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Carthage College theater students Peyton Kuryanowicz, left, and Trevor Milne are at the center of the musical “Anastasia,” on stage through Feb. 23 at the Rhode Center for the Arts. During the first ...

Exactly 124 years ago Southend welcomed its first professional tattoo artist who set up shop in the town, eager to put his ink stamp on the bodies of men, women and possibly sometimes even children.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass backtracked on Saturday amid reports that her wildfire recovery czar, Steve Soboroff, would be compensated $500,000 for 90 days of work. The Los Angeles Times first ...

After facing backlash for agreeing to pay a new czar $500,000 to help with recovery efforts at Los Angeles in the wake of devastating wildfires, the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, has reversed course and ...

Faced with fierce criticism over her chief wildfire recovery officer’s planned salary of $500,000 for 90 days of work, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reversed course Saturday evening and said ...