内容摘要：which begins streaming on April 29. The adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel employs a first-person point of view to tell the story of two boys at a brutal reform school in the Jim Crow South.

which begins streaming on April 29. The adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel employs a first-person point of view to tell the story of two boys at a brutal reform school in the Jim Crow South.

Charms are found across the release, like in the honky-tonk happy “Texas,” and its cheerful reference toclassic “All My Ex’s Live In Texas,” or the big-hearted and big-voiced ballad on God and grief, “Let Him In Anyway.”

Collaborations are few and pointed. Shelton and Stefani harmonize beautifully on “Hanging On’"; he doeson “Heaven Sweet Home,” an affecting meditation of mortality. He taps Josh Anderson for the slow-burn closer “Years.”Shelton might live a very different life than the characters found in his songs, as is often true of any larger-than-life celebrity performer. But make no mistake, this is a giant pop country record, with limitless potential for radio ubiquity.

For more AP reviews of recent music releases, visit:OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — In the bracing morning cold in the forest highlands overlooking Kenya’s Maasailand,

or blankets line up for a cup of hot milk that will sustain them through the day.

In spite of the cold, they have been sleeping on the forest floor. They have gone hungry. And they haven’t bathed in a month.KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The metal gates are padlocked now at the Parichaya Samaj center that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and supports the queer community in

. A sign at the entry says they are unable to help anymore. The staff and volunteers are gone.Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration began dismantling the

, which was responsible for humanitarian aid, most of the help centers for Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community have been closed due to lack of funds. Thousands of people have been left without support.It is an unprecedented setback to the Himalayan nation’s growing queer community, which has made significant progress in recent years.