By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ” with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as the storied theater synonymous with the Italian repertoire opened with a Russian melodrama for the second time since Moscow’s 2022
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By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have been made public for the first time, and they illustrate aspects of her legacy that
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere Sunday with a Russian opera for the second time since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But this year, instead of drawing protests for showcasing the invader’s culture, a flash mob will demonstrate for peace. La Scala’s music
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By MATT O’BRIEN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Police body cameras equipped with artificial intelligence have been trained to detect the faces of about 7,000 people on a “high risk” watch list in the Canadian city of Edmonton, a live test of whether facial recognition technology shunned as too intrusive could have a place in
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in literature for his surreal and anarchic novels that combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, gave a lecture in Stockholm on Sunday in one of his rare public appearances. The lecture was part of the Nobel week that is underway in Stockholm
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By VIRGILE AHISSOU and OPE ADETAYO Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou. A group of soldiers appeared on Benin ’s state
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Sunday, Dec. 07. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Monday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Philadelphia 3 1½ (41½) at LA CHARGERS College Football Saturday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at NAVY 3½ 6½ (38½) Army Saturday LA Bowl Inglewood, Calif. FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Washington 7½ 8½ (52½) Boise State Tuesday, Dec. 16 Salute to Veterans Bowl
Continue ReadingNo. 1 UConn (8-0) beat South Florida 85-51. No. 2 Texas (9-0) beat No. 11 North Carolina 79-64. No. 3 South Carolina (8-1) beat No. 22 Louisville 79-77. No. 4 UCLA (8-1) did not play. No. 5 LSU (9-0) beat Duke 93-77. No. 6 Michigan (7-1) beat Central Michigan 82-40. No. 7 Maryland (10-0) beat
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 6, 6 (two, six, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora village in North Goa, a party hub, some 25 kilometers (15-miles) from the state capital, Panaji. Goa’s Chief Minister Pramod Sawant
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Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — About a third of Hong Kong ‘s registered voters elected a new 90-member legislature Sunday, a turnout that avoided an embarrassment for the government but fell short of a ringing endorsement of an electoral system revamp that eliminated the once feisty opposition in
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS (AP) — Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado demonstrated Saturday in several cities worldwide to commemorate her Nobel Peace Prize win ahead of the prestigious award ceremony next week. Thousands of people marched through Madrid, Utrecht, Buenos Aires, Lima and other cities in support of Machado,
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