Folk musician Ray LaMontagne collapsed on stage during a performance in Nashville this weekend.

During a performance of “Jolene” from his debut 2004 album “Trouble,” LaMontagne was seen on video collapsing to the ground as the song ended.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the singer-songwriter said he was treated for “heat relation dehydration.”

“Ray is in good hands with the local EMS and is being treated for heat related dehydration, he is doing well now and is grateful for everyone’s understanding,” the statement said.

CDs are enjoying a revival, but younger music fans may be deriving different pleasures from the dominant music format of the ‘90s than previous generations.

According to a report by the Recording Industry Association of America, 17.5 million CDs were sold in the first half of the year — a 45.7% surge compared to the same period last year.

And data company Luminate clocked a similar half-year trend, with CD sales up 16% to 16.3 million units, outstripping 2.4% growth notched up by vinyl.

One of the reasons for the uptick, the company says, is perhaps not especially sustainable: K-pop megastars BTS sold nearly 600,000 copies of their 2026 album “Arirang” in multiple CD editions.

In fact, the new generation of music nerds may not even be listening to the music itself since “approximately half of Gen Z and Millennial CD buyers do not actually own a CD player.”

Driven by “price accessibility,” Luminate suggests the CD has benefited from being an “affordable collectible.”

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Billy Long, the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, is in hot water after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media Monday depicting the Nordic island nation draped in the American flag.

Iceland Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir summoned Long to a meeting — and a scolding — Tuesday, per Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV.

“It was made clear at the meeting that the post was entirely inappropriate,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry told RÚV.

Trump’s map also showed Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and countries throughout the Caribbean bathed in the colors of the U.S. flag. Iceland Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir noted that in a press conference Tuesday, calling it “an insult to Icelanders, Canadians, Greenlanders.”

“There is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states,” she said.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the foreign minister of Denmark, which oversees Greenland as an autonomous territory, also condemned Trump’s post as “disturbing” and “inappropriate.”

Lonnie Bunch III, the top official at the Smithsonian Institution, said Tuesday he will retire at the end of the year after more than seven years leading the world’s largest museum, education and research organization.

“I have spent nearly half of my life working at and being part of the Smithsonian family, and what a privilege it has been,” Bunch wrote in a statement. “There is no place like the Smithsonian—it has been one of the great loves of my life, and I am extraordinarily proud of what we have accomplished together. I leave with pride and sadness, gratitude and joy, and with enormous confidence in the people who will carry this remarkable institution forward.”

The move comes as the Trump administration has repeatedly tried to whitewash American history, going so far as to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s U.S. history museum telling visitors that some of the exhibits are inaccurate.

Last year, President Donald Trump ordered Smithsonian officials to review all of their exhibits to “ensure alignment with the president’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.”

Months later, an exhibit summarizing Trump’s first presidency had references to his two impeachments removed. The replacement text now also downplays Trump’s role in his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt and the fact that his claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 election were false.

Bunch had resisted the changes, which downplay America’s failings in favor of a more exultant retelling.

“The notion of being a more perfect union, not the perfect union, is really what motivates me,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in July.

“I think what I want people to understand is that there is a responsibility to continue to make those aspirations available, accessible, meaningful to a whole range of people,” Bunch said. “And that, in essence, America’s greatest strength, it’s not running away from its history, but it’s understanding how that history shaped us and continues to shape us.”

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz gave a Tuesday update on the five people killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway and crashed into two vehicles.

The five victims were identified as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Narajo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash that happened when the Boeing 767-300 tried to land Sunday afternoon, striking a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van on airport property before running through a fence and hitting a Toyota Corolla Cross LE.

Seven people were in the Ford used for a company that cleans planes, the NTSB said. Cordero-Stutz said all five fatalities were inside the van.

Authorities also said five people were injured in the crash, including the pilot and co-pilot, both of whom have been released from the hospital, according to Cordero-Stutz. Two people remain in critical condition, while one is in stable condition.

An unusual trio of groups on Tuesday launched a campaign to try to stop President Donald Trump from building his 250-foot-tall Monumental Arch in Washington, saying it “borders on sacrilege” to those buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

VoteVets, Home of the Brave and the Cultural Landscape Foundation — a group currently suing the Trump administration over its botched efforts to coat the basin of the Reflecting Pool with tacky blue paint — released a video featuring retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, a Gold Star mom, and the CEO of the landscape group laying out why Trump’s plans are offensive and would destroy the vision of D.C.’s designers.

“What the Trump administration proposes is to plant a 250-foot-tall arch … to break the sight line between the Lincoln Memorial and the cemetery, which is entirely inappropriate and borders on sacrilege to the men and women buried [there],” Eaton says in the video.

Karen Meredith, whose son was killed in the Iraq War and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, takes particular issue with Trump’s proposal to include an observation deck atop his behemoth structure.

“We don’t need tourists overlooking funerals,” she says in the video. “I’m just appalled.”

