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Shakira thrills a crowd of 2 million with free concert on Brazil's Copacabana beach
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Shakira has performed a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian city's mayor said 2 million people attended the event on Saturday night. It was part of her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran," or “Women No Longer Cry” world tour. Before the show, Shakira told Brazil’s TV Globo that she believes it will be the biggest concert of her career. The performance is part of Rio’s effort to boost the economy after major festivities such as the famous Carnival and New Year’s Eve festivities and before the monthlong Saint John’s Day celebrations in June. The mayor said the show could generate significant financial returns.
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Fugees rapper Pras reports to prison to begin 14-year sentence
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Wrexham's dream of reaching the Premier League is over, for this season anyway.
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Palo Alto Players’ production of the musical “Frozen” seemingly has something for everyone, especially the younger set.
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California is blessed with famous artists having long productive careers. Pacifica painter, printmaker, photographer and professor Roland Petersen turns 100, and he still wields a brush with the best of them. The “Roland Petersen at 100: A Life in Painting” show at The Studio Shop Gallery wi…
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Ahead of the summer months and a busy slate of events, the Redwood City Council will consider allowing public drinking in its downtown pedestrian mall to support local businesses and engage the community.
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Experience life in the 1880s at the Old Woodside Store Day this Sunday. The event, sponsored by the San Mateo County Historical Association, will focus on its history and the redwood logging that occurred in the region from noon to 4 p.m.
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Fugees rapper Pras reports to prison to begin 14-year sentence
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The organization behind the Oscars is for the first time addressing the use of artificial intelligence in performances and scripts for the 2027 Academy Awards. New rules emphasize human authorship but do not ban AI. The academy released updates Friday across many categories. Significant changes include expanding the international film category to include films that won top awards at prestigious festivals like Cannes and Venice. The academy also stresses that humans must be at the center of the creative process. Screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible. The academy will review AI-related cases individually. The academy says the updates reflect its global focus and commitment to honoring filmmakers.
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Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73. In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as “legendary.” He was well known for his work related to Spider-Man, including the creation of the Punisher, a vigilante antihero with a skull logo on his chest. Conway also wrote for a range of other major titles such as the Avengers and Iron Man. Conway is survived by his wife, Laura Conway, and two daughters from previous marriages.
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SAFFORD, Ariz (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has reported to federal prison to begin a 14-year sentence following a conviction over illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and “Toy Story.” But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or franchise: It’s a 3…
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NEW YORK (AP) — It's time to cowboy up, y'all. The 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards are right around the corner, and they look different this time around.
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A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make videos that are drawing millions of views. Ragamuffin Hall in McCoysville was the setting last weekend for a concert by two of the rising stars in that burgeoning scene, the married couple Ben and Rose Stoltzfus. Ben and Rose performed along with the musician and producer behind Ragamuffin Hall, Conrad Fisher. Fisher describes most of what gets recorded at Ragamuffin Hall as “clean country music” and rootsy bluegrass, with a heavy dose of gospel.
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True to its title, almost everything that can go wrong does in “The Play That Goes Wrong,” presented by Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory.
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Elusive street artist Banksy has claimed responsibility for a new sculpture in central London. The statue features a man striding off a plinth with his face covered by a flag. Banksy posted a video on his Instagram account Thursday showing snippets of how it was installed in the dead of night. Before Banksy's confirmation, locals and tourists speculated the sculpture near Buckingham Palace was his work due to his signature at the base. Known for spray-painting buildings, Banksy's street art has gained global fame, often selling for millions. Despite his success, Banksy has never publicly revealed his identity.
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Donna Brothers has been an integral part of NBC’s Kentucky Derby coverage since it acquired the rights to the race in 2001.
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Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son were ordered Thursday to stay 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other for the next three years as a Utah court commissioner continues to assess custody plans for the child. Paul has been unable to spend unsupervised time with her son since an April 7 hearing, when Third District Court Commissioner Russell Minas said Paul had a history of volatile behavior directed at her former partner, Dakota Mortensen, while kids were present. Minas on Thursday described the pair’s dynamic as “very toxic” before granting Paul and Mortensen’s dueling requests for protective orders against each other.
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NEW YORK (AP) — If you think the life of a journalist is glamorous, take a look at Ann Hermes' photograph of Tom Haley from a winter day in Rutland, Vermont.
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New York (AP) — She's from Texas I can tell by the way she's two-steppin' 'round the “Middle of Nowhere.”
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Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs
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Court ended early for the day at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after his accuser struggled on the witness stand. It happened Thursday after a defense lawyer showed jurors a previously undisclosed note that the woman wrote to herself two days after the alleged assault in 2013. The note described her feeling “emotionally attached” to someone and wanting a loving partnership. Weinstein's defense pointed out that the note says nothing about the alleged rape two days earlier in a Manhattan hotel. Weinstein says everything that happened between him and the woman accusing him was consensual. She straightforwardly answered questions Thursday but then said she felt “spacey” from the stress of testifying. That prompted the judge to adjourn court early.
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Britney Spears has been charged in California with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office says Spears was charged Thursday with a single misdemeanor count of driving under the combined influence of alcohol and at least one drug. The California Highway Patrol said the 44-year-old pop star was driving erratically in her BMW on March 4 on U.S 101 near her home outside of Los Angeles. She was arrested and jailed after taking several sobriety tests. A representative for Spears called her actions “completely inexcusable” and said she planned to comply with the law. Spears' representative later said she voluntarily checked into a substance abuse treatment facility.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Streaming provider Prime Video is diving into college sports by partnering with one of college basketball's biggest brands: Duke.
