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(WASHINGTON) -- Harvard University's practice of legacy admissions is being probed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, a spokesperson for the agency told ABC News. The investigation comes a month following the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision on Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard that struck down race-based affirmative action for colleges and universities. Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the complaint against Harvard earlier this month contending […]

Jason Kempin/Getty Images Could new music be on the horizon for Maren Morris? The singer recently posted an Instagram video of her listening to what sounds like a mix of a new, unreleased song.  "Do you hear that? [tree + fire emojis]," Maren captions the clip. In the video, Maren is captured swaying along to the song as she listens to it playing in the background. "Oh, do you hear that?" goes a line in the soaring […]

SAILOR/CAPITOL/UME October will mark the 50th anniversary of Steve Miller’s classic album The Joker, and to celebrate, he’s releasing a new box set with plenty of extras for the Miller fan. J50: The Evolution of The Joker, dropping September 15, will feature not only the original album but 27 previously unreleased recordings, some of which were taken from Miller’s personal songwriting tapes, along with studio outtakes and more. There will also be six audio […]

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of school supplies may have families sweating the price tags associated with these essential items. Luckily, starting this week, several states that charge a state tax are taking part in sales tax holidays for school supplies with […]

Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage Taylor Swift's Eras Tour arrived in the land of grunge over the weekend with shows at Seattle's Lumen Field on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23. Eddie Vedder was in attendance alongside his family, but not everyone recognized the Pearl Jam frontman as the grunge royalty that he is. One Swiftie on TikTok shared a photo of Vedder in the crowd, only to identify him as The […]

(NEW YORK) -- The signature blue bird perched atop social media platform Twitter vanished on Sunday as part of a company rebrand under a new name: X. The revamp marks the latest change enacted by billionaire owner Elon Musk, who stepped down as CEO last month but retained a prominent role in the company. Promising an AI-fueled expansion of the site's capabilities, X aims to follow the logo change with […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Foo Fighters have premiered a live performance video for "Under You," a track off their new album, But Here We Are. The clip was taken from Dave Grohl and company's May streaming concert, during which they introduced new drummer Josh Freese, who joined the band following the March 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins. You can watch the "Under You" performance streaming now on YouTube. But Here We Are, […]

R.E.M./Athens LLC/Craft Recordings R.E.M. has put together a best-of playlist to celebrate the renewed interest in their music thanks to the recently premiered second season of The Bear. The playlist, which was made exclusively for NME, consists of 40 songs, with each member — frontman Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry — hand-picking their 10 favorite songs from their entire discography. Stipe leads off the […]

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images  Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has caused a bit of controversy after suggesting in a recent interview that not many of his fellow guitarists could handle working with Rihanna like he has. It all started when Bettencourt gave an interview with Planet Rock in which he commented about working with Rihanna. “Most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig” because of all her different musical styles, he said. He specifically mentioned Guns […]