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Today: March 13, 2026
Today: March 13, 2026

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Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum

Harvard University has handed over rare 1850 photos of enslaved people to a museum in Charleston

Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum
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Jill Biden opens up in memoir about Joe Biden's decision to end his 2024 reelection bid

Jill Biden says she wants to “set the record straight” as she breaks her silence about Joe Biden’s decision to end his 2024 presidential reelection bid under pressure from Democrats who were concerned about his age and viability against Republican Donald Trump

Jill Biden opens up in memoir about Joe Biden's decision to end his 2024 reelection bid
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Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War

By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death on March 17 included Irish immigrants in the Continental Army and those serving the British Redcoats.

Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War
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Syracuse fires coach Adrian Autry following 3 unsuccessful seasons in post-Jim Boeheim era

Adrian Autry has been fired as head basketball coach at Syracuse after three largely unsuccessful seasons

Syracuse fires coach Adrian Autry following 3 unsuccessful seasons in post-Jim Boeheim era
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And best drama goes to… this year’s totally unhinged award season

And best drama goes to… this year’s totally unhinged award season

And best drama goes to… this year’s totally unhinged award season
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Generative AI can play a role uplifting family and community in early childhood education

Researchers use text and image generators to design culturally relevant educational content for young children.

Generative AI can play a role uplifting family and community in early childhood education
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Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers

Petrochemicals derived from oil and fossil fuels underlie the production of many consumer goods − and many you wouldn’t know from looking at the final product.

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers
Arts|Business|Food|Lifestyle|Science|Technology

Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks – so why do they all look the same?

The purportedly unique and local feel of coffee shops has instead been homogenized into a singular, palatable aesthetic.

Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks – so why do they all look the same?
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South Africa’s extravagant matric balls are the ‘Met Gala’ of high school dances

South Africa’s extravagant matric balls are the ‘Met Gala’ of high school dances

South Africa’s extravagant matric balls are the ‘Met Gala’ of high school dances
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Matt Snell, who scored the Jets’ only TD in the Super Bowl upset of Colts, has died at age 84

Matt Snell, the bruising running back who scored the go-ahead touchdown in the Jets’ Super Bowl win in 1969, has died at 84

Matt Snell, who scored the Jets’ only TD in the Super Bowl upset of Colts, has died at age 84
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Ken Follett's next epic heads to Victorian Britain, where strict morals meet secret passions

Ken Follett’s next historical epic is a story of forbidden romance set during a time of official propriety, the Victorian age

Ken Follett's next epic heads to Victorian Britain, where strict morals meet secret passions
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Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar

Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar

Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar
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Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis adapt ‘Scarpetta’ book series for TV

Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis met at the Oscars in 2021

Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis adapt ‘Scarpetta’ book series for TV
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That purple Hawaii vacation lei likely came from Thailand, and some lawmakers want to change that

Flower garlands are synonymous with Hawaii

That purple Hawaii vacation lei likely came from Thailand, and some lawmakers want to change that
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Dudamel says Chalamet shows ignorance in claiming 'no one cares' about opera and ballet

Gustavo Dudamel is pushing back after Timothée Chalamet said “no one cares” about opera and ballet

Dudamel says Chalamet shows ignorance in claiming 'no one cares' about opera and ballet
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Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired

Authorities say a Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder and other felonies over gunshots fired at Rihanna's Los Angeles home last weekend

Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired
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Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace

A 16-foot (5-meter) Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood as part of a traveling project that brings the religious image to communities across the capital and nearby cities in central Mexico

Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace
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Trump’s designs for Air Force One echo TWA, US Airways, Obama’s charter and other planes of the past

Trump’s designs for Air Force One echo TWA, US Airways, Obama’s charter and other planes of the past

Trump’s designs for Air Force One echo TWA, US Airways, Obama’s charter and other planes of the past
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Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu close Paris Fashion Week with competing visions of nature

Louis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière built a fake mountain range inside the Louvre and sent models climbing through it

Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu close Paris Fashion Week with competing visions of nature
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The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O’Brien back and a 'moving' in memoriam

The Oscars team says the 98th Academy Awards aims to feel warm, tight and built for both the room and viewers at home

The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O’Brien back and a 'moving' in memoriam
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Best cat? Funniest prop? Ahead of the Oscars, the AP hands out its own awards

Awards season has a way of diminishing the movie year into a handful of films that are talked about ad nauseam for months

Best cat? Funniest prop? Ahead of the Oscars, the AP hands out its own awards
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Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

Italy's Culture Ministry says the government has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros, one of the largest investments ever for a single artwork

Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work
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How escapist should fashion be?

How escapist should fashion be?

How escapist should fashion be?
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Judge scolds Live Nation and Justice Department for secret settlement talks

Judge scolds Live Nation and Justice Department for secret settlement talks

Judge scolds Live Nation and Justice Department for secret settlement talks
Arts|Entertainment|Environment|Lifestyle

Photographer finds purpose in Southwest Florida's nature

Photographer finds purpose in Southwest Florida's nature

Photographer finds purpose in Southwest Florida's nature
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Art piece remembers familiar tree lost during winter storm

Art piece remembers familiar tree lost during winter storm

Art piece remembers familiar tree lost during winter storm
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Mom finds the people her organ donor son saved, invites them to do his favorite activity, dance

Mom finds the people her organ donor son saved, invites them to do his favorite activity, dance

Mom finds the people her organ donor son saved, invites them to do his favorite activity, dance
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Michael Bloomberg, biggest donor of 2025, tops Philanthropy 50 list for third year in a row

Michael Bloomberg tops a new list of America’s biggest donors, after giving billions to a wide range of causes

Michael Bloomberg, biggest donor of 2025, tops Philanthropy 50 list for third year in a row
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Gustavo Dudamel's tenure as New York Philharmonic music director opens at Radio City Music Hall

Gustavo Dudamel starts a new era as music director of the New York Philharmonic in September, and he wants it to feel bold and modern

Gustavo Dudamel's tenure as New York Philharmonic music director opens at Radio City Music Hall
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Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset – new research

Different types of alcoholic beverages elicit symbolic cues that can influence the choices a person makes about consumption.

Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset – new research
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Dignified transfer for Kentucky soldier who was the 7th US service member to die in Iran war

Vice President JD Vance joined the grieving family of a Kentucky man who was the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war as his remains were brought back to the U.S. The dignified transfer took place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Monday evening

Dignified transfer for Kentucky soldier who was the 7th US service member to die in Iran war
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'Dancing with the Stars' pro Mark Ballas leaps back to Broadway in 'Chicago'

Mark Ballas returns to Broadway in “Chicago,” and he reunites with former “Dancing with the Stars” partner Whitney Leavitt

'Dancing with the Stars' pro Mark Ballas leaps back to Broadway in 'Chicago'
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From bodice rippers to romantasy, romance novels are dominating the book market – and rewriting women’s sexual power

Today’s romance novels spotlight women in control in the bedroom and in their relationships.

From bodice rippers to romantasy, romance novels are dominating the book market – and rewriting women’s sexual power
Americas|Arts|Crime|Education|Political

Mariachi-playing brothers and their parents are released from ICE custody

Mariachi-playing brothers and their parents are released from ICE custody

Mariachi-playing brothers and their parents are released from ICE custody
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15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown

Tomoko Kobayashi reopened her inn in northeastern Fukushima to bring a sense of normal life back to her deserted hometown five years after the nuclear disaster

15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown
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Margot Robbie, Oprah watch Blazy transform Chanel with color and craft

Chanel’s Matthieu Blazy is still building

Margot Robbie, Oprah watch Blazy transform Chanel with color and craft
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White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage

Through its social media feed, the White House has sent out a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, video game footage and sports heroes

White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage
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Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60

Tommy DeCarlo, who sang with the band Boston for nearly 20 years after posting a Myspace tribute to the band’s original singer, has died at 60

Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60
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Two teen brothers in Texas mariachi band are released from ICE custody amid bipartisan criticism

Two teen brothers in a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas have been released from immigration custody after bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration’s campaign for mass deportation overreached

