NEW YORK (AP) — Khatia Buniatishvili has been one of the most well-known classical musicians for more than a decade, but she prefers to keep the chatter
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India’s ban on Salman Rushdie ‘The Satanic Verses’ may end — thanks to missing paperwork
NEW DELHI (AP) — The decades-long ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt — not because of a change
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The Boy Scouts inspired Norman Rockwell. His works will now help pay survivors of abuse
DALLAS (AP) — In one Norman Rockwell painting, a family proudly welcomes a beaming Boy Scout home from camp, his duffel bag in hand. In
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More than 1,000 mariachis belt out classics like ‘Cielito Lindo’ in a Mexico City plaza
MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 1,000 mariachis gathered in Mexico City’s main plaza Sunday, strumming guitars and singing classics like “Cielito Lindo” to end
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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television
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The 44 Percent: FMU aviation museum, marijuana arrests, Haitian art and more
MIAMI — On Sunday, after the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys as quarterback Brock Purdy was giving an on-camera interview to NBC Sports,
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A New Zealand city waves goodbye to its giant hand sculpture that many came to love
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand
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Thriving Charities gives $30K to support UVI’s music program
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is pleased to announce that it has received a $30,000 gift from Thriving Charities Advocates
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Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so
STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that
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Memphis man gets life sentence for killing rapper Young Dolph
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Justin Johnson was found guilty of murder in the death of rapper Young Dolph on Thursday after the jury heard testimony from a
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