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It seems like Bruce Springsteen is everywhere right now, writes. Maybe he and his song, “Tougher Than the Rest,” are rising ...

Dallas Jenkins reflects on the impact of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and "The Chosen," and opens up about the increased ...

Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed when he was just 25 years old. In "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur," writer Jeff Pearlman explores Shakur's short but influential life.

Typically, fans assume that once players enter the NBA, everything becomes luxurious and comfortable — that these athletes are constantly surrounded by top-tier facilities, elite training staff and ...

Rachel Goldberg-Polin's son, Hersh, was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and executed after 328 days in captivity. Goldberg-Polin has become a global advocate for the remaining hostages, meeting ...

“How’s the job search going?” he asked. “It’s tough,” I said. “It feels like I was married to the man of my dreams, and then he suddenly demanded a divorce. Now I’ve got a month to marry someone new.” ...

Rookie Dillon Gabriel will get his first NFL start on Sunday when the Cleveland Browns face the Minnesota Vikings in London. The Browns announced on Wednesday that they were benching Joe Flacco after ...

An explosion Wednesday morning in the Bronx left a massive, gaping hole in a high-rise. Residents scrambled as the facade came tumbling down. It happened at the Mitchel Houses, a NYCHA complex on ...

The usual expectation whenever a high-flying dunker makes his way towards the rim is that the outcome is almost inevitable — a thunderous slam, no matter what alternatives may present themselves.

"We both had tears in our eyes and I knew this was a big moment for him even if he didn’t say it," bride Amanda Wirtz tells PEOPLE Holly Scott owner of Holly Christina Photography LLC At Amanda ...

Shopping carts of belongings abandoned on the street. Tents pitched on trails and in tunnels. Liquor bottles left on park tables. More people facing homelessness are coming to Manhattan, some local ...