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Gracie Abrams blasted a fan's petition to replace Dora Jar as the opening performer on her tour, calling the petition 'so wildly uncool and bizarre.' Abrams said she 'couldn't be luckier or prouder to ...

It was hard not to feel that Kenny and I were making our way together, that with his help I’d arrived at a special place in the hierarchy of worldly things.

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on a string with a ring in the middle; kids spent hours swinging the balls apart and back together to make the satisfying “clack” sound that gave the ... made vehicles and buildings, like a school bus ...

Well, dust off those fond memories and get ready to relive them at Free Gold Watch, a hidden gem in the heart of San ...

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes (or in this case, a rollercoaster rising from the sawdust), the Zippin Pippin found new ...

Adam Clack will be returning to high school football to coach at Parkview in Lilburn, Georgia, sports podcaster Phil Jones tweeted on Tuesday. Jones reported that the school will announce the hire ...

Howard County's school district is trying to fix its problem of higher rates of student violence within middle schools.