Grammy-nominated saxophonist Mars Williams, who filled the Chicago music scene with his live-wire sax sounds and toured as recently as last month with The Psychedelic Furs, has died at the age of 68. The Justice Department has resolved a discrimination claim with a Minnesota town involving an employee who sought treatment for alcohol abuse disorder. A Utah man has been arrested and charged with making repeated death threats against a Palestinian rights organization, the Department of Justice announced Monday. A Senate subcommittee issued a subpoena Monday to Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary, as part of an ongoing investigation into ticket prices and fees following last year's Taylor Swift concert sales debacle. A sequel to the 2023 horror-comedy "The Blackening" is officially in the works. Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson has been suspended without pay for four games for "repeated violations" of NFL player safety rules, the league announced Monday. "General Hospital" veteran Roger Howarth confirmed that he has left the soap opera after playing several different characters on it since 2012. Bishop Carlton Pearson, who once led one of the country's largest evangelical megachurches but who later disavowed key tenets of Christian orthodoxy, has died at age 70, his Oklahoma church announced Monday. "Our Flag Means Death" star Rhys Darby is set to host the International Emmy Awards in New York Monday. First lady Jill Biden and children of military families welcomed the official White House Christmas tree Monday to kick off the start of the holiday season. Comedian Ricky Gervais' "Armageddon" stand-up special is set to premiere on Netflix on Dec. 25. The Japanese operator of a cargo ship hijacked by pro-Iranian Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen confirmed Monday the vessel and its crew is being held near the Red Sea port of Hodeida. The first in a series of three presidential debates next year has been set for mid-September 2024, the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday. A federal appeals court ruling Monday struck down significant enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in seven states, giving only the federal government -- and not citizens or private groups -- the right to sue. At least 33 transgender and gender non-conforming people have been slain in the United States during the past 12 months in a "epidemic" of violence, human rights advocates said Monday. A rookie firefighter in Wisconsin came to the assistance of a local resident whose pet snake had gotten loose in the car and slithered up inside the passenger seat. Sheriff's deputies were summoned to a Florida home to remove a cold-blooded burglar -- an alligator. Zach Charbonnet and Isaiah Likely are among UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's fantasy football waiver wire priorities for Week 12 of the 2023 season. A drone show company showed off its work at a Florida expo and broke two Guinness World Records in the process. A Michigan store is gaining a reputation as a lucky spot after selling a $300,000 winning lottery ticket and one worth $25,000 a year for life within two months. A new round of four free COVID-19 tests is available for order from the federal government, the U.S. Postal Service announced Monday. K-pop group The Boyz released the album "Phantasy Pt. 2: Sixth Sense" and a music video for "Watch It." "Blue Bloods" will end with Season 14 on CBS, with Part 1 to premiere in February 2024. |
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