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Here are the standout video games at the Independent Games Festival awards

6:17pm March 20, 2025

by Vincent Acovino

There's no way to know what the next big hit video game will be, but fans may have gotten a hint Wednesday night in San Francisco at the at the Independent Games Festival.

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Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE

6:16pm March 20, 2025

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.

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What's at stake as 'Severance' gets ready to drop its final episode of the season

5:55pm March 20, 2025

by Eric Deggans

The season finale of Severance drops on Apple TV+ this week, wrapping up one of the most visually adventurous and conceptually mind-bending seasons of TV around.

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The Head and The Heart return to form on 'Aperture'

3:07pm March 20, 2025

The folk rock band performs songs from their forthcoming album.

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100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music

2:49pm March 20, 2025

For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

Report: (Smaller) Museums should make admission free

1:54pm March 20, 2025

A new study out this week from the museum think tank Remuseum suggests free admission attracts more visitors without increasing costs.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows is good, but not great. Is that enough?

11:03am March 20, 2025

Assassin's Creed Shadows, out Thursday, might be big enough to reverse Ubisoft's crumbling fortunes. But the game faces headwinds.

As young male voters shift Right, can the Left compete in the 'battle for the bros'?

10:53am March 20, 2025

by Tonya Mosley

Popular podcasts in the "manosphere" helped sway young men to go MAGA in the 2024 election. New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz explains how Democrats can win them back.

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New songs by Teddy Swims, Benjamin Booker and Neil Young let loose with big emotions

10:49am March 20, 2025

by Ken Tucker

Rock critic Ken Tucker recommends three songs that are recent additions to his playlist: "Are You Even Real," by Swims; "Same Kind of Lonely," by Booker; and "big change," by Young.

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For Uzo Aduba, there's no such thing as 'too late'

7:00am March 20, 2025

Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba says she doesn't believe in destiny. In this week's Wild Card, Aduba opens up about how motherhood shaped her and why she's made peace with mortality.