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Welcome back. In the news today: Darline Graham wins the GOP primary runoff to replace her late brother in the U.S. Senate; and the USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Thailand for a brief stop after a lengthy deployment at sea. Also, we remember Dolly Parton. She was among the most beloved personalities in music and beyond. Email us your memories of her and we may share some responses later this week.
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Dolly Parton performs at Glastonbury music festival, 2014. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)
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Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80 of cancer
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Dolly Parton, whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. Read more.
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- Parton is the third-most nominated woman in Grammy history. She wrote hundreds of songs, including classics like “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors” and “I Will Always Love You.”
Her career was forever influenced by her upbringing as one of 12 children born into what she called a “dirt poor” Tennessee family. She started her education nonprofit, Imagination Library, to send free books to children in Tennessee because her father, who quit school to work on the farm, struggled to learn to read.
- Parton spanned social and political divides, through multiple generations of fans, urban and rural and in between. Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Dionne Warwick, Jane Fonda, Linda Ronstadt and more shared heartfelt messages highlighting Parton's impact and legacy.
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Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother Lindsey in US Senate
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She defeated U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s special Republican primary runoff, two weeks after they were the top two finishers in a 10-way primary. Read more.
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Despite being a political unknown, Darline Graham bested some of South Carolina’s top political names in the special election spun up after Lindsey Graham’s sudden death last month. She swiftly won an endorsement from Trump, who encouraged her to enter the race for a full term and campaigned for her in the state last week. Graham will face Democratic nominee Annie Andrews in November.
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USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Thailand for a brief stop after a lengthy deployment at sea
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The U.S. aircraft carrier, which was supporting the U.S. war against Iran, will make a stop after its grueling deployment in the Middle East, Thai officials said Wednesday. The Lincoln’s deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days. Read more.
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Concerns have grown about the Lincoln’s lengthy deployment following reports of deteriorating mental health among the crew and shortages of supplies including food and hygiene products. While renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran calmed in recent weeks, the Navy is enforcing a reimposed blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Trump administration has offered no clarity on how it intends to wind down the war.
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Read quickly before this ice cream melts. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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Ice cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants
When the ice cream vendor asks whether I’d like a cup or cone, it’s always a cone. In the 1800s, before the cone’s invention, ice cream was served as “penny licks.” A penny was the cost of a scoop of ice cream in a glass, which would be licked clean and returned. Then the container — sometimes rinsed, sometimes not — was then filled for the next customer. The pursuit to invent something a bit more hygienic required immigrant ingenuity and a breakout moment at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Read the cone’s fascinating history here.
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