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In her songs, stage banter and interviews, Parton always presented herself as a humble, yet audacious mountain dreamer made good.
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Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80
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The artist was a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
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DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated
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Tractor trailers cross the Peace Bridge at the Canada-United States border in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 20.
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View of Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, April 23, 2026.
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Dolly Parton, one of country music’s most singular performers, has died at age 80
The artist was a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the genre’s most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
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