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By RAGAN CLARK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After reevaluating friendships and emotions during the pandemic, James Blake channeled his reflections into a 12-track LP, his fifth studio album. “Friends That Break Your Heart” strays from traditional love songs, focusing instead on friendship heartbreak, complacency, comparison and hope. The pandemic not only changed the

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian magistrate has rejected the release on bail of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son, who was arrested this week in a drug raid on a luxury cruise ship, as the state narcotics agency expressed fear that he could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. The magistrate sent Aryan Khan

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nobel literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah has criticized the “lack of compassion” of governments, including Britain’s, that treat migrants as a problem or a threat. Gurnah arrived in England from Zanzibar as an 18-year-old refugee in the 1960. On Thursday the Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Prize

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a Christmas album from Norah Jones and the return of “Succession,” with the wealthy, dysfunctional Roy family up to more power-grab shenanigans. In more music offerings, Coldplay look to the heavens with their 12-track collection, “Music of the Spheres.” The Max Martin-produced album has waves

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV AND HRVOJE HRANJSKI Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize sometimes recognizes groundbreaking efforts to resolve seemingly intractable conflicts. In other years, the recipient is someone who promoted human rights at great personal cost. The prestigious award also can serve as a not-so-subtle message to authoritarian governments and leaders that

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told the director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons that he’s “deeply concerned” over the failure to protect inmates at a federal prison in Florida. In a letter to director Michael Carvajal, the Florida senator also inquired about the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman’s handling of a recent audit

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A court in Istanbul has again ruled to keep a leading philanthropist and civil rights activist in jail despite repeated calls by the European Court of Human Rights for his release. The court on Friday ruled for the continued imprisonment of Osman Kavala, 64, who has

By The Associated Press Journalists, human rights groups and other activists enthusiastically welcomed the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists at a time when media groups around the world face new pressures and crackdowns from the authorities. Friday’s announcement awarding the peace prize to Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The president of San Jose State University has announced her resignation after the California university last month agreed to pay $1.6 million to 13 female student-athletes whose complaints about being sexually assaulted by an athletic trainer were mishandled. Mary Papazian said Thursday that she will step down at the end

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A revival of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss was in rehearsal when the pandemic closed Broadway theaters. Now it’s planning a return back with the same starry cast. The Neil Pepe-directed production on Friday announced its intention to

By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mixed in jumbled trading on Friday after a weak jobs report raised questions about the Federal Reserve’s timeline to pare back its immense support for the markets. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading after government

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is cracking down on digital ads promoting false climate change claims or being used to make money from such content, hoping to limit revenue for climate change deniers and stop the spread of misinformation on its platforms. The company said Thursday in a blog post

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ largest city is under a water boil order after a large water main break, leading Wichita-area schools to close and prompting residents to make a run on bottled water. The city ordered the boil advisory Thursday afternoon, affecting its nearly 400,000 residents and some surrounding communities, following the break of

BERLIN (AP) — A 100-year-old man on trial for his alleged role as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp during World War II has told a German court that he is innocent. The defendant is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. He is alleged

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has approved four bills that enshrine in law the country’s rules and procedures on blood donations, amid reports people are being turned away due to their sexual orientation. The Portuguese Constitution forbids discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation, and discrimination in blood donations has been specifically prohibited in

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Get tested. Wear a mask. Don’t get too close. Not your typical court orders, but that was the word from the Supreme Court to lawyers and reporters who returned to the high court this week for the first in-person arguments in more than a

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening mixed on Friday after a disappointing jobs report thudded onto Wall Street and raised questions about whether the Federal Reserve will change its timeline to pare back its support for markets. The S&P 500 was flat in early trading, on pace for a 1% gain for the

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — At the end of the 19th century in Cuba, a new musical genre and dance emerged. The danzón was scandalous in some circles but it eventually became the national dance of Cuba and spread to other countries in the region. Now some danzón scores that were

BERLIN (AP) — A 100-year-old man on trial for his alleged role as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp during World War II has told a German court that he is innocent. The defendant is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. He is alleged

CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — The state attorney general’s office says a former Georgia state lawmaker and university regent has pleaded guilty to racketeering and been sentenced to serve eight years in prison. Dean Alford had been indicted in May on charges of racketeering, fraud and forgery relating to allegations that he faked contracts while seeking