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FILE - Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) hooks a shot over Portland Trail Blazers' Jim Brewer (52) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on March 12, 1980. Abdul-Jabbar wins his sixth MVP award after claiming five in the 1970s. He averaged 24.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Timeline of NBA in 1980s as league celebrates 75th season

By The Associated Press Jan. 17, 2022 10:45 AM EST

A woman walks past the Walter Kerr Theatre, Thursday, May 6, 2021, in New York where Hadestown was showing before the coronavirus pandemic forced its closing a year ago. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that Broadway theaters can reopen Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

'Hadestown' jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons

By Mark Kennedy May. 24, 2021 09:51 AM EDT

Michelle Rasul enjoys scratching her turntable in the lobby of her apartment building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Rasul, a 9-year-old girl from Azerbaijan who lives in Dubai, is scratching her way to the top as a DJ after competing in the DMC World DJ Championship. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Youngest Dubai DJ scratches her way to fame in world contest

By Malak Harb May. 11, 2021 02:07 AM EDT

FILE - Broadway posters hang outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre during Covid-19 lockdown in New York on May 13, 2020. Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Great White Way at full capacity. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Broadway theaters can reopen Sept. 14 and will be allowed to decide their own entry requirements. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Broadway readies imminent ticket sales for a fall reopening

By Mark Kennedy May. 05, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

2 indicted for election fraud in New Jersey council race

By David Porter Mar. 03, 2021 05:42 PM EST
Two city council members in Paterson have been indicted for allegedly interfering with a special election last year, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 08, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2021. There are 326 days left in the year. Today’s...

This photo provided by the NFL shows singer The Weekend speaking at the halftime press conference ahead of the Super Bowl 55 football game, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (Perry Knotts/NFL via AP)

The Weeknd vows to tone it down for his Super Bowl show

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Feb. 04, 2021 12:10 PM EST

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2021. There are 338 days left in the year. Today’s...

Gregg Donovan, the former ambassador of Beverly Hills and a friend of the late broadcasting giant Larry King for over 30 years, pays his respects at King's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in Los Angeles. King, the host of "Larry King Live" on CNN for over 25 years, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at age 87. "Larry was a legend in all aspects," Donovan said. "Any actor or performer, if you were on 'Larry King Live,' you knew you had made it, that you had arrived." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

By Andrew Dalton Jan. 23, 2021 04:25 PM EST

FILE - In this July 18, 1992 file photo, Larry King, left, talks with Texas billionaire Ross Perot during a commercial break in the live broadcast of CNN's 'Larry King Live' in New York. King, who interviewed presidents, movie stars and ordinary Joes during a half-century in broadcasting, has died at age 87. Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded, tweeted that King died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

By Andrew Dalton Jan. 23, 2021 08:17 AM EST

FILE- Tina Fey participates in the curtain call for the "Mean Girls" opening night on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre on April 8, 2018, in New York. Producers of the musical, based on Tina Fey's hit film, have decided not to reopen when authorities allow theaters to open in New York City, the second and likely not last established show casualty of COVID-19 on the Great White Way. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

Sidelined 'Mean Girls' musical won't reopen on Broadway

By Mark Kennedy Jan. 07, 2021 07:12 PM EST

FILE - In this May 25, 2019, file photo, Neil Young performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo in Napa, Calif. Young has become the latest artist to strike gold with his song catalog. The Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a British investment company, announced that it had acquired a 50 percent stake in Young's catalog of some 1,180 songs that include "Heart of Gold," "Rockin’ in the Free World" and "Cinnamon Girl." (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Neil Young becomes latest artist to sell stake in his songs

By David Bauder Jan. 06, 2021 02:04 AM EST

Bruce Swedien, Grammy-winning engineer of 'Thriller,' dies

Nov. 22, 2020 04:17 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Swedien, a five-time Grammy-winning audio engineer who collaborated with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, has died. He was 86. ...