The groups urge people to submit a public statement to the National Capital Planning Commission in opposition to the arch ahead of the panel’s Oct. 1 vote on final approval for the project, and to reach out to their elected officials to oppose it.

In an apparent performative gesture for Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggested last week he was soon planning to break ground on the arch, despite not having the commission’s approval and an ongoing lawsuit by Vietnam veterans. A day later, the Justice Department clarified no construction is happening for now.

Fifteen former Republican members of Congress joined nearly every current Democrat in Congress on a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject President Donald Trump’s effort to undermine mail voting on the eve of the midterm elections.

The Postal Service rules targeting mail-in voting “unconstitutionally infringe on Congress’s authority under the Elections Clause and the Postal Clause and unlawfully direct federal agencies to act beyond — and in conflict with — what Congress has clearly authorized by law,” the brief states.

Former Republican lawmakers joining 199 House and all 47 Senate Democrats on the brief include former Reps. Charles Boustany, Barbara Comstock, Mickey Edwards, David Emery, Wayne Gilchrest, James Greenwood, Steve Gunderson, John LeBoutillier, Susan Molinari, Deborah Pryce, Claudine Schneider, Chris Shays, Peter Smith, David Trott and James Walsh.

The rules in question would require states to completely overhaul their mail voting systems by using USPS-designated barcodes on all mail ballots while submitting full lists of mail voters to the Postal Service ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The Postal Service would refuse to deliver any ballot that does not carry the required barcode or if the ballot was addressed to a voter not on the provided list.

A district court judge blocked the rules from going into effect on Sept. 4. The Trump administration has since appealed to both the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to stay the judge’s decision.

The executive producer for “60 Minutes” said President Donald Trump will be fair game in the show’s coverage “one thousand percent.”

Nick Bilton, who was hired by CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss earlier this year, told The New York Times to expect to see some changes when the newsmagazine airs for its 59th season on Sunday.

“Over the summer, we’ve made changes to every aspect of the broadcast to make it stronger,” Bilton told the publication. That includes updated graphics and changes in the way the program is shot.

Asked if Trump will be fair game in its coverage, Bilton said “one thousand percent,” along with “everyone else in Washington, regardless of which side you’re on.”

Read the full story at The New York Times.

President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had a one-hour phone call on Tuesday morning, according to a Kremlin aide, who characterized the discussion as “constructive and frank” to Reuters.

Putin reportedly told Trump Russia has no hostile plans toward Europe. The claim seems to be at odds with Russia’s recent attacks on German infrastructure, including attacking the Leipzig/Halle Airport last month with an explosive-laden drone.

According to Moscow’s description of the call, the two discussed how ending the war would “immediately” open the door to restoring U.S.-Russia ties, an idea supported by Putin.

The two also discussed the outcome of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s visits to Ukraine and Russia last week, reportedly including a potential prisoner swap.

The White House, which is operating without a press secretary, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost regarding the veracity of Russia’s claims about the call.

Some departing flights at major British airports were disrupted on Tuesday after air traffic control provider NATS experienced a technical issue, with Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted among the airports affected by restrictions and delays.

“We are investigating a technical issue which is causing some disruption to flight departures. Our engineers are on site and we will provide an update as soon as we can,” NATS said in a post on X.

Heathrow, Britain’s biggest hub, said it was working with NATS to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

Edinburgh Airport said in a post on X that the issue might impact its operations. Ireland’s Dublin airport said flights there were also being affected.

Flight tracking website Flightradar24 said on social media that arrivals and departures were being heavily regulated at airports in the London flight information region because of the issue.

This is the latest problem to hit the country’s air traffic control systems.

In 2024, Britain’s aviation regulator said NATS needed to review its contingency plans for outages after the automatic processing of flight plans had malfunctioned a year earlier, causing chaos across Britain’s airports.

Airline bosses said it had cost them over £100 million ($135.49 million) in refunds and compensation.

In July last year, a radar-related technical issue in Britain’s air traffic control system disrupted flights for over four hours at major airports in London and elsewhere, including Heathrow.

The U.K. government said Tuesday that it’s banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that the U.K. will ban imports of all goods from the settlements, and some services including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate and advertising for settlements. He said that France and Canada would also ban trade in goods from settlements.

Netanyahu’s government views the West Bank as the biblical and historical homeland of the Jewish people and is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Corey Lewandowski, a longtime aide to President Donald Trump, effectively oversaw billions of dollars in contracts when he was Kristi Noem’s right hand at the Department of Homeland Security, a bombshell Wall Street Journal report claims.

The newspaper on Tuesday reported on Lewandowski’s time as a “special government employee” at DHS, and claims he “was effectively the shadow secretary at the department.”

The report goes on to allege that as well as having an influence over massive contracts, Lewandowski approached officials from two Middle Eastern countries — Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — and offered to help them with services that fell under the department’s remit.

The newspaper characterizes Lewandowski as trying to “sell government services for personal gain.”

