Illinois’ high school graduation rate has hit a 15-year high, as students continue to show academic growth above pre-pandemic levels, state officials announced Thursday with the release of ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

Black Sabbath was about more than just Ozzy. All the band members were essential: Tony Iommi, the dark prince of guitar riffs and a two-fisted ladies man; Geezer Butler, the mild-mannered bassist and ...

RaeLynn was just 17 years old when she competed on The Voice in 2012, and in the years since, she's grown up right before her fans' eyes. In many ways, she's still the tough-as-nails country girl who ...

Jennie Richardson is a TV Features and Lists Writer for Collider, and a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing. In other words, she really loves stories. Now almost 20 years after it ...

Lorde is 28, but both her music and aura can often feel timeless. Roaring into pop culture with her debut single “Royals” in 2013, she was much more composed than any other teenager breaking into the ...

As a parent, my kids are constantly surprising me. From talking about death on the way to summer camp —“you know the first day of your life, but not the last,” my 7-year-old wisely shared — to the ...

Every June, the Paste Music crew tallies up the best songs of the year so far. It’s a great way to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. This list is a snapshot of our favorite tracks ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia says she had to miss her son’s kindergarten graduation for her husband’s arraignment on human smuggling charges at a federal court in ...

An Arkansas kindergarten graduation descended into madness when a large brawl broke out between parents, forcing school officials to scold the “unacceptable” behavior displayed in front of the little ...

Lorelai Howard, 6, took the stage on Wednesday morning with her classmates, proudly singing and celebrating her kindergarten graduation. She was unaware that her biggest surprise was still to come.