The British rock band performs a special acoustic set ahead of the release of their debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, next year.
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The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
Discover a broad spectrum of this year’s most compelling classical music, from symphonic hell rides and soaring voices to searing string quartets, cathartic choirs and one amazing comeback.
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Up First briefing: Trump won’t testify; FDA approves landmark gene-editing treatment
Donald Trump plans to skip testifying for a second time in the New York civil fraud trial. The FDA has approved the first-ever gene-editing treatment for a human disease.
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After Penn, members of Congress call for Harvard and MIT presidents to resign
Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., is one of over 70 members of Congress calling for the resignation of the presidents of Harvard University and MIT after a controversial hearing about anitsemitism on campus.
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GPB morning headlines for December 11, 2023
Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has announced new federal funding to help protect Tybee Island from coastal flooding.
A trial is set to get underway in Washington Monday to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers.
Black communities in Georgia have disproportionately high fatality rates from certain diseases, but less than 5 percent of participants in clinical trials for treating chronic diseases and cancers are Black. A national initiative is seeking to change that.
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High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand
In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state’s ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says “is not based on medical and scientific evidence.”
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Scientists have found the mostly intact skull of a giant, deadly sea reptile
The pliosaur, which existed millions of years ago, would chomp down with its 130 teeth in a bite far stronger than a crocodile’s and had a third eye for locating prey.
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How to survive your workplace holiday party
An etiquette expert gives her tips on getting through an office party while still being able to show your face at work on Monday.
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Georgia Today: Rudy Giuliani trial update; Tybee Island flood prevention; HS Football Championships
On the Monday December 11th edition of Georgia Today:Â The trial begins to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud; Senator Jon Ossoff announces federal funding to help protect Tybee Island from flooding; And Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium will host the Georgia High School football championships for the first time in five years.
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In Booker-winning ‘Prophet Song,’ the world ends slowly and then all at once
The relentless bleakness of Paul Lynch’s novel make it almost unbearable to read at times — yet its plausibility, and echoes of real events happening long after, keeps the reader from looking away.
