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Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra performs its final concerts in Birmingham and London’s Hyde Park, marking the end of an iconic musical era - Dr Steven McCabe pays tribute.

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“We wanted it to feel like a gorgeous dinner with family.” “Early on, we set out with the intention of being black and white together,” Ms. Laxton said.

In keeping with tradition, New Trier High School seniors eschewed graduation gowns and mortarboards in favor of white dresses for the girls and white jackets and black trousers for the boys at ...

Roy Wood Jr. hosted the Peabody Awards on Sunday night, which featured special honors for 'SNL' and Andrea Mitchell.

After announcing its full list of winners last month, the Peabody Awards celebrated those honorees in person Sunday night with a ceremony hosted by Roy Wood Jr. in Los Angeles. The comedian kicked ...

Historically, the white smoke was created by burning the ballots together with dry straw. The black smoke was made from the ballots, wet straw, and with the addition of pitch to darken the color.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

Today, thanks to modern chemistry, the smoke is unmistakable — thick black billows for inconclusive votes, or a bright white plume when a new pope is elected.