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Two of the jazz world’s most enduring pioneers have died after prolific and widely influential careers. Acclaimed saxophonist Lou Donaldson died on Saturday, Nov. 9 at age 98. On Tuesday, Donaldson’s friend and fellow jazz great, drummer Roy Haynes, died at 99. No cause of death was given for either

Exposure to car exhaust in utero or in the early stages of childhood development could be causing autism, a new study has found. According to a study published Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the journal Brain Medicine, exposure to nitric oxide (NO) — which is produced when fuel is burned —

After decades of revolutionizing children’s music, Ella Jenkins has died at the age of 100. On November 9, the award-winning artist reportedly died in her home. Her death was confirmed by John Smith, associate director of her record label, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.  Born in St. Louis on August 6, 1924,

President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education is being criticized as a potential whitewashing of America’s education system and a challenge to Title I and Title VI that could defund special education, school lunch programs, and possible cancellation of summer schools.  Arne Duncan, former U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States ticked up in October, driven by costlier rents, used cars and air fares, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after having slowed in September to their lowest pace since 2021. Consumer prices rose 2.6% from a year earlier, the Labor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. “Forever” by Judi Blume. “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. All have been pulled from the shelves of some Florida schools, according to the latest list compiled by the Florida Department of Education tallying books removed by local school districts. Recent changes to state

BALTIMORE (AP) — As Baltimore gun violence continues trending downward after years of rampant bloodshed, a historically troubled neighborhood in the city’s southwest corner is celebrating a long-awaited victory: zero homicides in over a year. The numbers are especially meaningful for the Brooklyn community, where a mass shooting in July 2023 tore

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot three planes and the United Nations also Tuesday temporarily suspended flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country. Bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane when it was about to

WASHINGTON (AP) — All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters’ frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in

President-elect Donald Trump, the incoming 47th president of the United States of America, will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday in the Oval Office as part of a peaceful transition of power tradition at the White House. The peaceful transition of power dates back to 1801, when a president