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Multi award-winning film composer John Williams has created a stunning legacy that has changed the way soundtracks are thought of. We trace his genius.The term “genius” is far too often, bandied about – alongside its catchall companion, “icon.” But in the case of John Williams both words apply, while barely doing justice to the magnitude of his talent. John Williams isn’t just a soundtrack composer, he is the undisputed master of the film score. He is also a creator of contemporary classical music with a post-romantic style, and a grand conductor, pianist, and jazz buff who used to play...

Singapore's economy has grown above 5 per cent for two consecutive years – a feat last achieved in 2010 and 2011.SNIP MTI attributed 2025's robust GDP expansion primarily to manufacturing, wholesale trade, and finance and insurance sectors. The electronics cluster and machinery, equipment and supplies segment experienced particularly strong growth, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence-related electronics. Accommodative financial conditions supported growth in the finance and insurance sector.

Montana linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu will return for the 2026 season after being granted a ninth year of eligibility by the NCAA. The school announced Tuliaupupu's return on social media Monday alongside sixth-year offensive lineman Dylan Jemtegaard. Tuliaupupu is entering his second season at Montana after starting his collegiate career at USC in 2018. He was sidelined for his entire undergraduate campaign at USC after two surgery-requiring injuries impacting his foot (2018) and knee (2020). The linebacker's first season at Montana -- and eighth overall -- was just his second full season played and third with game action. He saw the...

LeBron James, who was among several Lakers players who weren’t available Tuesday night, will missed his 18th game of the season when he sat against the San Antonio Spurs, likely bringing an end to a legendary record. James’ absence against the Spurs will prevent him from reaching the NBA’s 65-game threshold for end-of-season award considerations, meaning he won’t be eligible for All-NBA honors. The 41-year-old James has been named to league-record 21 consecutive All-NBA teams, starting with second team honors following 2004-05, his second season in the league, and continuing through 2024-25, when he was also named to the second...

Nine people, including the gunman, were killed and dozens were injured in a shooting at a school in Canada's British Columbia on Wednesday, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said a suspect has been found dead with what is believed to be a self-inflicted injury, AFP reported. The Tumbler Ridge police issued an alert after the incident at 1.20 pm local time at the Tumber Ridge Secondary School. Cops continue to ascertain if a second suspect was involved and the number of possible victims.

RCMP say 10 people are dead after a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.: nine victims and one suspect. Six people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, one died on the way to the hospital and two more were found dead in a residence in the community. Police said the suspect was also found dead inside the school from "a self-inflicted injury." Two people were airlifted to hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. A shelter-in-place order for the district and surrounding communities was lifted around 6:45 p.m. MT. SNIP

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from the FBI, has detained an individual for questioning in connection with the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. SNIP

Informant calls O'Keefe the most evil person on earth. Wished that it was O'Keefe who was killed instead of Charlie Kirk. Said he wants to see Donald Trump, Jr. in jail. Wrote a book with a picture of O'Keefe on the cover with a bullet hole in his chest.

AbstractThe Homeric epics are among the greatest masterpieces of literature, but when they were produced is not known with certainty. Here we apply evolutionary-linguistic phylogenetic statistical methods to differences in Homeric, Modern Greek and ancient Hittite vocabulary items to estimate a date of approximately 710-760 BCE for these great works. Our analysis compared a common set of vocabulary items among the three pairs of languages, recording for each item whether the words in the two languages were cognate - derived from a shared ancestral word - or not. We then used a likelihood-based Markov chain Monte Carlo procedure to estimate...

A quiet cold war is happening across America — one that many Americans might not be aware of if they’re not tuned into the changes underway in America’s Christian communities. On one side is the religious right’s use of scripture and faith to justify and defend President Donald Trump’s agenda — and growing Christian nationalist sentiment. On the other side is the reshaping of the American Catholic Church, under Pope Leo XIV. Through new appointments, orders to his bishops to speak out about immigration, and public comments critiquing the direction of the US under Trump, the pope is setting up...

