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Country star Naomi Judd died by suicide following a long struggle with mental illness. Her daughter, Ashley Judd, said that it was important to make a distinction "between our loved one and the disease."

Ashley Judd reveals details about Naomi Judd's suicide

10:57am May 12, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

In an interview with Good Morning America, Ashley Judd said her family wanted to get ahead of any news, and that she didn't want her mother's death to become part of the "gossip economy."

Hayv Kahraman, The Tower, 2019. Oil on linen104 1/8x 79 1/8 inches © Hayv Kahraman

Arts

In 'Women Painting Women,' the female gaze is front and center

6:35am May 12, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Forth Worth — "Women Painting Women" — shows viewers what happens when women are both the subject and the artist. The result: something raw and real.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder continues the fight for voting rights

1:24pm May 11, 2022

by Terry Gross

Obama's attorney general says that when it comes to voting rights, the Supreme Court has increasingly become "an impediment to justice." Holder's new book is Our Unfinished March.

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Dave Chappelle last month at the opening of Netflix is a Joke.

The attack on Dave Chappelle didn't constitute a felony, LA DA says

1:17pm May 11, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

George Gascón has defended his decision not to pursue a felony charge, saying the attacker had a folding knife on him but didn't use it. Gascón also says he will work on safety at performance venues.

Fly Girl and The Great Stewardess Rebellion. Cover images from W.W. Norton and Doubleday.

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Arts

'Fly Girl' and 'The Great Stewardess Rebellion' recount journeys toward empowerment

10:54am May 11, 2022

by Heller McAlpin

Novelist Ann Hood, whose Fly Girl paints a picture of her time as a flight attendant, was a beneficiary of the fight by the women profiled in Nell McShane Wulfhart's book to be treated professionally.

Arts

Etiquette tips on the proper way to send a text message

7:39am May 11, 2022

Most of us text on a regular basis, but is there a right and wrong way to do it?

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Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and The Olympians.

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Arts

Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan rips complaints about casting the TV series

5:29pm May 10, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series, has issued a forceful response to criticisms of the decision to hire a person of color, Leah Jeffries, to play Annabeth Chase on TV.

The base where the Marjorie Tallchief sculpture once stood is seen outside the Tulsa Historical Society on May 2 in Tulsa, Okla.

A statue of a Native American ballerina that was stolen in Tulsa will be restored

12:53pm May 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Enough pieces of a bronze statue of Marjorie Tallchief have been recovered to restore it. The statue was cut into pieces that have been found at recycling centers in the Tulsa, Okla., area.

Rick Martínez's regional Mexican cookbook Mi Cocina is out now.

Arts

Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

12:23pm May 10, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rick Martínez about his new cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico.

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Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharman playing a concert in Pune, India, in 2009. Sharma died Tuesday at age 84.

Celebrated Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma has died at age 84

11:19am May 10, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.