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R&B Hall of Fame headed to small Mississippi Delta town

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ACAA town in the Mississippi Delta that has ties to the civil rights movement will soon be home to the National BHF Project planners hope to finish building the facility in the town of Marks in two or three years, Velma Wilson, director of economic tourism C ty, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Marks is the county seat of C tion of fewer than 2,000 people.

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Accuser’s mom: R Kelly’s threats made her fear for her life

By MICHAEL TARM AA CHICAGAA ually abused starting when she was 14 told jurors Monday at the singer’s federal trial that she lied to a state grand jury 20 years ago, in part because she and feared for their lives if they told the truth. “Susan,” in court at the trial in Chicago, described how she, her husband G in the early 2000s about whether he was abusing their daughter.

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Prince William, Kate relocate from London to Windsor cottage

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, Kate, will relocate their family from central London to more rural dwellings in Windsor, and all three of their children will attend the same private school near their new home, palace officials said Monday. William and Kate will move from Kensington Palace in west London to Adelaide Cottage, about a 10-minute walk from Windsor Castle, palace officials said in a statement.

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Bill Paxton family settles lawsuit with hospital over death

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer The family of the late actor Bill Paxton has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed his heart surgery shortly before he died in 2017, according to a court filing Friday. The suit, filed against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center more than four years ago, had been scheduled to go to trial next month.

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“Perish” by LaToya Watkins (Tiny Reparations Books) When a family’s matriarch is on her deathbed, they all gather back to Jerusalem, Texas, the hometown where their unresolved trauma began crashing through the generations. In LaToya Watkins’ debut novel “Perish,” the family begins untangling the rotted, gnarled roots of their tree.

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For 1st month ever, streamers rule broadcast, cable networks

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer EA mer has been a breakthrough for streaming, with the time viewers spent watching services like Netflix and Hulu outpacing broadcast and cable television networks in July for the first month ever. Viewers spent 35% of their time with streamers, 34% on cable networks and 22% watching broadcast television last month, the Nielsen company said Thursday.

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