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Vincent Zhou, of the United States, competes in the men's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
US skater Vincent Zhou out of weeklong COVID-19 quarantine

By Dave Skretta Feb. 16, 2022 04:38 AM EST

Josefin Taljegard, of Sweden, reacts after the women's short program during the figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Despite loosening rules, few women figure skaters pick pants

By Sally Ho Feb. 15, 2022 10:58 PM EST

Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, of the Russian Olympic Committee, perform their routine in the ice dance competition during figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
France's Papadakis, Cizeron open lead at Olympic ice dance

By Dave Skretta Feb. 12, 2022 10:23 AM EST

Nathan Chen, of the United States, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Nathan Chen not sure what's next after figure skating gold

By Sally Ho Feb. 11, 2022 04:35 AM EST

United States' Chloe Kim competes during the women's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Chen, Kim soar to Olympic gold medals on best day for US

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 10, 2022 05:48 AM EST

CORRECTS NAME TO YUMA KAGIYAMA FROM SHOMA UNO - Yuma Kagiyama, of Japan, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Chen's near-perfect skate wins long-sought Olympic gold

By Dave Skretta Feb. 10, 2022 12:55 AM EST

Nathan Chen, of the United States, competes during the men's singles short program team event in the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Nathan Chen on brink of elite club of US Olympic champions

By Dave Skretta Feb. 09, 2022 01:29 AM EST

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc compete in the pairs free skate program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
American skater Chen eyes elusive Olympic gold in Beijing

By Dave Skretta Jan. 12, 2022 11:41 AM EST

Dua Lipa performs during the Brit Awards 2021 at the O2 Arena, London, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Ian West/PA via AP)
Dua Lipa wins big at Brits, urges health worker pay raise

By Mike Fuller May. 11, 2021 12:07 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 04:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, March 25, the 84th day of 2021. There are 281 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, various Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Recording Academy is partnering with Berklee College of Music and Arizona State University to complete a study focused on women's representation in the music industry.. The academy, which puts on the annual Grammy Awards, said the lack of female creators in music is “one of the most urgent issues in the industry today." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
The Latest: Billie Eilish wins record of the year at Grammys

By The Associated Press Mar. 14, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

FILE - Demi Lovato performs "Anyone" at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. Lovato reveals publicly for the first time details about her near-fatal drug overdose in 2018 in “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” a four-part docuseries debuting March 23, 2021, on YouTube Originals. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Demi Lovato reveals she has brain damage from 2018 overdose

By Beth Harris Feb. 17, 2021 05:13 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet with Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu, and his wife Leah in Cape Town, South Africa. The Duchess of Sussex has settled a claim against Splash News and Picture Agency, with the agency agreeing not to take any photos of her, her husband the Duke of Sussex or their son Archie, should it come out of administration, the High Court has heard. Meghan brought privacy and data protection claims against Splash in March this year over “long lens” photographs taken of her and her son in a Canadian park in January. (Henk Kruger/African News Agency via AP, Pool, File)
Meghan and Harry end their eventful 2020 with first podcast

By Andrew Dalton Dec. 29, 2020 04:10 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Dec. 25, 2020 02:56 PM EST
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT: More cash for money...

FILE - British singer Elton John performs during his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour at the 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland on, June 29, 2019. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion. With just a few months on the road, Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” tops the year’s Top 100 Worldwide Tours list with $87.1 million grossed between Nov. 30 through March 7. John’s tour ranked No. 2 last year with $212 million grossed. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP, File)
Pollstar: Live events industry lost $30B due to pandemic

By Mesfin Fekadu Dec. 11, 2020 08:27 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Elton John performs "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," nominated for the award for best original song, from "Rocketman" at the Oscars in Los Angeles. John is opening up his vault and releasing an expansive collection of rarely heard and unreleased tracks. John announced Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, that the eight-CD collection, “Elton: Jewel Box," will be released Nov. 13. The collection includes “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” an unreleased studio demo from 1969. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Elton John announces new North American dates for final tour

By Mesfin Fekadu Sep. 23, 2020 08:59 AM EDT

This image released by Disney shows Yifei Liu in the title role of "Mulan." (Jasin Boland/Disney via AP)
New this week: 'Mulan,' Billy Ocean music, 'Transplant'

By The Associated Press Aug. 31, 2020 05:15 PM EDT

AM Prep-Segue

May. 28, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
GABRIELLE UNION - “AGT” COMPLAINT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabrielle Union has said she was fired from “America’s Got Talent” — because she...

FILE - This May 12, 2014 file photo shows playwright Larry Kramer at the premiere of HBO Films' "The Normal Heart" in New York. Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Manhattan of pneumonia. He was 84. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Larry Kramer used voice, pen to raise consciousness on AIDS

By Mark Kennedy May. 27, 2020 04:15 PM EDT

FILE -This June 12, 2011 file photo shows Larry Kramer, left, and Daryl Roth embracing after they won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for "The Normal Heart" during the 65th annual Tony Awards in New York. Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Manhattan of pneumonia. He was 84. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84

By Mark Kennedy May. 27, 2020 01:14 PM EDT