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New Media Victory: Kid Rock Tops Bad Bunny on iTunes Chart After Halftime Show Face-Off 5,507 WICHITA, KANSAS - APRIL 18: Kid Rock performs in concert at Intrust Bank Arena on April 18Gary Miller; Chris Graythen/Getty Images Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 20262,486 2:31 On the day after TPUSA’s “All America Halftime Show,” Kid Rock has zoomed to the #1 spot on iTunes with his rendition of “‘Til You Can’t,” knocking Bad Bunny out of the top spot despite the Puerto Rican rapper’s appearance as the star of the NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. As February 9 dawned, Kid Rock’s version...

This video features John MacArthur discussing the interpretation of Romans 11:26, specifically the phrase "all of Israel will be saved" (0:00). Key points from his discussion include: Future Salvation of Israel (0:09): MacArthur emphasizes that "all Israel will be saved" refers to a future salvation of the nation Israel, not all individual Jews throughout history. He cites Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 36 as prophecies of God's promise to Israel. God's Unchanging Promises (0:21): God's gifts and callings are "not repented of," meaning God does not change His mind about His promises to Israel, even after they "killed the Messiah" (0:39)....

…But after the Halloween …She started complaining of stomach aches daily, some days even being physically sick. We took her to doctors multiple times to see if there was anything physically wrong with her – the only time there was, it was a severe urinary tract infection she’d got from not going to the toilet at school because some of the toilet doors did not lock – but all her symptoms boiled down to one common problem: anxiety. When we raised this concern with her teachers we were told that Olivia would not talk in class, either to her classmates...

A female high school wrestler is accusing a transgender opponent of trying to push his fingers into her vagina during an official wrestling match in Washington State. Kallie Keeler, 16, a sophomore wrestler at Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, claims that the assault occurred during a December 6 girls wrestling match against Emerald Ridge High School. The teen says that when she was on the mat, face down, and her opponent — who is a male who identifies as female — was on top of her. Keeler says her opponent put his hand between her legs and then began...

New York City officials plan to reraise a pride flag at the federal monument at Stonewall in Manhattan, setting up a potential fight with the White House at the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement nearly 60 years ago. Federal officials quietly took the flag down after the Trump administration in January issued guidance drastically limiting the types of flags that could be displayed at sites managed by the National Park Service. But Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in an interview Tuesday that he and other New York City-area politicians would reraise the flag at the federal monument...

Nancy Lacore, a former Navy vice admiral who was removed from her post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is challenging statewide fixture Rep. Nancy Mace in South Carolina's 1st District congressional race later this year. Lacore, a native of Albany, New York, was designated a Naval Aviator in 1993 and served numerous roles, notably as the 16th Chief of Navy Reserve on Aug. 23, 2024. As commander of the Navy Reserve Force, she led approximately 59,000 Reserve Component personnel who support the Navy, Marine Corps and joint forces. She is centering her campaign on Pentagon oversight, veterans reform and fiscal...

Investigators have released a surveillance photo showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case. The image was circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old. The FBI said Monday that it had not identified any suspects in the bizarre kidnapping case, which began ten days ago when Guthrie’s family reported her missing after she did not show up for church and wasn’t at her Tucson home. There has been no evidence Guthrie...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just purchased a mansion located in South Florida’s most exclusive neighborhood, signaling that the multi-billionaire may be permanently moving out of California as the state weighs implementing a one-time 5% “billionaire tax.” Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan purchased an estate located in Indian Creek, on an island off of Miami. Indian Creek is home to about 41 homes owned by the top elite such as Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady, Carl Icahn, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. The two acre property located along Biscayne Bay, which includes several private properties, is estimated to have sold for...

Top Trump border official Rodney Scott said, 'I'm very proud of the service that I provide' Progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., exploded on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, calling federal immigration officers "thugs" and telling the commissioner he "better hope" for a presidential pardon during a particularly heated House hearing on Tuesday.Thanedar, who is originally from India and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980’s, drilled into Scott, saying, "You better hope you get pardoned because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."The exchange...