How a teen street musician became the face of the Kremlin's crackdown

Diana Loginova, the 18-year-old student and street musician, has emerged as an unlikely — and perhaps unwilling — voice of ...

In Putin’s Russia, musicians face arrests for protest songs

Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, Yekaterina Samutsevich, left, and Maria Alekhina, centre, sit behind a ...

'Severely restricted': Russia's Saint Petersburg faces cultural crackdown

Russian bookseller Lyubov Belyatskaya sighed as she lamented the "climate of widespread anxiety" that has taken hold in her ...
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Pennsylvania Farm Show opens national anthem contest, invites residents to ‘sing for their state’

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Pennsylvania Farm Show is giving residents a chance to start the state’s biggest agricultural celebration on a high note, literally. The Pennsylvania Department of ...
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World Series: SoCal native, Marine veteran sings National Anthem for Dodgers, Rams

LOS ANGELES - Iraq war veteran Elliott McKenzie has been singing all his life, but says he really leaned into his talent after serving in the Marine Corps. "When I got out, I ended up turning to music ...
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Tony and Emmy Award-Winner Darren Criss to Sing National Anthem at NASCAR Cup Series Championship

The stage is set, the engines are primed, and the stars are aligning for an unforgettable NASCAR Championship Weekend at Phoenix Raceway! Adding to the excitement, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor ...
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Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that’s not true

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for ...