Marin Alsop to become Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal guest conductor next season
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Marin Alsop will become principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra next season, succeeding Nathalie Stutzmann.Alsop, 67, was music director of...
George and Amal Clooney’s foundation names 2 new co-CEOs to lead the legal services...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Clooney Foundation for Justice, established by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker George Clooney, announced...
TikTok restricts tool used by researchers – and its critics – to assess content...
NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed...
Yiyun Li’s ‘Wednesday’s Child’ among among finalists for $20,000 prize honoring short stories
NEW YORK (AP) — Short fiction by Yiyun Li, Bennett Sims and Paul Yoon are finalists for the 20th annual Story Prize, given for...
Nearly 200 cows and horses stuck on a Serbian river island in cold weather...
GARDINOVCI, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities on Tuesday started evacuating nearly 200 animals that have been stranded on a river island for weeks and...
Lindsay Lohan, Reneé Rapp and the stars of the new ‘Mean Girls’ turn out...
NEW YORK (AP) — She doesn't even go here, but Lindsay Lohan still joined the cast of the new “Mean Girls” at the musical...
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says
LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died from “natural causes” in July, a coroner said Tuesday.London's Metropolitan Police had said the singer's death...
Microsoft’s OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review
LONDON (AP) — Microsoft's multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI could trigger a European Union merger investigation, the bloc's executive branch said Tuesday.The European Commission...
Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over her role...
LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office said Tuesday she will hand back a royal honor in response to mounting...
Global economy will slow for a third straight year in 2024, World Bank predicts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hobbled by high interest rates, persistent inflation, slumping trade and a diminished China, the global economy will slow for a third...