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SeaWorld Orlando has added five new concert dates to its Seven Seas Food Festival, filling in the previous TBAs with Elvis Crespo, Jesse McCartney, Molly Hatchet, Rend Collective and Great White & ...

Chicago-born singer and actress Jennifer Hudson performed Sam Cook's "A Change Is Gonna Come" at the public memorial service honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson.

In 1988, as the Reverend Jesse Jackson was making his second presidential bid, I left the campaign trail, where I was covering the eventual Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis, to make a personal ...

It was during a 10-day silent retreat in 1977 with the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, that Laurie Anderson first connected with the practice of Buddhism and embarked on a deeper ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. A week before the Super Tuesday Democratic primary in 1988, I spent a few days on the campaign trail with the ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will reportedly not lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol. As reported by journalists Abby Phillip and Roland Martin, House Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly denied the ...

Black leaders are speaking out against U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who denied a request to have Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol. As ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who fought for equality alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died on February 17, 2026. He was 84 years old. During his final months, Jackson had been ...

Barbara Cook, renowned for her Tony Award-winning performance in The Music Man and celebrated as one of the premier interpreters of musical theatre songs, showcased her exceptional vocal talent and ...

Barbara Cook, an acclaimed American actress and singer, who won a Tony Award for her role in The Music Man, was celebrated for her exceptional vocal talent and emotive interpretations, making her one ...