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Edinburgh Fringe Festival Hits US

The Edinburgh Fringe festival, a monthlong performing arts festival, has come to an end. The festival featured over 4,200 shows from 74 countries, including some unconventional and risqué performances. NPR selected 40 shows to review…

Dolly Parton Dies

Dolly Parton, the country music legend and philanthropist, died at the age of 80 on Tuesday. According to her publicist, she passed away peacefully in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Her…

Campbell Rawlins Mailbag

Campbell Rawlins, a staffer at The Dispatch, compiled a mailbag of answers to reader questions as part of the publication's monthly feature. This was his turn in the rotation. He invites readers to submit questions for the September issue…

Transportation Options Expanding

Wendy Whiteley's Lavender Bay garden has become a popular tourist attraction, with visitors drawn to the glass notice board containing news cuttings about the garden, including an article from August 2026 that mentioned a gardener named…

Green Lantern TV Series Review

HBO's "Green Lantern" series is off to a rocky start after three episodes, with some critics calling it clichéd and predictable. The latest episode focuses on the backstory of John Stewart, one of the Green Lanterns, and his relationship…

Flamin' Hot Cheetos Lawsuit

Jason Koebler, author of a book that was published a few years ago, started a short-lived Substack blog to share behind-the-scenes stories related to his publication. On this blog, he posted a bibliography of books he used as references…

Michael Jackson Tributes

Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans and impersonators gathered in Mexico City on Saturday to honor the King of Pop's 68th birthday, which would have been his birthday, not necessarily a day for celebration in the classical sense. The event…

Asian American Art Criticism

Poppy Liu, an actress from Minnesota, is featured in the new animated Netflix series DANG!. The show tells a story that may resonate with second-generation Asian Americans, depicting three Asian American characters living in NYC. One of…

Back-to-School Deals

The Curator, a shopping guide, has listed 12 back-to-school deals for parents to consider before the new school year starts. The deals include items from various brands such as Bentgo, Thermos, and Crayola. One of the featured products is…