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Movers Accidentally Destroy World-Famous Pianist’s $200,000 Piano

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Movers dropped a rare and expensive grand piano belonging to one of the world’s leading pianists, damaging it beyond repair. Canadian musician Angela Hewitt detailed the accidental destruction of her F278 Fazioli — worth an estimated $200,000 — in a poignant Facebook post. “I adored this piano. It was my best friend, best companion,” wrote the Italy-based […]

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PMQs: Johnson and Corbyn on UK-US extradition relations

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The UK has a “one-sided” extradition treaty with the US, the Labour leader said, as he called for an “equal and balanced” relationship. Boris Johnson said Jeremy Corbyn “has a point” over extradition between the two nations, and there were “elements of that relationship that are unbalanced”. UK viewers can watch the full edition for

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The 1975 frontman Matty Healy makes festival gender balance pledge

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 1975 topped the bill at last summer’s Reading and Leeds festivals The 1975 will no longer play festivals that have too few female artists on the bill, singer Matty Healy has pledged. The musician made the promise after this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals were criticised for a

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House Hunting in Toronto: An Original Midcentury-Modern for $1.6 Million

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A Preserved Midcentury-Modern on Lake Ontario $1.64 MILLION (2.18 MILLION CANADIAN DOLLARS) This three-bedroom, two-bathroom house designed by the noted Canadian architect James Murray is in Scarborough Village, a wooded neighborhood about 10 miles east of downtown Toronto. Perched atop the Scarborough Bluffs, a nine-mile expanse of wooded cliffs, the 1,836-square-foot, midcentury-modern house offers unobstructed

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Iceland’s ‘basketball family’ chasing dreams at US colleges

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Thorir Thorbjarnarson is one of the key pieces in Fred Hoiberg’s building project at Nebraska. Jon Axel Gudmundsson of Davidson was the Atlantic 10 player of the year last season and has filled up box scores in his career like few players in college basketball history. Hakon Hjalmarsson is just starting his American basketball experience

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Cuomo Offers Compromise to Homeland Security for Global Entry Applicants

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Wednesday that he would seek to give federal officials access to state driving records for applicants to Global Entry and other federal programs that allow travelers to quickly pass through airports and borders. The announcement by Mr. Cuomo comes days after federal officials banned New York residents from applying

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