Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and…

Bryant Gumbel’s ‘Real Sports,’ HBO’s longest-running show, will end after 29 seasons

NEW YORK (AP) — Bryant Gumbel’s “Real Sports” newsmagazine on HBO will end its run after…

Disney wants to narrow the scope of its lawsuit against DeSantis to free speech claim

Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just…

Americans have long wanted the perfect endless summer. Jimmy Buffett offered them one

It seemed wistfully appropriate, somehow, that news of Jimmy Buffett’s death emerged at the beginning of…

Rapper 50 Cent cancels Phoenix concert due to extreme heat that has plagued the region

PHOENIX (AP) — Sweltering heat in Phoenix that has routinely broken records this summer led to…

1 dies, 8 others seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West

GRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. (AP) — One person was killed in a tour bus rollover involving…

As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions

MULBERRY, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have…

Winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog 2023 title is, drumroll please, Scooter

2023 World’s Ugliest Dog Competition: On June 23, Scooter, a seven-year-old Chinese crested canine, was crowned the…

Theme parks bounced back in 2022 from pandemic lows with revenue, if not attendance

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Last year marked a return to normal for the theme park industry…

Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike

NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday…