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Festival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a living goddess

Festival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a living goddess

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s monthslong festival season began on Tuesday with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl revered as a living goddess.
Instagram introduces teen accounts, other sweeping changes to boost child safety online

Instagram introduces teen accounts, other sweeping changes to boost child safety online

Instagram is introducing separate teen accounts for those under 18 as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives. Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.
Radio Nikki: Haley launching a weekly SiriusXM radio talk show at least through January

Radio Nikki: Haley launching a weekly SiriusXM radio talk show at least through January

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on SiriusXM that's set to air once a week at least through the inauguration of a new president.
Dedicated artists are keeping Japan's ancient craft of temari alive

Dedicated artists are keeping Japan's ancient craft of temari alive

KAWARAMACHI, Japan (AP) — Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an orange, a stitch at a time.
Dedicated artists are keeping Japan's ancient craft of temari alive

Dedicated artists are keeping Japan's ancient craft of temari alive

KAWARAMACHI, Japan (AP) — Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an orange, a stitch at a time.
Not-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English class

Not-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English class

Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers played audio of the books during class.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is arrested in New York after federal indictment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is arrested in New York after federal indictment

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs , the hip-hop mogul who has faced a stream of allegations by women accusing him of sexual assault, was arrested late Monday in New York after he was indicted by a federal grand jury.
Control of Murdoch media empire at stake as hearing to proceed with mogul and children

Control of Murdoch media empire at stake as hearing to proceed with mogul and children

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Rupert Murdoch and four of his children on Monday went before a Nevada probate commissioner behind closed doors to an evidentiary hearing that could decide who controls Murdoch's media empire after his death.
Emmy Awards ratings up more than 50%, reversing record lows

Emmy Awards ratings up more than 50%, reversing record lows

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys telecast on ABC reached nearly 7 million viewers, a jump of more than 50%from the record low of the last ceremony in January and the biggest audience since 2021, according to numbers released Monday by the network.
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