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NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. hours of “Today.” Melvin is a familiar face to “Today” show viewers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Burt Bacharach , one of the most celebrated and popular composers and songwriters of the 20th century, will have his papers donated to the Library of Congress.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York’s Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls.

The purchase of Alex Jones ' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga between the far-right conspiracy theorist and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, has been unveiled in Alabama's capital city.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York's Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls.

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) — When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” into an opera, he said the writer told him frankly that “opera was not his thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Burt Bacharach , one of the most celebrated and popular composers and songwriters of the 20th century, will have his papers donated to the Library of Congress.

Richard Curtis may be widely known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katie Gavin is self-proclaimed “gay famous.” The pop band Muna first broke through with “Silk Chiffon,” an anthem to queer joy.