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Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa application fee upheld by judge
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» NEW YORK — A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for US technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers.
A 311-year-old Stradivarius violin sells for $11.25 million
New York Times, Published on 08/02/2025
» NEW YORK — A 311-year-old Stradivarius violin sold for US$11.25 million at Sotheby’s on Friday, in a closely watched auction that drew interest from investors, collectors and classical musicians.
John Mayall, pioneer of British Blues, dies
New York Times, Published on 24/07/2024
» CALIFORNIA - John Mayall, the pioneering British bandleader whose mid-1960s blues ensembles served as incubators for some of the biggest stars of rock music's golden era, died on Monday. He was 90.
Steve Albini, studio master of '90s rock and beyond, dies at 61
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered studio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative music in the 1980s, '90s and beyond — recording acclaimed albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey and Pixies, along with hundreds of others — while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died Tuesday at his home in Chicago. He was 61.
What is a song?
New York Times, Published on 03/05/2024
» NEW YORK - For most music fans, a song is a simple thing to define: It is the melodies, the lyrics, the grooves that come out of your speakers.
Prince's 'Purple Rain' is being developed as a stage musical
New York Times, Published on 09/01/2024
» "Purple Rain," Prince Rogers Nelson's breakout rise-of-a-rock-star film, is being adapted into a stage musical featuring some of the pop musician’s best-loved songs.
5 die in quest to see Titanic, implosion suspected
New York Times, Published on 23/06/2023
» NEW YORK: A vast multinational search for five people who had descended to view the wreckage of the sunken RMS Titanic ended on Thursday after pieces of the privately owned submersible vessel that had carried them were found on the ocean floor, evidence of a “catastrophic implosion” with no survivors, according to the United States Coast Guard.
'John Wick' star Lance Reddick dies
New York Times, Published on 18/03/2023
» Lance Reddick, a prolific actor who gained fame playing a police commander on the Baltimore crime drama “The Wire” and later had prominent roles in the “John Wick” movie franchise and the Amazon series “Bosch", died on Friday. He was 60.
Baldwin charges spur debate on responsibility for guns on set
New York Times, Published on 20/01/2023
» The prosecutors in New Mexico who made the decision to charge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the “Rust” movie set said Thursday that he bore responsibility for ensuring that the gun he was handed did not contain live rounds.
Jeff Beck, guitarist with a chapter in rock history, dies at 78
New York Times, Published on 12/01/2023
» Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died Tuesday in a hospital near his home at Riverhall, a rural estate in southern England. He was 78.