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Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award.The three “all made such a global impact with their music,” Marie Ledin, managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners on Tuesday. Blackwell, 85, whose independent label started in Jamaica and signed artists such as Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Roxy Music, Tom Waits, Grace Jones and Marianne Faithful, made Island one “of the most successful labels in music history,” Ledin said in a statement. The award committee said that Kidjo’s “striking voice, stage presence and fluency in multiple cultures and languages has won respect from her peers.” The 62-year-old singer-songwriter has mixed the West African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America. Ledin described Pärt who is 87...

Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry returned to a London court Tuesday for a second day of hearings to see if the phone hacking lawsuit he brought with Elton John and other celebrities can withstand a challenge from the publisher of The Daily Mail. The case is one of several brought by the Duke of Sussex in his battle with the press and alleges the publisher hired private investigators to illegally bug homes and cars and to record phone conversations. Associated Newspapers Ltd. denies the allegations and is seeking to throw out the case, arguing that the claims are too old and rely on information they turned over in confidentiality for a 2012 probe into media law breaking. Actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, and John’s husband, David Furnish, are also parties to the case.The lawsuit alleges Associated Newspapers, which publishes The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday, commissioned the “breaking and entry into private property,” and engaged in other unlawful acts that invaded the privacy of ...

Hundreds of fencers protest against letting Russians compete

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — More than 300 fencers, including nine medalists from the last Olympics in Tokyo, signed an open letter published Tuesday urging the sport’s governing body and the International Olympic Committee not to allow Russian fencers to compete while the war in Ukraine continues.The International Fencing Federation, known by its French acronym FIE, voted this month to allow fencers from Russia and its ally Belarus to return to international competitions as qualifying for next year’s Olympics in Paris ramps up.“The FIE is not fulfilling its duty of care for athletes, especially for Ukrainians. Your insufficient leadership in completely banning Russia and Belarus is being called out by athletes and civil society across the globe,” said the open letter signed by the fencers, organized by two advocacy groups, Athleten Deutschland and Global Athlete.“You have chosen Russian and Belarusian interests over the rights of athletes, notably Ukrainian athletes, and by doing so, ...

Guerra de Rusia en Ucrania: última hora y noticias en vivo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

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Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests.Source

Man accused of stabbing Senate staffer was released from prison just a day before

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

A U.S. Senate staffer working for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was attacked by a man with a knife on Saturday as he was leaving a D.C. restaurant.The man accused of stabbing the staffer was released from prison just a day before.More Local NewsMore DC NewsThe senator’s office confirmed the attack in a statement on Monday.“This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C. I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions. We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery.”Police arrested Glynn Neal, 42, of Southeast, on a charge of assault with intent to kill.Police said that on Saturday around 5:15 p.m., officers were called to the 1300 block of H Street Northeast for the report of a stabbing. They found a man with life-threatenin...

ANÁLISIS | Estados Unidos le falló de nuevo a sus niños: otro tiroteo escolar silenció la vida de varios este vez en Nashville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

(CNN) — Es difícil imaginar una escena más desgarradora y típicamente estadounidense.Una cadena humana de niños, tomados de la mano, conducidos por policías, huyeron de la última escuela golpeada por una tragedia insondable. Este lunes, el turno fue de Nashville de unirse a la lista de ciudades que se han hecho famosas por una epidemia de tiroteos masivos que gran parte del país parece dispuesto a aceptar tácitamente como el precio del derecho a poseer armas de fuego de alto poder.La realidad de lo que se desarrolló en el interior de una escuela fue inhumano, pero desafortunadamente se puede imaginar dados los espantosos relatos internos que surgieron de tiroteos escolares anteriores: en Uvalde, Texas, el año pasado; o en la escuela primaria Sandy Hook en Connecticut en 2012.Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs y William Kinney, todos de nueve años, fueron asesinados a tiros por un atacante armado con dos armas estilo AR y una pistola, dos de las cuales, según la policía, fueron c...

Connect for Health Colorado tax form delays being addressed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Connect for Health Colorado is reaching out to clients who reported not receiving their 1095-A tax forms.The health insurance provider told FOX31 approximately 2,400 accounts were affected out of the 232,000 enrollments in 2022, so most clients received the proper tax documentation.However, some customers have spoken to FOX31 and shared what they have experienced ahead of the tax deadline on April 18.Tom Major told FOX31 he knew something was wrong when he tried for over a month to get his 1095-A form.“I can’t file my taxes,” said Major, who will owe money on his return. Aurora bans TikTok on city devices and some personal devices Diane Krueger, who lives near a rural mountain community, said she was unable to properly communicate with the insurer’s website. “I work from home, I have my office phone connected to my computer,” she said. The Problem Solvers reached out to a spokesperson who confirms data errors are behind the lack of tax forms.A statement provided t...

Winter storm set to cause more downed trees, power outages, and flooding for California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

(CNN) — A powerful winter storm system will strengthen over the Pacific, bringing damaging winds, rain, and heavy mountain snow to an already soaked California beginning Monday night.“Preceding storms have saturated soils which will result in trees coming down and the potential for more power outages,” National Weather Service San Francisco meteorologist Roger Grass told CNN.In an average winter, this type of atmospheric river storm would bring beneficial precipitation to the region. But given the unprecedented amount of rain and snow California has already received this winter, the storm will only exacerbate flooding issues, bring down weakened trees and add more snow to already record levels.Much of northern California is forecast to pick up 1-2 inches of rain, including the Bay Area, with isolated areas of higher rainfall.Though the totals may not seem very high, many locations are already experiencing their top 10 wettest Marches on record.“We still have ...

Belgian cops arrest 8 people during anti-terror raids

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:25 GMT

Belgian police arrested a total of eight people Monday evening around the country, with at least 5 of the detainees suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium.The arrests were the result of two investigations, according to a statement from the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, local media reported.“There are links between the two cases, but further investigation will need to reveal the extent to which the two cases were intertwined,” the statement reads. The searches of the first investigation, which saw Antwerp police arrest five people for questioning, took place around the country in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Molenbeek and Eupen. At least two people are suspected of preparing a terrorist attack on Belgian territory. In a separate investigation, three people were arrested across Zaventem and the Brussels municipalities of Molenbeek and Schaerbeek. All three are suspected of preparing a terrorist attack.The target of the attack is not known and no further ...