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Jazz Heavyweights Herbie Hancock And Kamasi Washington Announce Joint Tour

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The tour, which brings together two of the brightest lights in jazz, will be playing across the U.S. in July and August.

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Monday night in Minneapolis, the University of Virginia won its first-ever NCAA championship in a dramatic 85-77 overtime defeat of Texas Tech University.

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Kirstjen Nielsen’s departure from the Department of Homeland Security means that 15 of President Trump’s Cabinet-level appointments have departed, a number far higher than in previous administrations.

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The administration had planned to expand the program of requiring asylum-seekers to return to Mexico as they await court hearings in the U.S. Now it has to first defend the policy in court.

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U.S. hospitals are under mounting pressure to address violence against health care staff by patients and visitors. Nearly half of emergency doctors say they’ve been physically assaulted at work.

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Felicity Huffman And 12 Other Parents To Plead Guilty In College Cheating Scandal

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A former head men’s tennis coach at the University of Texas also will plead guilty. The 14 defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest-services mail fraud.

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In one of his last campaign moves, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a far-right pledge: If re-elected, he would annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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