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Celeste Rivas Hernandez, teen in murder case against singer D4vd, grew up in sleepy California town
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Just down the road from Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s house is…
Drake fans bid farewell to ‘Iceman’ tower as firefighters, private crews hose it down
TORONTO — Fans continued to gather around Drake’s diminishing tower of ice blocks on Wednesday…
Gov. Tim Walz to release ‘Good Neighbors,’ inspired by ICE surge in Minnesota and the pushback
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by the massive…
Celeste Rivas Hernandez, girl who singer D4vd is charged with killing, died from penetrating wounds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl singer D4vd is charged with…
Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic known for ‘We Just Disagree’ and ‘Feelin’ Alright,’ dies at 79
NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Mason — the co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic,…
French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says Algeria sentenced him to 3 years for award-winning novel
PARIS (AP) — French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud said Wednesday that he has been sentenced to…
Feist, Alessia Cara, Broken Social Scene to headline free Toronto hospital fundraiser
TORONTO — Feist, Alessia Cara and Broken Social Scene are putting their time into a…
‘Bodies Found in Various Places’ among five collections shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO — Daniel Borzutzky, a poet-translator who was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize…
Virginia Evans and Susan Choi are among 6 finalists for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
LONDON (AP) — Four debut novelists are among six books on a U.S.-dominated list of…
Once punished for weaving, this Mexican artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Xaneri Merino wasn’t meant to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps. Now…
‘The day the music dies’: Organists pipe up to save historical instrument
EDMONTON — Music from a pipe organ has filled a convocation hall at the University…
CPAC cancels two news programs, cites ‘accelerating revenue decline’
OTTAWA — CPAC, the Canadian service that provides direct coverage of political events, says declining…
South Korean police seek to arrest K-pop mogul behind BTS
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police said Tuesday they are seeking to arrest…
Streamer finds Drake’s new album release date hidden within ice structure
TORONTO — A release date for Drake’s much-anticipated album “Iceman” appears to have been retrieved…
Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Hersh Goldberg-Polin was in the tunnels in Gaza, fellow hostages say…
Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial opens in New York for the third time
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors once again portrayed Harvey Weinstein as a onetime Hollywood power…
Rex Heuermann told ex-wife he murdered Gilgo Beach victims at family’s home, documentary reveals
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who recently pleaded guilty to New York’s Gilgo Beach…
Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the Osmonds, has died at 76
NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The…
Former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin joining NBC’s pregame show, AP sources say
Mike Tomlin is going from the glare of an NFL sideline to the glare of…
The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars and turn it into a parody platform
The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over…
Actress Sonya Walger, graphic novelist Lee Lai shortlisted for Carol Shields Prize
TORONTO — British-American actress Sonya Walger is one of five authors shortlisted for the US$150,000…
Late Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy still looms over British monarchy 100 years after her birth
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II lives on at the Cool Britannia gift shop across…
Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden cheered as she wins Authors Guild honor
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a year since she was abruptly fired by President Donald…
Facing the death of its dominant newspaper, Pittsburgh media has surprising turnaround
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the space of a couple of weeks this spring, Pittsburgh media…