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FILE - Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons rehearses with the orchestra at Symphony Hall, Nov. 20, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Boston Symphony Orchestra and musicians extend contract for 48 hours, delaying possible first strike

2:34 PM on Sunday, August 23

The Boston Symphony Orchestra says it has agreed with its musicians to a 48-hour extension of their collective bargaining agreement

‘Spider-Man’ tops box office in fourth weekend; ‘The Odyssey’ becomes Nolan’s highest-grossing film

12:27 PM on Sunday, August 23

"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" continues to dominate the box office, holding the top spot for the fourth weekend

Union for Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians authorizes first strike in ensemble's 145-year history

10:49 PM on Saturday, August 22

The union for Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians has authorized the first strike in the ensemble's 145-year history

FILE - Janie Bradford, left, and George Clinton attend a ceremony honoring Clinton with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jan. 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Early Motown songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs dies in Los Angeles after illness at age 87

12:47 PM on Saturday, August 22

Early Motown songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs has died, at the age of 87

Trump urges court to reject BBC's bid to secure records from his family in defamation case

11:19 AM on Saturday, August 22

President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC’s request for the court’s help in securing testimony and documents from three members of the president’s family in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster

A Deyunshe theater, part of the comedy group founded by Guo Degang, is seen in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

China investigates comedian after he altered a revolutionary song lyric onstage

6:20 PM on Friday, August 21

One of China’s best-known comedians is under investigation after changing lyrics of a revolutionary song during a performance

Eylsia Nicolas Continues Her Global Surge: New BookKard Release, Power Ace Radio Honors, and a Life Story Spanning Tennis Triumphs, Hollywood Turbulence, Academic Leadership, Patented Sound Technology, and Meta‑Driven Worldwide Music Success

6:20 PM on Friday, August 21

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from the air, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon dismisses Stars and Stripes leadership after editor, reporter oppose military interference

3:12 PM on Friday, August 21

The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter

Todorov Announces Bread and Blood: The Bakers of Kyivan Rus, a Satirical Journey Through Slavic Folklore and History

8:00 AM on Friday, August 21

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry arrives at London's High Court to lead a group, including Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, accusing the Daily Mail's publisher of privacy invasion through unlawful tactics in a trial that is part of a wider phone hacking scandal in London, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry and 6 others must pay initial $13 million over failed invasion of privacy case

7:20 AM on Friday, August 21

Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay 9.5 million pounds to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail

This combination of book cover images shows "American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump” by Kai Bird, "Music Against the Night: A Novel" by Yiyun Li, “Promise Me, America” by Joe Biden, "Switzy" by Emma Cline, and "The Disappearers" by Marlon James. (Scribner/FSG/Little, Brown & Co./Random House/Riverhead via AP)

5 books to read this fall, from Marlon James to Joe Biden

6:11 AM on Friday, August 21

Notable new books for the fall season range from Emma Cline's novel about a dying man's final journey to former President Joe Biden's White House memoir

This combination of images show, top row from left, "A Court of Splintered Harmony" by Sarah J. Maas, "American Hagwon" by Min Jin Lee, "American Scoundrel" by Kai Bird, "Birth of a Culture" by Grandmaster Flash with Scoop Jackson, "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea" by Emily Wilson, "Exit Party," by Emily St. John Mandel, second row from left, "In Latin America You Could Be Free" by Yesenia Barragan, "Life of M" by Rachel Cusk, "Music Against the Night" by Yiyun Li, "Partita" by Barbara Kingsolver, "Peculiar Stars" by Rebecca Yarros, "Ply" by Hernan Diaz, third row from left, "Renaissance Men" by Harriet A Washington, "Staying Still" by Hieu Minh Nguyen, "Taipei Story" by R.F. Kuang, "The Brightness" by Chad Harbach, "The Disappearers" by Marlon James, "The French Illusion" by John Grisham, bottom row from left, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State" by Jill Lepore, "The Rush" by Nathaniel Philbrick, "The Telephone" by James Gleick, "The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman" by Deeshaw Philyaw, "Threshing Day" by Rebecca Yarros, and "The Witches of Cambridge" by Alice Hoffman. (AP Photo)

Fall books: Fiction takes the spotlight in bookstores during the midterm season

6:09 AM on Friday, August 21

Election news will likely fill the headlines this fall, but among book buyers fiction will likely have top billing

Sweden's Armand Duplantis bites his gold medal as he celebrates winning the men's pole vault final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Harlow)

Mondo can sing, too: Duplantis releases 'Gold' as anthem for Ultimate Championship

6:01 AM on Friday, August 21

Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is singing about his favorite color in a promotion for the first Ultimate Championship

British rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, leaves the Western Australian District Court in Perth, Australia, on July 27, 2026. (Aaron Bunch/AAP Image via AP)

Prosecutors to retry Yung Filly on 3 rape charges in Australia

2:22 AM on Friday, August 21

British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly will be retried on three charges that allege he raped a fan in Australia following a music performance two years ago

FILE - Britain's Prince William and Britain's Prince Harry walk beside each other after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Sept. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

A question looms over Harry's return to the UK. Can he rebuild his relationship with Prince William?

12:05 AM on Friday, August 21

The royal family’s long-running American soap opera is returning to Britain

Duane Davis appears in court during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

Jurors hear 'Keffe D' say his nephew fired fatal shots at Tupac Shakur in 1996 drive-by shooting

7:46 PM on Thursday, August 20

Jurors heard Duane “Keffe D” Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur

FILE - Michael Cohen speaks during a news conference announcing his new radio show in New York, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump appears on former fixer-turned-enemy Michael Cohen's radio show after detente

2:14 PM on Thursday, August 20

President Donald Trump appeared on his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's radio show

FILE - A sign stands outside the main gate of Fort Stewart, Ga., Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum, File)

One Army unit is offering 4 bonus days off to play 'Grand Theft Auto' for soldiers who reenlist

1:26 PM on Thursday, August 20

One U_S_ Army unit is offering troops a reenlistment bonus of four extra days off timed around the November release of the video game “Grand Theft Auto VI.”

FILE - Prince Harry, and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive for an event, during a visit to Bondi Beach, Australia, April 17, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Prince Harry and Meghan are returning to the UK with their children

6:11 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The Associated Press has learned that Prince Harry and Meghan have decided to return to the United Kingdom for an extended stay starting this fall, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family

What to know about the first week of a trial in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

9:21 AM on Saturday, August 15

The trial of the man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder has begun

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