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建於1883年的「阿姆斯特丹音樂廳」（Concertgebouw），以其完美的音響效果位列世界三大音樂廳之一。每年，這裡上演超過900場音樂盛事，無數大師在此留下傳奇，幾乎每場演出都是座無虛席。但在今年一月的某個冬日午後，阿姆斯特丹音樂廳知名的「鏡面廳」（Mirror Hall）裡，舉行了一場不為掌聲、不為他人演出的合唱團聚會。約五十把椅子被排成一個圓圈，62歲的托妮（Tonny）在丈夫的陪同下緩緩入座；88歲的伊黛瑪（Idelma）一臉疑惑的握著女兒的手；還有幾位年近八旬的長者，在居家照護員的引導下慢慢坐穩。這群人，不是知名歌手也不是業餘音樂家，而是正與阿茲海默症及記憶對抗的鬥士。他們可能昨天才忘記回家的路，也有人早已忘記自己孩子的名字，但他們聚集在這裡的理由只有一個——盡情歌唱。這項名為「歌唱圈」（Singing Circles）的計畫，由荷蘭前歌劇女高音瑪爾特（Maartje de Lint）主持，自2024年試辦以來，已成為患有失智症的人們的心靈綠洲。今年，阿姆斯特丹音樂廳已決定將這項計畫為每月一次固定活動。

Fulton County, Georgia, officials say the FBI has seized original 2020 voting records while serving a search warrant at the county's Elections Hub and Operations Center.

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An Illinois teenager allegedly stabbed a pregnant mother to death dozens of times during a Facebook Marketplace meetup before setting the home on fire.

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The U.S. Department of Education said a California policy allowing school districts to keep students' gender transition from their parents violates federal law.

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Texas carried out the nation’s first execution of the year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in a 1998 double murder.

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What can we learn from Canada’s pivot away from the U.S.?

A car crashed into the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters and the New York Police Department is working to determine whether it was an accident or intentional.

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Bill Polian clarified he voted in favor of Bill Belichick's Hall of Fame induction, denying a report that he told voters the former Patriots coach should endure a waiting period.