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Film critic Gene Shalit is seen during a toast with Today show cast and crew at the end of Katie Couric's final show on May 31, 2006, in New York.
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Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic, dies at 100
The Associated Press
Known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and a love for puns, Gene Shalit joined Today in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973. He was a middle-of-the-road critic, known for his wit and intelligence.
Workers construct scaffolding below the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts sign on Friday in Washington.
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Trump's name is poised to be removed from the Kennedy Center
The Associated Press
The main gate to Paramount Studios is seen on Melrose Avenue, July 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Nick Ut
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AP
Justice Dept. approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
David Folkenflik, Emma Bowman
A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people's privacy in their statistics.
Anton Petrus
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A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau
Hansi Lo Wang
Texas Standard
Here’s where things stand with New World screwworm in Texas
Eight cases have now been confirmed in Texas as officials expand surveillance efforts, release millions of sterile flies and mobilize resources to stop the flesh-eating parasite from spreading.
Texas Standard for June 12, 2026: A Texas Tech gambling case could test NCAA rules
Police: Gunman dead after Midland shooting leaves 10 people shot, 1 killed
How the Texas Tech, Brendan Sorsby betting scandal ‘risks crumbling the very foundation of the NCAA’
After divisive US Senate runoff, Texas Republicans seek unity at state convention in Houston
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