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Sep 22, 2026, 7:18 AM

No cross-spectrum stories qualified in this run.

CULTURETHE BRIEF09/22/26

Ed Sheeran addressed controversy after Macklemore was removed from his tour over pro-Palestinian remarks.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸The concert was held at Gillette Stadium in Philadelphia on Saturday. — Breitbart News
▸Billionaire Robert Kraft pressured Sheeran's team to remove Macklemore from the tour. — Mother Jones

CULTURETHE BRIEF09/22/26

Converse apologized after its ad featuring K-pop singer Karina faced accusations of racist imagery.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸The ad features K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding Chuck 70 X sneakers. — Daily Wire

CULTURETHE BRIEF09/22/26

Archaeologists launched an emergency dig to recover thousands of artifacts scattered by Typhoon Halong in 2025.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸Typhoon Halong in 2025 displaced thousands of objects from a western Alaska dig site across miles of coastline. — NPR Culture

CULTURETHE BRIEF09/22/26

New DNA analysis from a lock of hair provides additional evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸Smithsonian scholar Richard Kurin spent 15 years tracing DNA evidence in a project called History by a Hair. — NPR Culture

CULTURETHE BRIEF09/22/26

President Lincoln's pocket watch contains a secret message inscribed in 1861 by its watchmaker about a pivotal moment in U.S. history.

WHAT'S REPORTED

▸The secret inscription was discovered when the pocket watch was being cleaned in 1861. — NPR Culture