Arts, Culture & Books

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The year the music might die: British clubs face closure

When Keiron Marshall was 15, he found his way out of a desperate situation with help from an unexpected source:…

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After 400 years, Native stories at heart of Mayflower events

Four hundred years after English colonists landed on Plymouth Rock and upended the lives of her ancestors, Paula Peters is…

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Mexico’s Acapulco hopes for rebound as virus, violence drop

Mexico´s Pacific coast resort of Acapulco is putting its hopes on a return of tourists as the number of coronavirus…

4 years ago
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Fewer people but deep faith on Greece’s Assumption holiday

In twos and threes, in small groups or alone, they came. Most walking, many crawling, ignoring bloodied knees and aching…

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Creator of mosquito-themed state flag says design was a joke

A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag, a design that…

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Denmark to make face masks compulsory on public transport

Wearing face masks on public transport will be compulsory in Denmark from Aug. 22 following a spike in numbers of…

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As COVID-19 cases rise in US, precious plasma donations lag

In late April, a coalition of New Mexico healthcare systems began asking local COVID-19 survivors to donate their plasma, the…

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How the coronavirus changed US political conventions, perhaps forever

The US political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being…

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Brits scrambling home from France after quarantine move

British holidaymakers in France were scrambling to return home Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the…

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‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoon sparks furore

A cartoon in Australia's biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate…

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