Two teen brothers in Texas mariachi band are released from ICE custody amid bipartisan criticism
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Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case

The Justice Department says it's reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, California-based Live Nation Entertainment that will benefit consumers by letting competitors play a role in ticket sales and force Live Nation to give up control of 13 amphitheaters

Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case
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Tom Brady and the Fanatics Flag Football Classic moving from Riyadh to Los Angeles

Tom Brady and the Fanatics Flag Football Classic are moving closer to home for their inaugural event, switching from Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles

Tom Brady and the Fanatics Flag Football Classic moving from Riyadh to Los Angeles
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'Poetry Out Loud' event showcases young New Mexican poets

'Poetry Out Loud' event showcases young New Mexican poets

'Poetry Out Loud' event showcases young New Mexican poets
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A sweeping biography of Robert McNamara wins $50,000 book prize

A deep and wide-ranging biography of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has won a $50,000 prize

A sweeping biography of Robert McNamara wins $50,000 book prize
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Director Mendonça Filho of 'The Secret Agent' reflects on memory and success of Brazilian cinema

Brazilian thriller “The Secret Agent” has grabbed Oscars attention with nominations for best international film and best picture

Director Mendonça Filho of 'The Secret Agent' reflects on memory and success of Brazilian cinema
Arts|Education

'Migrant Mother' plaque finds new home at Nipomo Library

'Migrant Mother' plaque finds new home at Nipomo Library

'Migrant Mother' plaque finds new home at Nipomo Library
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Live Nation settles antitrust lawsuit with Justice Department

Live Nation settles antitrust lawsuit with Justice Department

Live Nation settles antitrust lawsuit with Justice Department
Arts|Entertainment

Urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón remembered at New York funeral

Family, friends and fans are gathering for the funeral of urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón

Urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón remembered at New York funeral
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Stars hit Paris runways, but fall’s real trend was dressing for hard times — and real life

Paris Fashion Week shows designers resetting big brands with clothes that match a tense, noisy world

Stars hit Paris runways, but fall’s real trend was dressing for hard times — and real life
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Simon & Schuster names former Amazon executive Greg Greeley as CEO, succeeding Jonathan Karp

Simon & Schuster has named a former Amazon

Simon & Schuster names former Amazon executive Greg Greeley as CEO, succeeding Jonathan Karp
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Boy battling bone cancer gets bedroom makeover, Creighton men's basketball joins surprise

Boy battling bone cancer gets bedroom makeover, Creighton men's basketball joins surprise

Boy battling bone cancer gets bedroom makeover, Creighton men's basketball joins surprise
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Q&A: Activists, 'sister-friends' Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee channel their bond into a new book

They call themselves “sister-friends.”

Q&A: Activists, 'sister-friends' Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee channel their bond into a new book
Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Environment|Finance|Lifestyle|Political|Science|Sports|Technology|Travel|World

A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself

A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself

A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself
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Arkansas' John Calipari becomes 5th Division I men's coach to reach 900 victories

Arkansas coach John Calipari became the fifth Division I men’s basketball coach to reach 900 career wins with the Razorbacks’ 88-84 victory over Missouri

Arkansas' John Calipari becomes 5th Division I men's coach to reach 900 victories
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Formula 1 appears to delay decision on two Middle East races in April affected by Iran war

Formula One appears to have delayed a decision on whether to cancel its races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April which have been placed in doubt due to the Iran war

Formula 1 appears to delay decision on two Middle East races in April affected by Iran war
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In Miami, the opening game of the World Baseball Classic was a celebration for Venezuelan fans

Venezuelan fans are turning the World Baseball Classic in Miami into a celebration

In Miami, the opening game of the World Baseball Classic was a celebration for Venezuelan fans
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Woman sues author Amy Griffin, saying her memoir 'The Tell' stole stories of sexual abuse

A woman has sued memoir author Amy Griffin, saying Griffin stole descriptions of childhood sexual abuse from incidents in her life

Woman sues author Amy Griffin, saying her memoir 'The Tell' stole stories of sexual abuse
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Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents' tear gas use

Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the facility

Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents' tear gas use
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Pentagon's chief tech officer says he clashed with AI company Anthropic over autonomous warfare

A top Pentagon official says a fight with Anthropic centered on how the military could someday use artificial intelligence in autonomous weapons

Pentagon's chief tech officer says he clashed with AI company Anthropic over autonomous warfare
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Spanish soccer team desperately seeking Madonna and her 36-year-old shirt

A Spanish soccer team is asking Madonna for help in finding the club shirt she wore on stage during a concert in 1990

Spanish soccer team desperately seeking Madonna and her 36-year-old shirt
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Andris Nelsons out as music director of Boston Symphony at end of 2026-27 season

Andris Nelsons is leaving as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra after the board decides not to renew him

Andris Nelsons out as music director of Boston Symphony at end of 2026-27 season
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J Balvin remade Van Halen's 'Jump' as Coca-Cola's World Cup anthem. He says it was 'a puzzle'

In need of a global superstar for a sports anthem

J Balvin remade Van Halen's 'Jump' as Coca-Cola's World Cup anthem. He says it was 'a puzzle'
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Kennedy Center exodus continues as National Symphony director Jean Davidson heads to the Wallis

National Symphony Orchestra director Jean Davidson has left the Kennedy Center to lead the Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles, as turmoil grows under President Donald Trump’s control

Kennedy Center exodus continues as National Symphony director Jean Davidson heads to the Wallis
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State leaders call on Washington as restaurants feel impacts of crawfish shortage

State leaders call on Washington as restaurants feel impacts of crawfish shortage

State leaders call on Washington as restaurants feel impacts of crawfish shortage
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High School senior wins international jazz trombone competition

High School senior wins international jazz trombone competition

High School senior wins international jazz trombone competition
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Messi has long steered clear of politics. Does his visit to Trump's White House mark a change?

Assisted by a glittering, pink soccer ball, Lionel Messi crossed yet another frontier with his visit to the White House

Messi has long steered clear of politics. Does his visit to Trump's White House mark a change?
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Before his return to the Oscars, Yorgos Lanthimos finds a still moment in Athens

Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has opened a photography exhibition in Athens days before he is due to attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles

Before his return to the Oscars, Yorgos Lanthimos finds a still moment in Athens
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Good dad intentions are at the heart of Steve Carell's new series 'Rooster'

Steve Carell has a new HBO comedy that digs into the awkward push and pull between dads and adult daughters

Good dad intentions are at the heart of Steve Carell's new series 'Rooster'
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In Paris fashion, skin is in and celebrities rule the runways

Paris Fashion Week is delivering a forceful reminder of why it remains a capital of fashion, with blockbuster celebrity front rows, boundary-pushing design and collections that are tackling big ideas about power, craft and the female body

In Paris fashion, skin is in and celebrities rule the runways
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After 5 years, Sarah J. Maas returns to 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' with 2 untitled books

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After 5 years, Sarah J. Maas returns to 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' with 2 untitled books
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Daryl Hannah issues scathing response to portrayal of her on TV series about Kennedy and Bessette

Daryl Hannah has issued a scathing response to the new TV series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn Bessette

Daryl Hannah issues scathing response to portrayal of her on TV series about Kennedy and Bessette
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Mexican president visits Jalisco to ease concerns over violence ahead of FIFA World Cup

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is visiting the western state of Jalisco in an attempt to offset fears over the upcoming FIFA World Cup

Mexican president visits Jalisco to ease concerns over violence ahead of FIFA World Cup
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Is 'Tristan' the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met

Opera director Yuval Sharon has said that Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” is the hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage

Is 'Tristan' the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met
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San Francisco Skee-Ball champion opens arcade and launches city's first league

San Francisco Skee-Ball champion opens arcade and launches city's first league

San Francisco Skee-Ball champion opens arcade and launches city's first league
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Belarus leader pardons 18 prisoners in an effort to improve ties with the US

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States

Belarus leader pardons 18 prisoners in an effort to improve ties with the US