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Jazz legend John Coltrane's Philadelphia house to become a cultural heritage site
Daniel Ofman, Joel Rose
On the centennial of his birth, John Coltrane's family is trying to turn the home where the composer spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space.
A swimmer remains near the shore as a motorboat passes commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Friday.
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Workers remove the sculpture "Blue" by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.
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Opinion: A sculpture in perpetual motion, removed
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