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Outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote the blue-collar anthem “Take This Job and Shove It'' and created a singing career after a stint in prison, has died. He was 86. A statement to People said he died Wednesday. The cause was not disclosed. Coe had a cult following based on his raw, often obscene lyrics and a checkered, somewhat mysterious past. His hits included “You Never Even Call Me by My Name” in 1975 and “The Ride” in 1983. He was also the first country singer to record “Tennessee Whiskey,” which has since become a genre standard.
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Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
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MILAN (AP) — The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday, just nine days before the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair opens, amid tensions over Russia's participation and the panel's decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.
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Formula 1's return from an unplanned month long hiatus is not only a time to see how rules tweaks will work, it offers an opportunity for Apple TV to have a second launch in its first year as F1’s U.S. broadcast partner.
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The leaders of major media companies around the world, including The Associated Press, are calling on Israel's government to lift a ban keeping foreign journalists from being able to independently enter and report from Gaza, a barrier that's been in place since the war's start in 2023 and co…
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The Venice Biennale’s international jury resigns amid dispute over Russia’s participation.
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Druski will host the 2026 BET Awards, becoming the youngest emcee in the show’s history. BET announced Thursday that the 31-year-old comedian will lead the ceremony, airing live June 28 from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Druski surpasses Kevin Hart, who previously held the distinction as the youngest host. Druski is best known for his viral sketches and has built a massive following across social media. The BET Awards, now in its 25th year, celebrates Black achievement across music, film, television and sports. The show will be produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment.
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A new survey finds teenagers are more likely to get news from nontraditional sources like social media and influencers than their elders are. Experts say that's likely heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information. The results are from the Media Insight Project. The survey finds 57% of teenagers get daily news from social media, compared with 36% of adults. Similarly, 57% of teens get some news from influencers, compared with 43% of adults. The new poll points to the pervasiveness of social media in teenagers’ lives and shows how more teens are consuming their news from these platforms or independent content creators, rather than directly from national or local news sources.
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For Wrexham’s growing global fanbase it’s set to be another heart-stopping end to the season.
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Singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It' and other hits, dies at 86
Singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It' and other hits, dies at 86.
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Prosecutors say singer D4vd stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to death to silence her
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Alt-pop singer D4vd has been charged with sexually abusing, murdering, and mutilating a 14-year-old girl. Los Angeles County prosecutors say Celeste Rivas Hernandez's decomposed remains were found in his abandoned Tesla. The allegations date back to 2023. That was just a year after the singer's first single made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart. D4vd's legal name is David Burke. He has pleaded not guilty and his attorney says he did not cause her death. The timeline of events as described by prosecutors is interwoven with Burke's career. Rivas Hernandez was last heard from two days before Burke's debut album dropped.
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Prosecutors say singer D4vd killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office shared what they said the evidence would show in a document filed Wednesday. The form says D4vd (pronounced “David”), whose legal name is David Burke, met Rivas Hernandez when she was 11, began a sexual relationship with her when she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her when she threatened to reveal their inappropriate relationship. Burke has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other counts. His lawyers have said he did not cause the girl’s death.
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Singer D4vd, pronounced “David,” is charged with killing and dismembering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. At a hearing planned for May 26, witnesses will be called and evidence will be presented to see if he should go to trial. The 21-year-old singer whose legal name is David Anthony Burke has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other felony counts. Prosecutors allege he stabbed Rivas Hernandez multiple times to silence her when she threatened to reveal their relationship and ruin his career. They say they have evidence to show he used chainsaws to cut up her body in his garage. His lawyers say he did not cause her death.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Onion is taking another stab at getting control of Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turning them into comedy sites spoofing the conspiracy theorist.
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Los Angeles prosecutors say singer D4vd stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to death to silence her.
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The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife. The details are in a new court filing Wednesday. Authorities say Cole Allen, of Torrance, California, was captured Saturday when he tried to race past security barricades, prompting an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents. The government says Allen repeatedly made online checks to keep track of the Republican president's status that night and “intended to kill.” Prosecutors want Allen to remain in custody. Allen’s defender says he’s presumed innocent.
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The first few minutes of “Hokum” might make you think you’re in the wrong movie. I certainly did. If you know anything about Damian McCarthy’s new horror movie, out Friday, it’s probably that it involves Adam Scott and a haunted Irish hotel. The setting is green and damp, a little chilly and…
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Fox will use British play-by-play commentators for six of its nine announcer teams at this year’s World Cup, adding Ian Crocker, Darren Fletcher and Mark Scott to Ian Darke, Derek Rae and Jacqui Oatley. There will be four all-British crews and 10 of 18 booth voices will be British. The tournament, which runs from June 11 to July 19 in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, has expanded from 32 nations to 48, increasing games from 64 games to 104. John Strong, JP Dellacamera and Tyler Terens are the American play-by-play announcers.
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Horses are poised, bets are on, hats are at the ready and the bourbon is standing by, ready to be poured into thousands of mint julep cocktails. It must be Kentucky Derby weekend.
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Fashion trends are notoriously fickle but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style.
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MILAN (AP) — Italian luxury brand Ferragamo said it can map the country of origin for much of the leather used to make its coveted footwear and handbags, a first step in traceability according to experts.
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Prosecutors release photo of alleged gunman in hotel room with firearms before he tried to rush correspondents' dinner.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Tennessee activists who have become known nationwide for fighting book bans will be honored by PEN America next month at its annual gala.
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Squishy, fidget-friendly toys called NeeDohs have broken a corner of the internet in recent months, leaving kids furiously hunting for the gadgets and toy stores struggling to keep up with demand.
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