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A newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill. That's a tall order

Mar. 19, 2024 05:41 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the first footage of Kate since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago. The newspaper published a short clip...

Olympic great Perkins warns doping-allowed Enhanced Games are 'borderline criminal'

Mar. 18, 2024 22:31 PM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Olympic great and Australian Sports Commission chief Kieren Perkins says “someone will die” if a multi-sport event that he called “borderline criminal” and which allows banned performance-enhancing substances goes ahead. The Enhanced Games have...

London home Freddie Mercury bought in 1980 is for sale, minus his 'exquisite clutter'

Mar. 18, 2024 20:59 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Freddie Mercury ’s sanctuary in London, where he lived the last decade of his life, is on sale for the first time in nearly half a century — minus his “exquisite clutter.” Garden Lodge, as the neo-Georgian brick home in the posh Kensington neighborhood is...

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message

Mar. 18, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story residential building and shows a small figure holding a...

London police arrest a man on suspicion of attempted murder over 2 crossbow attacks

Mar. 18, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — London police said Monday they have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after two people were wounded with crossbow bolts in two separate attacks in the capital. A manhunt was launched after a 44-year-old woman was hit in the head with a crossbow bolt in...

Oceans apart, William and Harry both salute Princess Diana's legacy at an awards ceremony

Mar. 15, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and Prince Harry both took part in an awards ceremony in honor of their late mother Princess Diana — but the estranged brothers were many miles apart at the time. William gave a speech at the Diana Legacy Award, which recognizes young people around...

McDonald's apologizes for global system outage that shut down some stores for hours

Mar. 15, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — McDonald's apologized Friday for a global technology outage that shuttered some restaurants for hours. The company said the outage was caused by a third-party technology provider and was not a cybersecurity issue. It started around 12 a.m. CDT during a configuration...

Soho House: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 15, 2024 08:36 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — LONDON (AP) — Soho House & Co Inc (SHCO) on Friday reported a loss of $57 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had a loss of 29 cents. Losses, adjusted for asset impairment costs, were 10 cents per share. ...

A trove from Pattie Boyd's life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale at Christie's

Mar. 15, 2024 08:29 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Pattie Boyd was at the epicenter of the Swinging 60s, but not always the center of attention. The model and photographer, who was often in the shadow of her rock icon husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton, comes into sharp focus through a trove of letters, photos...

New opera production adds something new to Luis Buñuel's 'The Exterminating Angel': cannibalism

Mar. 14, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

Calixto Bieito added an element to “The Exterminating Angel” that Luis Buñuel and Thomas Adès left out: cannibalism. Adès’ opera, based on Buñuel’s 1962 film “El ángel exterminador,” details psychologically blocked dinner guests who can’t depart a mansion and the...