Party in the USA: America celebrates its independence
Just hours before the massive fireworks display in the nation's capital Monday, only a handful of people were picnicking in tents or under makeshift shelters. Others headed for the museum.
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A Better World Is Possible: A Father’s Day Note
I remember vividly the feeling of looking at you for the first time the night you were born, on the eve of Father's Day. I sang you a song that I'd sung many times into your mommy's belly.
Donald Trump’s Fascism and His Appeasers
"It can't happen here? My friends, it is happening here." So says New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia near the end of the "The Plot Against America," the Philip Roth novel from 12 years ago that re-imagines American history if the isolationist, Hitler-sympathizing anti-Semite Charles Lindbergh had become president instead of Franklin Roosevelt.
McGraw, Underwood win big at CMT Awards; Pharrell performs
Williams will perform alongside Little Big Town at Wednesday's CMT Awards in Nashvi... . FILE - In this April 3, 2016 file photo, Jimi Westbrook, from left, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet, of Little Big Town, accepts the award for vocal group of the year at the 51st annual Ac... .