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Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73

Dec. 16, 2024 14:41 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease, at a hospital...

Trump says he'll attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening celebration in Paris this weekend

Dec. 03, 2024 08:28 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election. The cathedral is set to reopen Saturday after more than five years of reconstruction following a devastating...

Notre Dame's reopening will have solemn rituals, grand opera, heads of state and high security

Dec. 02, 2024 22:44 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some measures used during the Paris Olympics and the sealing-off to tourists of the cathedral's island location in the heart of the French capital. After more than...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 6-12

Sep. 30, 2024 09:26 AM EDT

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 6-12: Oct. 6: Actor Britt Ekland is 82. Singer-guitarist Thomas McClary (The Commodores) is 75. Singer Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon is 73. Guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos is 70. Actor Elisabeth Shue is 61. Singer-songwriter Matthew...