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Harry Styles plays the action hero — with the help from some stunt doubles — in the new music video for “American Girls.” Directed by James Mackel, the clip finds Styles spending a day on the set: He ...

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Kacey Musgraves is teasing new music with billboards appearing in major U.S. cities. The billboards feature a phone number which fans are encouraged to call. Musgraves also hinted at a new album, her ...

Could owning a car soon get a little more expensive in Upstate New York? A new $25 vehicle registration fee for Upstate New York drivers has been proposed in the New York State Legislature. WHAM ...

A traffic stop along the New York State Thruway in Mamaroneck turned into a chain-reaction crash on March 15, 2026, sending a state trooper to the hospital with Sen. Stec welcomes West Point cadet to ...

Warner Bros. Discovery has just jilted Netflix after receiving what it calls a “superior offer” from Paramount. WBD and Netflix announced their deal December 5. Paramount, which had been pursing ...

President Trump announced on Feb. 21 that he was imposing a new 15% global tariff on all imports entering the U.S., effective immediately. The new tariff will replace the tariffs that were struck down ...

YouTube Shorts and TikToks are often set to electronic dance music with rap roots that’s become the unconscious hum of vertical video while making its creators rich. By Andrea Prada Bianchi In the ...

Sturgill Simpson’s political screed, Olivia Rodrigo’s Magnetic Fields cover and the Lunar New Year song burning up the charts in Vietnam. By Jon Pareles Sturgill Simpson scrambles even his own ...

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the US visa system for highly skilled immigrants is about to get its first major test. The annual lottery for H-1Bs, the most popular visa for white-collar ...

Andris Nelsons is being forced out as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the summer of 2027 after 13 seasons. The orchestra made an unusually blunt announcement Friday.