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From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – It’s springtime in Europe – time for the annual blossoming of spectacle and sound known as the Eurovision Song Contest. Taking place in May in Malmö, Sweden, the 68th annual competition will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s pop crown in a feelgood extravaganza that strives – not always ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes
By Andrea RodrÃguez, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
HAVANA (AP) – His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. For the last four decades, Padura, 68, has managed to turn his series of detective thrillers into a social and political chronicle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They’re banning the book ban
By Steve Karnowski And Mike Catalini, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – As a queer and out youth, Shae Ross was alarmed when she heard that conservative groups were organizing in her community to ban books dealing with sexuality, gender and race. So she and her friends got organized themselves, and helped persuade their school board to make it much harder to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels
By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it predicting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. “People have been dreaming of high-speed rail in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room – roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion. There were utterances posted a few seconds after they left a lawyer’s mouth. Observations on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Work starts on bullet train rail line from Sin City to the City of Angels
By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area has started construction, officials said Monday, amid predictions that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. “People have been dreaming of high-speed rail in America for decades,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place next week. PEN, a literary and free expression organization, hands out hundreds of thousands ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 13 years, dies
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who served as music director at orchestras on three continents, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 13 years, has died. He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday. Davis had been managing the disease ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags
By Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
MIAMI (AP) – A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court on charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her native Colombia. Nancy Gonzalez was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ – ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons’ next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand in the distance separated by a dawning sun. Or is it setting? Lead singer and songwriter Dan Reynolds, who dreamed it up, sees it both ways. “You can’t really tell if it’s a sunset or a sunrise, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wake up, sleeping beauties. It’s almost Met Gala time
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – True love’s kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarified ranks of international celebrity – and Anna Wintour’s good graces – need not choose. Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media will ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first ... Read More »
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