Louisiana high school boasts 4 best-album Grammy nominees
<p>NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans high school is celebrating Grammy nominations for four of its graduates.</p>
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Bread and Cameos — a year without income from Broadway stage
<p>NEW YORK — A year ago, Max Kumangai was dazzling crowds with a jolt of live Broadway excitement. Now he’s doing it with his...
A peek behind the masks, precautions at the pandemic Grammys
LOS ANGELES — I have covered the Grammy Awards for the Associated Press for 15 years. But this strange year feels like the first...
Review: On ‘Spaceman,’ Nick Jonas opens his pandemic diary
<p>"Spaceman," Nick Jonas (Island Records)</p>
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Almodóvar returns to the female universe with Penélope Cruz
NEW YORK — Pedro Almodóvar exposed all his vulnerability in the semi-autobiographical film “Pain and Glory.” Now he returns his focus to women not...
Norway’s aging king to remain on sick leave after surgery
<p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway’s 84-year-old King Harald V will remain on sick leave from his ceremonial duties until April 11 after successful leg surgery...
Minneapolis bowling alley drone video takes off online
MINNEAPOLIS — A video taken by a camera-equipped drone buzzing through the nooks and crannies of a historic Minneapolis bowling alley has attracted hundreds...
Friends, family mourn death of Houston’s Third Ward rapper
HOUSTON — Residents from Houston's Third Ward are mourning the shooting death of Xavier Roberson, a rapper who used his music as a vehicle...
Russian folk song rejected as substitute Olympic anthem
GENEVA — Russia's wish to use a patriotic Soviet-era folk song as a replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics was rejected by the Court...
An ‘optimistic’ Verona Arena announces summer opera lineup
<p>MILAN — Riccardo Muti and Plácido Domingo will headline the 2021 Verona Arena Opera Festival, essentially last year's canceled season revived as a sign...