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Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert near site of Coachella music festival
By The Associated Press on April 13th, 2024
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) – A small earthquake shook the Southern California desert Saturday near Coachella, where the famous music festival is being held this weekend. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8, hit at 9:08 a.m. about 8 miles (13 kilometers) northeast of Borrego Springs in Riverside County, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert during Coachella music festival
By The Associated Press on April 13th, 2024
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) – A small earthquake shook the Southern California desert Saturday near Coachella, where the famous music festival is being held this weekend. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8, hit at 9:08 a.m. about 8 miles (13 kilometers) northeast of Borrego Springs in Riverside County, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87
By Jake Coyle And Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday at home in Rutherford, California, her family announced in a statement. Eleanor, who grew in Orange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maggie Rogers on ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ the album she wrote for a Sunday drive
By Elise Ryan, The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Maggie Rogers wrote and recorded her new album, “Don’t Forget Me,” over five days last winter. The songs came quickly and chronologically, as if she was writing “different scenes in a movie.” “I’ve been writing songs now for 15 years, and so I think I’ve just come into this place where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBS says its daytime show ‘The Talk’ will end its run in December after 15 seasons
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
“The Talk” is ending its long-running daytime conversation. The CBS talk show will end in December after 15 seasons, the network announced Friday. “The Talk” was created by actor Sara Gilbert with the idea of a group of female hosts speaking about hot topics and current events, much like ABC’s “The View.” Gilbert said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Belarus convicts a famous dissident rock band and sentences its members to correctional labor
By Yuras Karmanau, The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor. It was the latest in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed this country of 9.5 million people. Nizkiz band members – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93
By Dave Bryan, The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil. MacNeil ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several writers decline recognition from PEN America in protest over its Israel-Hamas war stance
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Several authors have turned down awards and awards nominations from PEN America, citing unhappiness with the literary and free expression organization’s stance on the war in Gaza. This week, PEN announced its long lists in categories ranging from the $75,000 Jean Stein Award for best book to the $10,000 PEN/Hemingway award ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures
By The Associated Press on April 12th, 2024
ROME (AP) – Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by the Trojan War, officials said Thursday. The hall, which features a mosaic floor, was uncovered as part of a project to shore up the areas dividing the excavated and unexcavated parts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge dismisses lawsuits filed against rapper Drake over deadly Astroworld concert
By Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on April 11th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Hip-hop artist Drake has been dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed, a judge has ruled. Drake was a special guest of rap superstar Travis Scott, who had headlined the festival. He performed with Scott at the end of the concert ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Where are they now? Key players in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson
By Michael Casey, The Associated Press on April 11th, 2024
The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought what’s dubbed the “Trial of the Century” that culminated with O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murders. The announcement Thursday that Simpson is dead has brought renewed attention to the closely watched trial and the fascinating cast of characters who played ... Read More »
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