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UK’s diverse communities ambivalent about king’s coronation

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Musician Deronne White is ready to play on King Charles III’s coronation day. The flautist and his fellow young musicians aren’t playing anything regal or solemn — they’re planning to parade through south London’s streets entertaining crowds with an uplifting “coronation carnival” set mixing gospel, jazz, grime, disco and rap. There’ll even be a calypso take on the U.K. national anthem.While he’s excited about the gig, White says he has mixed feelings about the coronation. Like some others at the Brixton Chamber Orchestra, White is a descendant of migrants from Jamaica — a former British colony and Commonwealth member that wants to cut its ties with the monarchy and has called for the U.K. royals to address their historical ties to slavery.“Personally it’s a little bit hard to connect to the whole occasion,” he said. “I think that the coronation could possibly allow people like me to try and connect to (the monarchy). But it can be a bit tough.”Towns, cities and villag...

McCarthy promete invitar a Netanyahu a Washington si Biden no lo hace

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

(CNN) — De visita en Israel, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, el republicano Kevin McCarthy, prometió que si el presidente Joe Biden no invita pronto al primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu a Washington, él lo hará.McCarthy calificó a Netanyahu de “querido amigo” en una entrevista concedida este domingo al periódico Israel Today, que apoya a Netanyahu.Biden se ha negado hasta ahora a cursar una invitación de la Casa Blanca a Netanyahu en medio de una controversia nacional israelí sobre los intentos del gobierno de Netanyahu de reformar el sistema judicial del país.McCarthy se convertirá este lunes en el primer presidente de la Cámara de Representantes que se dirija al Parlamento israelí, la Knesset, desde que lo hiciera Newt Gingrich en 1998.La presidenta de Taiwán advierte que “la democracia está bajo amenaza” en un discurso conjunto con McCarthyMcCarthy aterrizó el domingo en Israel en su primer viaje al extranjero como pr...

Detienen a un hombre tras matar a dos adolescentes y dejar a cuatro heridos en un tiroteo en Mississippi

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

MISSISSIPPI. – La policía acusó a un hombre de 19 años de matar a dos adolescentes y herir a otros cuatro en un tiroteo durante una fiesta en una casa en la costa del Golfo de Mississippi el domingo.Cameron Everest Brand, está siendo acusado de asesinato y agresión con agravantes, según muestran los registros de la cárcel. El jefe de policía de Bay St. Louis, Toby Schwartz, dijo en un comunicado de prensa que la policía identificó a Brand como el único tirador a través de declaraciones de testigos y víctimas.Un joven de 18 años y otro de 16 murieron en un hospital de Nueva Orleans, dijo Schwartz. El forense de la parroquia de Orleans no ha regresado una llamada telefónica para confirmar sus identidades.Amigos y familiares los identificaron como De’Arreis “DD” Smith, de 18 años, y Haeleigh Stamper, de 16, ambos compañeros de clase en el instituto Hancock. Continúa la búsqueda del autor del tiroteo que dejó una familia hispana muerta en Texas ...

On May Day, workers rally for better labor conditions

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A large number of workers and activists globally marked May Day on Monday with rallies calling for higher salaries, reduced working hours and other better working conditions.May Day, which falls on May 1, is observed in many countries as a day to celebrate workers’ rights with rallies, marches and other events. This year’s events had bigger turnouts than in previous years as COVID-19 restrictions were drastically loosened and opposition centered on how governments’ economic plans will affect workers.In France, unions plan massive demonstrations to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s recent move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Organizers see the pension reform as a threat to hard-fought worker rights and France’s social safety net.The pension bill unleashed France’s biggest protests in years, and the May 1 rallies are expected to be among the largest yet.In South Korea, tens of thousand of people attended various rallies in its biggest...

