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Baba Brinkman has been a full-time rap artist since 2004 — "no day job." We talked with him about "Old King Coal," respect from his peers — and "The Rap Canterbury Tales."

Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died. He was 90.

Joe Biden enters the final weekend of the presidential campaign with an intense focus on appealing to Black voters whose support will be critical in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.

The political rivals offer starkly different plans for the next steps to deal with the pandemic.

In a campaign that has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the candidates' clashing overtures stood as a reflection of their leadership styles and policy prescriptions for a suffering nation.

Biden believes climate change is real and caused by human activity. President Trump has expressed deep skepticism about human contributions to global warming.

Confirmed U.S. cases are on the rise in 47 states and deaths are up 14% over the past two weeks, averaging more than 800 every day.

The "Full House" actress who grew up in Hauppauge paid, along with her husband, half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been left in the dark.

In final pitches in Florida, Trump recited from his book of opponents he wants criminally prosecuted, while Biden said he'll stand up to repressive regimes.