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Hulu’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ spinoff ‘The Testaments’ is about girlhood in Gilead
Throughout the six-season run of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” dread hung over the series like a…
Thousands flood Lagos’ vibrant Fanti Carnival to celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands of revelers flooded Nigeria’s Lagos for the annual Lagos Fanti…
Lil Nas X enters a mental health program intended to lead to dropped charges of attacking police
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has allowed Lil Nas X to enter a mental…
Shaquille O’Neal starting a new Dunkman league, offering a prize of $500,000 for best dunker
Shaquille O’Neal wants to find the best dunker in the world. O’Neal — who had…
Mahreen Sohail’s story collection ‘Small Scale Sinners’ wins the PEN/Faulkner prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Mahreen Sohail’s “Small Scale Sinners,” a wide-ranging debut collection of stories…
Wireless Festival boss stands by Ye headlining concerts as sponsors pull out
As sponsors pull out from London’s Wireless Festival over headliner Ye, its organizer is standing…
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
The Associated Press, one of the world’s oldest and most influential news organizations, said Monday…
Man cleared in the killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay could soon be freed
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was convicted and then cleared of killing rap…
A timeline of the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and investigation
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Savannah Guthrie returned to hosting the “Today” show on Monday for…
The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026
As director of the FBI, he transformed the agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the…
Savannah Guthrie returns to ‘Today’ anchor desk for first time since mother’s disappearance
NEW YORK (AP) — Savannah Guthrie was back and almost all business at NBC’s “Today”…
From book bans to basement makeovers: 10 win I Love My Librarian Award for making a difference
NEW YORK (AP) — There are many ways to win an I Love My Librarian…
Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time
NEW YORK (AP) — As “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” lands in theaters, coloring stations,…
Double Dose: Flavor Flav visits Fenway Park and TD Garden on same day
BOSTON (AP) — Flavor Flav was a part of a sports doubleheader in Boston on…
Toddler injured by wolf after crawling under Pennsylvania zoo’s exterior metal fence
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A toddler was lightly injured by a wolf at a Pennsylvania…
Pressure mounts on Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London
LONDON (AP) — Pressure was mounting Sunday on American rapper Ye to be pulled from…
Story of the birth of ESPN will be showcased in a documentary on Monday night
ESPN is literally going back to the beginning on Monday night when it debuts a…
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy…
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy…
Don’t touch that dial: Future of Canada’s campus radio stations in doubt
Elke Sorensen was in her second year at Vancouver Island University when she first got…
Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reached a surprise four-year tentative…
Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone
If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at…
English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I
LONDON (AP) — On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or…
Canada’s Artemis II astronaut gives thumbs-up to ‘Project Hail Mary’ starring Canadian Ryan Gosling
HOUSTON (AP) — The new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting…