Pvt. Travis King had been