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Touring North America, singer-songwriter Maisie Peters comes of age

NEW YORK — With British pop singer Maisie Peters’ tour across North America underway, there’s one city she’s particularly looking forward to playing: Sacramento, California.

Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Harry Styles win big at 65th annual Grammy Awards

Cardi B, right, presents the award for best rap album to Kendrick Lamar for “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Kingston consultant John Dawe pleads guilty on child sex charges

WILKES-BARRE — A Kingston man who has been locked up since April pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from allegations he had sex with a teenage boy, spoke inappropriately online with someone he believed was a minor and possessed child porn.

GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, turning aside the independent investigation in a show of party loyalty to former President Donald Trump and an effort to shift the political focus away from the violent insurrection by his GOP supporters.

Holiday trends to watch

NEW YORK — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other.

Democrats win big in Arizona, now a former GOP stronghold

PHOENIX — Democrats have been asking the question for a long time: Is this the year Arizona turns blue? In 2020, the answer was “yes.”

Protesters converge on vote centers

Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities across the U.S.

Review: Rage, yes, and empathy too on Run the Jewels’ cathartic new album

Run the Jewels was supposed to be on the road right now with Rage Against the Machine — two of music’s most politically engaged groups barnstorming the country in the run-up to a presidential election that feels more consequential with every passing day.

Tourist towns balance fear, survival in make-or-break summer

CANNON BEACH, Ore. — As the coronavirus raced across America, this quaint seaside town did what would normally be unthinkable for a tourist destination.

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