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NYC concert lineup: Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson

NYC concert lineup: Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson will headline an August concert in Central Park, marking the city's comeback from the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.
Digital travel pass kicks off EU-wide as vacations gain pace

Digital travel pass kicks off EU-wide as vacations gain pace

BRUSSELS (AP) — As the European summer vacation season hit its stride Thursday with a new EU-wide travel pass in place, the bloc's medical office and a top airline chief issued reassuring messages on traveling, despite the threat of the surging delta
Watch what you like on streaming -- assuming you can find it

Watch what you like on streaming -- assuming you can find it

Content is king — if you can find it. As streaming services proliferate, it's becoming more of a challenge to track down your favorite TV shows and blockbuster movies when streaming services can change up their offerings every month.
Bigger benefits, bigger fee coming to AmEx Platinum Card

Bigger benefits, bigger fee coming to AmEx Platinum Card

NEW YORK (AP) — American Express is upping the benefits — and the fee — on its flagship Platinum Card this month as it tries to hold on to its well-to-do customers who are returning to their pre-pandemic lifestyles of traveling, dining out and shoppi
North Macedonia declares Shar Mountains area a national park

North Macedonia declares Shar Mountains area a national park

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament has formally adopted legislation to make the country's section of the Shar Mountains an extensive national park.
Born to Conduct: Film charts Met music director's ascent

Born to Conduct: Film charts Met music director's ascent

NEW YORK (AP) — “Now I will conduct a short excerpt from Ravel’s ‘Bolero,’” the Metropolitan Opera’s future music director announces proudly.
VIRUS DIARY: The unfinished business of a funeral deferred

VIRUS DIARY: The unfinished business of a funeral deferred

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It dawned on me recently at the Nashville airport that the pandemic wouldn't end at the same time for everybody. I had expected a trickle of travelers, but the airport was jammed.
Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers' role in slavery

Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers' role in slavery

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the extensive involvement of the Dutch capital's former governors in the global slave trade, saying the moment had come for the city to confront its grim history.
France, Mexico sign deal against trafficking in artifacts

France, Mexico sign deal against trafficking in artifacts

PARIS (AP) — France and Mexico signed an agreement Thursday on cooperating against the trafficking of cultural artifacts, a deal that the Mexican foreign minister called an important step toward recovering and protecting Mexico's cultural heritage.
Schwarzenegger: climate activists should focus on pollution

Schwarzenegger: climate activists should focus on pollution

VIENNA (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday urged climate activists to offer a focused, hopeful message that targets pollution rather than turning off the public with “constant alarm which cannot be sustained.
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