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A subcommittee of South Carolina’s Board of Education voted Thursday to recommend removing seven books from the state’s ...

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Heartstopper’s Kit Connor has been lauded as the “standout” performer in the first reviews of Sam Gold’s new Romeo and Juliet adaptation on Broadway. After six months of (occasionally shirtless) ...