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The New York Philharmonic has canceled its fall season over the coronavirus pandemic. The Lincoln Center symphony orchestra announced Wednesday all concerts through Jan. 5, 2021 will not happen, a decision made to ensure the safety of both fans and artists. “While the New York Philharmonic deeply regrets having to cancel our fall concerts, we …

China does not present a military threat to “world peace,” the European Union’s top diplomat told reporters on Tuesday. Josep Borrell, chief of foreign affairs for the E.U., made the remarks after a three-hour conference call with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. The discussion came amid rising tensions between European powers and China brought on …

President Trump’s job approval rating has dropped by 10 points in less than a month, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. As late as mid-May, 49 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s job performance in the same poll. That approval has since dropped to 39 percent, moving closer to the president’s average job approval …

It’s an unacknowledged peculiarity that police are in charge of road safety. Why should the arm of the state that investigates murder, rape, and robbery also give out traffic tickets? Traffic stops are the most common reason for contact with the police. I (allegedly) rolled through a stop sign in the neighborhood and was stopped. It …

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has privately apologized to influential black artist Glenn Ligon after the Met used his art without permission in a social media post and an e-mail to patrons in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Ligon posted the offending e-mail that was sent from Met director Max Hollein to Friends of …

“Cops” has officially been canceled at Paramount Network. Definitive news that the series won’t return comes only four days after Variety exclusively reported that it had been pulled from the schedule. “‘Cops’ is not on the Paramount Network and we don’t have any current or future plans for it to return,” a Paramount Network spokesperson …

Alia Shawkat issued a lengthy apology after a video of her using the n-word resurfaced on social media. The “Arrested Development” and “Search Party” actress has been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 25. However, people called …

IBM says it is getting out of the facial recognition business over concern about how it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. A letter to US lawmakers Monday from new IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the tech giant “has sunset its general purpose facial recognition and analysis software products.” Krishna was addressing …

Natalie Portman has become the latest celebrity to come out in support of the Defund the Police movement. The Oscar winner on Monday shared several images with information about police defunding, alongside a lengthy caption in which she confessed that the police have made her always feel safe, crediting that to “the center of my …

Joe Biden asserted he is against the movement to defund and dismantle police departments  ‘No, I don’t support defunding the police,’ Biden told CBS News on Monday The denial of support from Biden comes as Republicans attempt to peg the defund movement on Democrats and the presumed Democratic candidate  Donald Trump is also attempting to make …