Arts

Q&A: Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Givhan chronicles Virgil Abloh’s rise to fashion fame
NEW YORK (AP) — With his calm and cool demeanor, fashion disruptor and multi-hyphenate Virgil…

Kacey Musgraves, Reneé Rapp, to headline All Things Go fest in Toronto this fall
TORONTO — Kacey Musgraves and Reneé Rapp are among the headliners set for Canada’s first…

Pint-size pioneer ‘Dora the Explorer’ celebrates her 25th anniversary
NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, a little girl with a bob haircut appeared…

Giorgio Armani misses Milan Fashion Week for the first time in 50 years, but his designs shine
MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani’s menswear collection for the next warm weather season encoded the…

Rebuilding Pac-12 reaches deal with CBS for its football and men’s basketball games
The Pac-12 struck a media-rights deal with CBS on Monday that sets up the network…

Comedy and crime fighting join forces for police learning leadership skills
CHICAGO (AP) — Three dozen police captains pair off in a Chicago conference room to…

Taylor Mac’s ‘Prosperous Fools’ skewers wealthy philanthropists in a biting satire
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Mac does not set out to bite the hand that…

Arnaldo Pomodoro, whose bronze spheres decorate prominent public spaces around the world, dies at 98
ROME (AP) — Arnaldo Pomodoro, one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists whose bronze spheres…

London’s secret tunnels that helped inspire James Bond will open to the public, complete with a bar
LONDON (AP) — There is a history-rich part of London that few people have seen,…

Forest fire in Musquodoboit Harbour prompts evacuation of community in Halifax area
MUSQUODOBOIT HARBOUR — RCMP in Nova Scotia say they are helping evacuate some residents from…

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ tops the US box office as ‘Elio’ marks a new low for Pixar
NEW YORK (AP) — Neither Pixar nor zombies were enough to topple “How to Train…

Oklahoma native, Thunder fan Kristin Chenoweth performs national anthem before Game 7 of NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — At 4-foot-11, Kristin Chenoweth always wanted to play basketball. It never…

Montreal’s Canada Day parade cancelled for a second year in a row, organizer says
MONTREAL — For the second year in a row, organizers of Montreal’s Canada Day parade…

Dolce & Gabbana embrace wrinkled romance for spring-summer 2026
MILAN (AP) — Dolce & Gabbana beckoned the warm weather with crumpled, take-me-anywhere comfort in…

B.C. student created wildfire map during own evacuation from Manitoba fire zone
University of British Columbia Okanagan geography student Jenna Taylor went home last month to spend…