Christine K. “Christy” Samples-Bennett, age 71, of Mount Vernon, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on October 25, 1953, in Mount Vernon and ...

Tom Randele, born as Ted Conrad, fled to Massachusetts after stealing $215,000 in 1969.

Historians are honoring Black Pensacolians through a new book compiling many of their obituaries and a community trip to the Legacy Museum.

Philly’s street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that’s an ingredient in plastic (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from ...

From Mary J. Blige's "My Life" to Naughty by Nature's "Sunshine," here are 21 hip-hop and R&B songs that have sampled the ...

Influential funk musician Roy Ayers has died at 84 after a long battle with a serious illness. Best known as a vibraphone player and record producer, Ayers's work heavily impacted genres like ...

Mr. Ayers was a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit ...

A Kern County man has been identified as the victim of a 1988 homicide in Northern California. Officials with the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office identified ...

But that song’s impact continued into 2018 through the heavy use of samples by acts including Afrika Bambaataa, Aswad, Ja Rule and Disclosure. “She had one of the most soulful female voices ...

For 130 years, a small Chilean frog vanished from scientific view. Biologists searched. Nature enthusiasts kept their eyes open. But Alsodes vittatus remained stubbornly invisible.

Jason Isbell sings about heartache and hope, plus new releases from Lady Gaga and Envy Of None and a box-set celebrating 60s Mods The Creation.

House Bill 340 now moves to the Senate. The bill has a total of 22 sponsors, led by lawmakers from Albuquerque's west side, including Representatives Gurrola, Charlotte Little, Eleanor Chávez, Joy ...