Music education
From left, Silvia Sinani, 24, Dijana Ferhatovic, 18, Zivka Ferhatovic, 20, Elma Dalipi, 14, Selma Dalipi, 14, and Zlata Ristic, 27, members of the Pretty Loud band, walk along a street in their neighborhood in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. A female Roma, or Gypsy, band in Serbia has used music to preach women's empowerment within their community. Formed in 2014, “Pretty Loud” symbolically seeks to give a louder voice to Roma girls, encourage education and steer them away from the widespread custom of early marriage. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Serbian Roma girl band sings for women's empowerment

By Jovana Gec Jun. 22, 2021 02:51 AM EDT

Actors Leslie Grace, left, and Jimmy Smits pose at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opening night premiere of "In the Heights" at the United Palace theater on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Jimmy Smits figured he could carry a tune 'In the Heights'

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Jun. 14, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 file photo, a voter submits a ballot in an official drop box during early voting in Athens, Ga. On Friday, April 2, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting “Georgia’s new anti-voting law makes it a jail-time crime to drop off grandma’s absentee ballot in a drop box.” But the election bill known as SB 202, signed into law on March 25, has an exception allowing people to drop off ballots on behalf of their relatives. It also allows a caregiver to deliver a completed ballot on behalf of a disabled person, or a jail employee to deliver a completed ballot on behalf of someone who is in custody. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 02, 2021 02:06 PM EDT

FILE - in this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, students attend an open air class at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, An Afghan education ministry memo banning girls, 12 years old and older, from singing at public school functions, which the education ministry tells The Associated Press was a mistake, is causing a social media stir. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Afghan ministry tried to shift blame over girls singing ban

By Rahim Faiez Mar. 15, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

AG seeks information about hospital vaccine plans

Jan. 26, 2021 10:54 AM EST
Rhode Island's attorney general asked the state's two biggest hospital groups to explain their coronavirus vaccine distribution policies in light of reports...

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013, file photo, South Korean alternative hip-hop group Epik High poses for photographers as they arrive on the red carpet ahead of the 27th Golden Disk Awards at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. Popular South Korean hip-hop trio Epik High was working on a song called “End of the World” before the pandemic hit in 2020. Now, the band's frontman Tablo says, “I wish that this song is not relevant.” (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)
With new album, Epik High endures in South Korea music scene

By Juwon Park Jan. 22, 2021 04:18 AM EST

This Nov. 20, 2020 photo released by Andrea Fage shows brothers Rafael Fage, 16, background, ad Noah Fage, 14 posing at the piano at their home in Harrison, N.Y. During the pandemic lockdown, private piano lessons for boys stopped. They researched movie soundtracks and learned the score on their own with the assistance of sites like YouTube. (Andrea Fage via AP)
'A better time than any': Finding joy in music lessons, jams

By Tracee M. Herbaugh Nov. 23, 2020 10:49 AM EST

Pandemic prompts 'pivot' at UNI performing arts center

By Melody Parker Sep. 26, 2020 01:01 AM EDT
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Many performing arts centers in Iowa have been temporarily shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Hancher Auditorium at the...

School music education adapts to COVID-19 pandemic

By Leslie Renken Sep. 05, 2020 01:01 AM EDT
TREMONT, Ill. (AP) — While art education has typically been the first thing to go when times get tough, that doesn’t seem to be happening in central Illinois...

FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Nursing home visits are being allowed again in West Virginia as the state focuses on coronavirus outbreaks in the general populations of individual counties without clamping down on areas without them. Justice warned Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, that the visits could end quickly in some places if further outbreaks occur within nursing homes themselves. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
And the band played on: WVa gov lets marching bands perform

By John Raby Aug. 25, 2020 01:40 PM EDT

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Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
GREAT WHITE APOLOGIZES FOR MASK-LESS CONCERT DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Metal band Great White has apologized for performing at an outdoor...

Indiana students can return to sports, school activities

By Casey Smith Jul. 03, 2020 09:48 AM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Despite extended restrictions for Indiana restaurants, bars and entertainment venues, ongoing concerns over the coronavirus won't hamper...

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By Margie Szaroleta Jul. 02, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
MADE IN AMERICA, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL CANCEL NEW YORK (AP) - Two more music festivals are canceling this year because of the...

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Jun. 04, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
AMY GRANT HAS HEART SURGERY NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A publicist for Amy Grant says the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery...

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May. 22, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
ROGER DALTREY: WHO HELPING TEENS WITH CANCER NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Daltrey worries that the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating...

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May. 04, 2020 03:48 AM EDT
MUSICIANS ANSWER “CALL TO UNITE” LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aloe Blacc, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban and Avril Lavigne (lah-VEEN’) were among the...

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Apr. 30, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
JOJO OPENS UP ABOUT HER DEPRESSION NEW YORK (AP) - At age 13, JoJo had her first hit, with the song “Leave (Get Out).” At age 18, she was...

Threadgill's stands Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Austin, Texas. The live-music venue where college student Janis Joplin launched her singing career will not be reopening after the coronavirus pandemic lifts. Owner Eddie Wilson said that he plans to sell the property on Austin's North Lamar Boulevard that has been Threadgill’s for 87 years. The converted gas station is where Joplin, then a student at the University of Texas, performed in the 1960s. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Texas venue that launched Janis Joplin's career set to close

Apr. 21, 2020 05:58 PM EDT

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Apr. 20, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
“ONE WORLD” SPECIAL FEATURES ALL-STAR ENTERTAINMENT NEW YORK (AP) - Organizers of Saturday’s “One World: Together At Home” special say...

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Apr. 13, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
STURGILL SIMPSON SAYS HE WAS REFUSED COVID-19 TEST WHEN HE WAS SICK UNDATED (AP) - Sturgill (STUR’-jil) Simpson says he is in quarantine...