A representative for Lewandowski, who left the department when Noem was ousted in March, denied the claims about seeking contracts with foreign governments and having power over departmental contracts, the newspaper reported.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made more than 170,000 pages of records about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks public in an online portal aimed at revealing what officials knew about the toxicity of the air around ground zero while they assured New Yorkers and first responders that the area was safe.

“We are here to release these documents today because for a long time New Yorkers have known the truth and yet they have been unable to see the truth in any document that’s been presented to them,” Mamdani said at a press conference on Tuesday announcing the portal’s opening.

The documents’ release comes three days before the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks and settles a lawsuit brought by advocacy group 9/11 Health Watch over what four different mayoral administrations knew about the long-term dangers to the public.

These concerns included discussion about cancer and asbestos, which Mamdani said are some of “the very search terms” found in the government files.

“We are now at a point where so many New Yorkers have lost their lives as a result of 9/11 health-related consequences than were killed on that day,” Mamdani said.

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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sued hundreds of patients and had dozens arrested for failing to pay bills from his medical office, The New York Times reported Monday.

Marshall worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist before coming to Congress in 2017. He’s now in a surprisingly competitive race for reelection against megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton.

The Times analyzed court records showing Marshall sued more than 700 patients over unpaid bills. More than 80 were arrested for missing court dates. One woman described being arrested three times, on one occasion asking police not to handcuff her in front of her 2-year-old. Experts said such aggressive bill-collection practices are rare.

“Sixty days before an election, The New York Times has decided that a rural doctor keeping the hospital’s lights on is some kind of scandal,” a spokesperson for Marshall’s campaign told The Times.

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Tensions in the Middle East have pushed oil prices to up to almost $100 a barrel.

On Tuesday morning, Brent crude, the international standard, surged by 1.5% to $98.48 a barrel — its highest level in about six weeks.

Benchmark U.S. crude surged 2.5% to $93.79 a barrel, about 40% up on the levels in late February just before the start of the U.S.-Iran war.

Jitters in the energy markets come as Iran-backed Houthis attacked Saudi energy facilities and Tehran threatened the U.S. with “economic warfare.”

How elevated oil prices are affecting the cost of living for everyday Americans is likely to be revealed in a key government inflation report on Thursday.

American voters increasingly believe President Donald Trump is doing more to corrupt the federal government than clean it up, according to an influential group of Democratic pollsters, which could present a major opportunity for the opposition party ahead of November’s midterm elections.

A new survey from the Navigator Research Project, whose findings are widely shared in Democratic circles, found 60% of voters believe Trump — whose political career famously began with promises to drain the swamp and criticisms of money in politics — is bringing more corruption to Washington, compared with just 40% who think he’s fixing the problem.

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Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney has made a public plea to President Donald Trump to consider pardoning her after a judge declared a mistrial Friday in her murder trial.

“Mr. President, I would hope that you would consider this young lady, the type of person she is, what she’s been through, and consider a pardon,” attorney Kevin Reddington said during an interview with “Good Morning America.”

Reddington mentioned Trump having already spoken out about the case, with Trump telling reporters on Friday that it’s been “hard not to follow it.”

“Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can’t be worse,” he said, with Clancy having admitted to killing her three young children during what her defense argued was postpartum psychosis. “But you’ll find out what the price to pay is. There’ll be a price. It’s going to be mental institution or jail or something.”

A jury on Friday deadlocked after seven days of deliberations. Prosecutors have not yet said whether they will retry the case.

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Hungary has ordered 10 members of Russia’s diplomatic mission to leave the country over activities deemed unacceptable for diplomats, Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said Tuesday.

Orbán did not specify the alleged activities or say how long the Russian personnel had to leave.

She said the Russian ambassador had been informed that “according to the assessment of the Hungarian authorities, 10 members of the Russian mission had engaged in activities in Hungary that are unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention.”

That is a reference to an international treaty that governs the conduct of diplomats.

The move comes under Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who took office earlier this year promising to end the country’s pro-Russia policies.

“This decision protects Hungary’s security and sovereignty,” the foreign minister wrote in a statement. “It does not imply breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia. Hungary intends to continue the necessary dialogue, based on mutual respect and adherence to the rules.”

Magyar’s predecessor, Viktor Orbán, was an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who repeatedly delayed or blocked European Union sanctions on Russia and pursued energy deals with Russia.

Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that would let users have more control over what they see on their social media feeds.

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Valuable Renoir paintings were stolen early Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, and investigators were hunting for the suspected thieves, police said.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday condemned the images out of Serbia showing Ratko Mladic, the late former general convicted of genocide over the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995, being buried as a hero despite the atrocities he committed.

Thousands of Serbs gathered in the capital on Monday for the ceremony.

“The images from Ratko Mladic’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking,” von der Leyen wrote on social media.

“The elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at the funeral are deeply regrettable,” von der Leyen continued. “They demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe’s recent history and contradict the values underpinning Serbia’s path towards the European Union.”

Mladic died last month in the Hague, where he was serving a life sentence.

The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking.Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He died while serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide and other crimes.…

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