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Dolly Parton sings her family’s story on ‘Smoky Mountain DNA.’ She says it is her ‘favorite album’

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton’s musical story starts further back than most might expect — to the British Isles of the 1600s. That’s where her ancestors hail from, eventually landing in the hollers of East Tennessee and its familiar mountain ranges, bringing their songs with them. A new album out Friday,

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The Trump inflation shock could be worse than the last inflation crisis, Larry Summers warns

CNN By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Larry Summers has some unsolicited advice for President-elect Donald Trump: Don’t keep your campaign promises — unless you want to send prices skyrocketing once again. Summers, the famed economist and former Clinton-era Treasury secretary, is alarmed by the potential impact of Trump’s proposals to slash taxes,

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Gun groups sue to overturn Maine’s new three-day waiting period to buy firearms

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Several gun groups are challenging Maine’s 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, arguing that it’s unconstitutional. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of five individuals contends that it’s unconstitutional to require someone who passed a background check to wait three days to complete a gun purchase. Maine is

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Supreme Court seems likely to allow class action to proceed against tech company Nvidia

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems likely to keep alive a class-action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading investors about its dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in the tech company’s appeal of a lower-court ruling allowing a 2018 suit led by a

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Maluma, Ryan Castro y Blssd celebran éxito de la canción ‘+57’ en ranking de Spotify en medio de polémica por la letra

Paulina Nares (CNN Español ) — La canción ‘+57’, una colaboración entre varios exponentes colombianos del reguetón, entre ellos Karol G, Feid, Maluma y J Balvin, abrió el debate sobre la apología de la sexualización de menores. En medio de la polémica, Maluma compartió en sus redes sociales un ranking de Spotify que pone a

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‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. “Emilia Pérez,” an

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The Trump inflation shock could be worse than the last inflation crisis, Larry Summers warns

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Larry Summers has some unsolicited advice for President-elect Donald Trump: Don’t keep your campaign promises — unless you want to send prices skyrocketing once again. Summers, the famed economist and former Clinton-era Treasury secretary, is alarmed by the potential impact of Trump’s proposals to slash taxes, spike

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Maine elections chief who drew Trump’s ire narrates House tabulations in livestream

Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s ranked choice tabulation is taking place in public, narrated play-by-play by the state’s elections chief. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows once sparred with President-elect Donald Trump over ballot access. Now she’s describing the vote-counting in painstaking detail on a livestream YouTube channel. She told The Associated Press it’s

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says next year will be his last in office; mum on his plans afterward

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mike Duggan says the coming year will be his last as Detroit mayor. His announcement comes as many speculate he’s among the Democrats likely to launch a gubernatorial campaign to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Duggan declined to discuss his political future before Wednesday’s public announcement not to seek reelection

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