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鈥淭he Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900鈥� by Jon K. Lauck (The University of Oklahoma Press) Dismissed as Flyover Country. Romanticized as the Heartland. Now, historian Jon K.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 25-31: Dec. 25: Actor Hanna Schygulla (鈥淏arnum,鈥� 鈥矯asanova鈥�) is 79. Singer John Edwards of The Spinners is 78. Actor Gary Sandy (鈥淲KRP In Cincinnati鈥�) is 77. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 76.

BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a longtime opera fan, is offering her thoughts on Richard Wagner's Ring cycle 鈥� the latest in a series of sporadic and sometimes idiosyncratic appearances since she left office a year ago.

鈥� Avatar: The Way of Water 鈥� didn鈥檛 make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron鈥檚 big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend.

After 11 seasons, Cecily Strong has said farewell to 鈥淪aturday Night Live." A few hours before the last episode of the season Saturday, the TV show鈥檚 Instagram account posted a cue card saying, 鈥渨e鈥檒l miss you, Cecily.

Though her knitwear patterns had previously been published in books and magazines, Reagan Davis was ready to spin a different kind of yarn.

CAIRO (AP) 鈥� Iranian authorities arrested one of the country鈥檚 most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist called the father of the atomic bomb for his leading role in World War II鈥檚 Manhattan Project. U.S.

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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who supplied songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins and found lasting fame penning Bonnie Raitt鈥榮 Grammy-winning 1991 hit 鈥淪omething to Talk About,鈥� has died. She was 67.