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Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio died at age 77. She captivated audiences with songs of heartbreak and betrayal and was particularly popular with women. ​Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio died at age 77. She captivated audiences with songs of heartbreak and betrayal and was particularly popular with women.   Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio died at age 77. She captivated audiences with songs of heartbreak and betrayal and was particularly popular with women. 

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Inspired by influential big band singer Mildred Bailey, Julia Keefe is looking to enhance Native American presence in the jazz world.    Courtesy of Julie Keefe Keefe and her 16-piece jazz band perform in Stanford and at Kuumba Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. Like in so many other discussions about the history and culture of the United States, the contributions of Indigenous musicians to the quintessentially American art of jazz have long been neglected or utterly ignored. Vocalist Julia Keefe, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce tribe who grew up in Spokane, Washington, has set about changing the conversation, one…

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SportsLine’s model simulated the 2025 Mexico Open 10,000 times and revealed its surprising PGA Tour golf picks ​SportsLine’s model simulated the 2025 Mexico Open 10,000 times and revealed its surprising PGA Tour golf picks    USATSI The 2025 Mexico Open at Vidanta is set to get underway on Thursday, Feb. 20, and several players will enter this week’s event confident they can secure the victory. Jake Knapp is the defending champion and he’s coming off a T-17 finish at the Genesis Invitational, his best finish of the season. With another win at Vidanta Vallarta this week, Knapp will become the first…

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Make your choice for the top performance among boys high school athletes from Feb. 10-15    Editor’s note: We prohibit the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll. No voting by email: Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted. Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over…

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Make your choice for the top performance among girls high school athletes from Feb. 10-15    Editor’s note: We prohibit the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll. No voting by email: Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted. Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) girls Athlete of the Week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over…

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The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce whether it is holding or cutting interest rates on Tuesday afternoon. ​The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce whether it is holding or cutting interest rates on Tuesday afternoon.   RBA rates decision: use our mortgage calculator to check how a rates change would affect you Use our mortgage calculator to check how much a rate cut would affect you We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Brisbane Times Advertisement Politics Federal Interest rates February 18, 2025 — 10.19am , register or subscribe to save articles…

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Deputies accused a 43-year-old man who was the subject of a Florida Amber Alert Sunday of kidnapping his daughter and killing her mother, grandfather, and a neighbor in Broward County. Leer en español According to Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Nathan Gingles kidnapped his 4-year-old daughter, Seraphine, on Sunday in Tamarac, after fatally shooting her 34-year-old mother, Mary Gingles; her 64-year-old grandfather, David Ponzer; and her 36-year-old neighbor, Andrew Ferrin. On Monday, divers searched for a weapon in a nearby pond. A neighbor pointed to footprints on the ground saying the desperate mother ran door to door asking for help before…

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The Tacoma Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in the 400 block of Puyallup Avenue at about 6:15 Sunday evening. ​The Tacoma Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in the 400 block of Puyallup Avenue at about 6:15 Sunday evening.   The Tacoma Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in the 400 block of Puyallup Avenue at about 6:15 Sunday evening. 

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Gallagher is set to climb into the witness box in the six-year legal battle mounted by Forge Group’s administrators. ​Gallagher is set to climb into the witness box in the six-year legal battle mounted by Forge Group’s administrators.    By Jesinta Burton February 18, 2025 — 2.00am Santos chief Kevin Gallagher is set to take the stand in a long-running legal battle between collapsed contractor Forge Group and engineering giant Clough over insider trading claims. But his three-day stint in the witness box could be deferred until 2026. Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher.Credit: Ben Searcy For almost six years, Forge Group’s…

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Independent schools in WA recorded the highest growth in full-time enrolments nationally last year. ​Independent schools in WA recorded the highest growth in full-time enrolments nationally last year.    By Holly Thompson February 18, 2025 — 2.00am Enrolments in public schools across Western Australia are increasing at a much slower pace than those at private schools, despite climbing school fees and ancillary expenses paired with the rising cost of living. Around one-third of all students in the state were enrolled at non-government schools in 2024, Australian Bureau of Statistics data released Monday showed, a total increase of 3.3 per cent on…

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Claudia Federico denied she brought a knife to a heated argument with her partner Joe Nicoli in 2023, claiming instead it all occurred by accident while she was in the middle of cutting carrots. But her little girl had watched the whole thing unfold. ​Claudia Federico denied she brought a knife to a heated argument with her partner Joe Nicoli in 2023, claiming instead it all occurred by accident while she was in the middle of cutting carrots. But her little girl had watched the whole thing unfold.    By Rebecca Peppiatt February 18, 2025 — 2.00am It was the evidence…

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The “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary celebration is NBC’s most-watched prime-time entertainment telecast in five years, reaching nearly 15 million viewers. Sunday night’s 3½ hour extravaganza packed with comedy sketches, superstar musical performances and unexpected cameos, delivered the biggest audience for the network for a night-time entertainment show since the 2020 Golden Globes. Only the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a bigger viewership draw in recent years, NBC said Monday. The viewership totals for the “Saturday Night Live” special, which opened with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter and Steve Martin delivering the opening monologue, include live streaming figures for…

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Tesla and GameStop are among the names Wolfe Research is recommending that investors short to avoid the hit of potential blow-ups.Tesla and GameStop are among the names Wolfe Research is recommending that investors short to avoid the hit of potential blow-ups.   As the broader market rides high, some stocks are emerging as short selling candidates, according to Wolfe Research. Stocks ended last week higher on top of an already positive 2025 so far. The Nasdaq Composite led the way, advancing 2.6% last week. That move is then followed by the weekly gains of the S & P 500 and the Dow…

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See how companies are responding to the major themes of Trump’s campaign and early days in office.See how companies are responding to the major themes of Trump’s campaign and early days in office.    In this article MLM GNRC TMUS EQR TSN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb…

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