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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 26-March 4: Feb. 26: Actor-director Bill Duke is 80. Actor Marta Kristen (“Lost in Space”) is 78. Singer Mitch Ryder is 78. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain of Journey is 73. Singer Michael Bolton is 70.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who broke with his party two years ago after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, has a book deal.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On the shores of the Persian Gulf, a new complex houses a Catholic church, a Jewish synagogue and an Islamic mosque in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

YELLOWKNIFE — A construction crew is hard at work in Yellowknife with power tools, heavy machineryand canoe paddles. But they aren't using the usual timber, bricks and mortar; their materials are ice and snow.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A spectacular collection of centuries-old Cambodian jewelry has been returned to the Southeast Asian country, the latest treasures to be retrieved from the estate of well-known antiquities collector and dealer Douglas Latc

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ministry of tourism and antiquities unveiled a renovated wing of its oldest museum Monday, home to a 16-meter (52-foot) -long scroll unearthed last year.

TOKYO (AP) — Leiji Matsumoto, the anime creator known for ”Space Battleship Yamato” and other classics using a fantastical style and antiwar themes, has died at age 85.

LONDON (AP) — British luxury brand Burberry unveiled its first catwalk show under new creative director Daniel Lee at London Fashion Week on Monday — and there wasn't a beige trench coat in sight.

Gustavo Dudamel’s focus on hair was apparent on his first day at the New York Philharmonic as heir apparent.

TORONTO — Jully Black says she hopes her one-word change to O Canada at Sunday's NBA All-Star Game leads to a lasting revision of the lyrics.