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Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

If you thought Lady Gaga’s halftime show was apolitical, consider the origin of ‘This Land is Your Land’

June 6, 2018 at 1:23 a.m.

Lady Gaga's high-wire, drone-assisted Super Bowl halftime show was immediately praised by fans and publications alike as being apolitical. "Lady Gaga keeps political poker face while singing of inclusion at...

So many studs will leave (Malik Hooker, Gareon Conley, Raekwon McMillan), but so many more will return. Key question: Can J.T. Barrett re-emerge as an ace thrower under offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, who exited Indiana in a huff?

Why millions rejoiced at Alabama coach Nick Saban’s loss to Clemson

June 6, 2018 at 9:37 a.m.

"America needed this," read one tweet. "America needed Nick Saban to suffer tonight." The tweet came on the heels of Clemson University's stunning victory over the University of Alabama in...

Think Beyoncé doesn’t belong at the CMAs? Then you don’t know the history of country

June 9, 2018 at 5:40 a.m.

Wednesday night, Nashville, fittingly known as Music City, held its annual blowout celebration of its most popular export. As it was the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Awards, it...

‘Law & Order: SVU’ to air a Donald Trump-themed episode titled ‘Unstoppable’

June 9, 2018 at 11:29 a.m.

Ever since Dick Wolf created it in 1990, the "Law & Order" franchise has mined real-life situations for its fictional detective fodder. In fact, as Business Insider noted, the second...

The Lumber River flows over Interstate 95 after Hurricane Matthew caused power outages, downed trees and massive flooding Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in Lumberton, NC.

Drone photo on Twitter helps rescue N.C. flood victim and dog halfway across country

August 21, 2019 at 8:28 p.m.

"There was one in a million chance of this happening." That's how North Carolina resident and drone photographer Quavas Hart described the weekend's unusual sequence of events that led him...

LSU coach Les Miles watching from the sideline in the second half against Mississippi State on Sept. 18, 2016.

The quirks and heart of Les Miles, the recently fired, grass-eating former LSU football coach

June 12, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

It happened quickly, but it was a long time coming. LSU Tigers football fans were gripped by a torrent of emotions Sunday, but surprise was not one of them. Following...

The practice of using 9/11 to market consumer goods backfires yet again

June 12, 2018 at 8:13 a.m.

As the 15th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, many Americans are preparing themselves for a day of reflection. For some, it will involve mourning. For others, it will be an opportunity...

Brock Turner appears in the Palo Alto, Calif., branch of Santa Clara County Superior Court on March 30, 2015, for a status hearing.

Brock Turner set to leave jail Friday after serving 3 months for sex assault

August 21, 2019 at 7:54 p.m.

On Friday, Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious classmate when he was 20 years old, is scheduled to be released from jail. On...

Navy grants $750,000 to St. Louis professor to develop bomb-sniffing locusts

August 21, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

Locusts came to fame as agents of destruction during the eighth plague of Egypt in the Bible, but some researchers envision a new occupation for the humble insects: cyborg bomb...

Javelin pierced through teen athlete’s eye socket after he tripped at Oregon competition

June 10, 2018 at 11:26 a.m.

Eighteen-year-old Parker Kennedy graduated high school this month with a boatload of athletic accomplishments under his belt. Kennedy, a track and field champion at Hood River Valley High School, just...

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