LYLE LOVETT’S CAREER can be divided into three acts. Act I is set in Nashville, where he distinguished himself as a songwriter whose wit was too dry for Music Row and whose hair kept him from being written off as just another hat act. Based on the crossover success he achieved with his early albums, Lovett moved west to Hollywood, took up acting (well, not so much acting as just appearing in movies), married Julia Roberts, and achieved a level of success rare for country/not-country artists. Read More...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Sunday he hopes a meeting of Mediterranean officials will help bridge a gap between Arab and European countries in calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to become a permanent cease-fire.
The fragile pause in hostilities between Israel and the Hamas militant group continued Sunday with a third straight day of hostages and Palestinian prisoners released. It was originally scheduled for four days and neither side has made fully clear what comes after Monday. Read More...
Over the last few weeks, at least 450 protests sparked by the death of George Floyd have erupted across the United States, accompanied in some cities by incidents of looting, vandalism and burning. It has been a half century since American cities have seen such a burst of outrage. The “long hot summers” of the 1960s and, in particular, the massive wave of street protests in 1968, a critical election year, have become a touchstone for analysis of what is happening now. Read More...