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CINCINNATI (AP) — Cristian Măcelaru was hired Wednesday as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra starting in the 2025-26 season. The 44-year-old will be music director designate in the 2024-25 season and then will have a four-year term.

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been looted from Italy almost a half-century ago.

VIENNA (AP) — A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for 30 million euros ($32 million).

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in more than a year , the monthly board meeting of Walt Disney World's governing district on Wednesday was back to being what many municipal government forums often are — boring.

Organizations across the country are gearing up for what they describe as the largest LGBTQ+ mobilization since the push for marriage equality.

Allergy season can bring misery to tens of millions of Americans each year. Tree, grass, and other pollens can cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing.

The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation.

Spending too many nights trying to fall asleep — or worrying there aren’t enough ZZZs in your day ? You’re not alone. Nearly one-third of American adults say they don’t get the recommended seven to nine hours a night.

The way a dish looks has been important to the dining experience since forever, but perhaps never more than now. Relaxed and homey. Or vibrant and celebratory. And perhaps shareable, too.

Once upon a time, on Pet Shop Boys ' first single, “West End Girls,” vocalist Neil Tennant sang the lines, “We’ve got no future / We’ve got no past / Here today, built to last.