Name etched in gold, King Charles’ school remembers him

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III hasn’t even been crowned yet, but his name is already etched on the walls of Hill House School in London. A wooden slab just inside the front door records Nov. 7, 1956, as the day the future king enrolled at Hill House, alongside other notable dates in the school’s 72-year history. There is a photograph of staff welcoming the then Prince Charles on his first day of school, and another of the 7-year-old boy getting into a Ford Zephyr with his bodyguard for the short trip back to Buckingham Palace. To say Hill House is proud of its royal connection as Charles prepares for the coronation ceremony on May 6 would be an understatement.“It’s just so fun to think the king went to our school,” said 11-year-old Lola Stewart. “Like, he’s worn our uniform. He’s probably been in this room. It’s just very exciting knowing that.”Charles, the first U.K. monarch to be educated outside the palace walls, began his school career at Hill House, although he spent less than ...

Paris exhibit celebrates ‘first celebrity’ Sarah Bernhardt

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The pioneering French stage star Sarah Bernhardt was one of the world’s most famous women by the time of her death in 1923 — a status she owed not just to acting talent but her modern instinct for self-publicizing and using the press to brand her image.A century later, a French museum opened an exhibit on the eccentric, scandalous and multihyphenate performer known as “La Divine,” whom many consider the world’s first celebrity.At the Petit Palais museum in Paris, the public is now discovering the madcap jigsaw puzzle of Gothic stories, costumes, recordings, films, photos, jewels, sculptures, and personal objects for the first time together–– that made Bernhardt an object of fascination from Berlin to London and New York.“Sarah Bernhardt was more than a famous actress. She was one of the first celebrities. She was a businesswoman, a fashion icon, a sculptor, theater director, a visionary, a courtesan. She pushed gender boundaries. By self-publicizing, she paved the...

Daughter of Buccaneers LB Shaq Barrett drowns in family pool

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The 2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett drowned in a swimming pool at the family’s home on Sunday, police said.Officers, responding to a call that a child had fallen into a pool, were sent to Barrett’s home in the Beach Park neighborhood in south Tampa shortly before 9:30 a.m. The football player’s youngest child, Arrayah, was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.“The investigation is ongoing,” the police report said. “It is not believed to be suspicious in nature at this time, but a purely accidental and tragic incident.”Barrett, 30, and his wife, Jordanna, have three other children.“Today’s tragic news is heartbreaking for all members of the Buccaneers family. Our thoughts and prayers are with Shaq, Jordanna and the entire Barrett family during this unimaginably difficult time,” the Buccaneers said a statement.“While no words can provide true comfort at a time such as this,” the team added, “we offer our support and lo...

Single family residence in San Jose sells for $1.5 million

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

2721 Ori Avenue – Google Street ViewA 1,704-square-foot house built in 1955 has changed hands. The property located in the 2700 block of Ori Avenue in San Jose was sold on April 12, 2023, for $1,500,000, or $880 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 9,594-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:On South Daniel Way, San Jose, in August 2022, a 1,914-square-foot home was sold for $1,600,000, a price per square foot of $836. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 1,509-square-foot home on South Baywood Avenue in San Jose sold for $1,560,000, a price per square foot of $1,034. The home has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,383-square-foot home on the 400 block of South Monroe Street in San Jose sold in March 2023, for $1,500,000, a price per square foot of $1,085. The home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. 

May entertainment guide 2023: Lizzo, Janet Jackson blossom in the DMV

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews May entertainment (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Forget those April showers, it’s time for May flowers with fun events blossoming.There are plenty of exciting happenings around the D.C. area this month.Time for your May entertainment guide:May Entertainment GuideMay 1: Coheed and Cambria at The Fillmore Silver SpringMay 1: The Wallflowers at The BirchmereMay 2-...

Regulators seize First Republic Bank, sell to JPMorgan Chase

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:38 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off further banking turmoil in the U.S.San Francisco-based First Republic is the third midsize bank to fail in two months. It has struggled since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and investors and depositors had grown increasingly worried it might not survive because of its high amount of uninsured deposits and exposure to low interest rate loans. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said early Monday that First Republic Bank’s 84 branches in eight states will reopen Monday as branches of JPMorgan Chase Bank.Regulators worked through the weekend to find a way forward before U.S. stock markets opened. Markets in many parts of the world were closed for May 1 holidays Monday. The two markets in Asia that were open, in Tokyo and Sydney, rose.As of April 13, First Republic had approximately $229 billion in to...