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The judge has told them to keep deliberating on a racketeering conspiracy charge after the jury said there were "unpersuadable opinions on both sides."

Lawyers for the rapper had accused Tony Buzbee of making false assault claims. Another federal suit Jay-Z has filed against Mr. Buzbee and his client continues.

The pioneering self-portrait artist discusses working alone, finding her doppelgängers and selling her first prints for less than $50.

He wrote more than 130 books, mostly collections of poetry and translations of classics, as well as lowbrow novels under a pen name.

A member of the German collective Zero Group, he hammered thousands of nails -- into columns, chairs, canvases -- expressing the power of repetition to bring about complexity.

For his portrayal of the former president on "Saturday Night Live," Carvey admitted that he had to toe a careful line.

Tracy Chapman, Björk, Public Enemy and more songs for rabble-rousing and celebrating revolution.

British police are investigating and the band lost its U.S. visas after a member called for "death" to Israel's army at a festival.

A Juneteenth weekend conference in Durham, N.C., looks to establish itself as a place that carries on a cultural legacy.

He is moving on from 33 years at Lincoln Center Theater and will head to Rome to focus on his memoirs.