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MI5 missed chance to prevent concert attack, UK inquiry says
By The Associated Press on March 2nd, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn’t act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in northwest England, an inquiry found Thursday. Retired judge John Saunders, who led the inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tennessee measure restricting drag shows heads to governor
By Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press on March 2nd, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday that would severely limit where certain drag shows can take place, a proposal Republican Gov. Bill Lee has vowed to sign into law. No other state has acted as fast as Tennessee to ensure that drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Danish queen discharged from hospital after back surgery
By The Associated Press on March 2nd, 2023
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, was discharged from a Copenhagen hospital Thursday after undergoing a back operation last week, the palace said. Doctors were satisfied with the Feb. 22 operation and the condition of the 82-year-old queen, the royal household said, adding that “awaiting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anna Netrebko concert canceled by Taiwan orchestra
By The Associated Press on March 1st, 2023
Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra canceled a March 5 concert scheduled to feature soprano Anna Netrebko in a decision the orchestra said it made “due to public concerns.” Netrebko had been scheduled to perform with her husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov, and mezzo-soprano I-Chiao Shih. The orchestra said in a statement Tuesday that ticket buyers will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Star-studded D.C. tribute concert celebrates Gershwin Prize winner Joni Mitchell
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on March 1st, 2023
WASHINGTON – Alberta-born songstress Joni Mitchell headed up a procession of musical luminaries past and present Wednesday at a gala celebration of her latest lifetime achievement: the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. A roster of performers including Marcus Mumford, Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper and Brandi Carlile lit up the stage in tribute ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum’s mammoth ‘Woolly’ with pink paint
By The Canadian Press on March 1st, 2023
VICTORIA – A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change. A statement issued by the new climate campaign “On2Ottawa” says washable pink paint was tossed at the tusks of the three-metre-tall mammoth to protest what it calls ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrats ask Fox not to push ‘propaganda’ on 2020 election
By Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The two top Democrats in Congress are asking Fox News executives not to spread “grave propaganda” about the 2020 election and are demanding that commentators who have falsely suggested that the election was stolen acknowledge on the air that they were wrong. The letter to Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch from Senate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Balmain show sparkles, Ukraine designer evokes life at home
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2023
PARIS (AP) – Balmain’s pearls and crystals dazzled Paris Fashion Week Wednesday in its stylish ode to the ’80’s. Meanwhile, geopolitical activism met tuxedo jackets when one vocal Ukrainian designer put on a show paying homage to her country and team of over 20 people currently working in Kyiv. Here are some highlights of Wednesday’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harry, Meghan asked to leave UK home in further royal rift
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have been asked to vacate their home in Britain, suggesting a further fraying of ties with the royal family amid preparations for the coronation of his father, King Charles III. Frogmore Cottage, on the grounds of Windsor Castle west of London, had been intended as the ... Read More »
1 responseAnna Netrebko concert canceled by Taiwan national orchestra
By The Associated Press on March 1st, 2023
Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra canceled a March 5 concert scheduled to feature soprano Anna Netrebko in a decision the orchestra said it made “due to public concerns.” Netrebko had been scheduled to perform with her husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov, and mezzo-soprano I-Chiao Shih. The orchestra said in a statement Tuesday that ticker buyers will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jonathan Majors flexes his acting muscle, turns heavyweight
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – The order came before he arrived. French fries and a glass of milk. Jonathan Majors shortly after slides into a table in the back of the bar at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. On the table he places a small cup off to the side. In his backpack he has pens, ... Read More »
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