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SZA leads the 2024 Grammy nominations as women outpace men in the leading categories
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killing her ex? That’s a bad idea. Writing “Kill Bill” and…
Daytime Emmys set for Dec. 15 in the first major awards show since Hollywood strikes ended
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Daytime Emmys are back on after being postponed by the…
Former Manitoba Speaker fulfils last goal with dedicated space for Indigenous art
WINNIPEG – Scattered throughout the century-old Manitoba Legislative Building are the works of famed Indigenous…
Demonstrators brawl outside LA’s Museum of Tolerance after screening of Hamas attack video
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Street fights erupted between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside Los Angeles’…
As Hollywood scrambles to get back to work, stars and politicians alike react to strike ending
Hollywood jumped into planning mode Thursday at the news of a tentative agreement between striking…
Back in China 50 years after historic trip, a Philadelphia Orchestra violinist hopes to build ties
BEIJING (AP) — Fifty years after the Philadelphia Orchestra’s history-making visit to China in 1973…
Donald Trump’s rivals vow to back Israel and argue over China and Ukraine at the third debate
MIAMI (AP) — In their first debate since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the…
5 Republican candidates spar at debate, while Trump holds a rally nearby. Follow live updates
Five candidates sparred with one another at a whittled-down third Republican presidential debate in Miami…
Trump looks to upstage the GOP debate with a rally targeting South Florida’s Cuban community
HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s debate counterprogramming tour continued Wednesday in South…
Disney reports sharp profit growth in the fourth quarter and an expansion of its cost-cutting drive
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday reported sharp profit growth for its…
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Union House Arts wins $50K Lacey Prize
OTTAWA – A community art space on Newfoundland and Labrador’s Bonavista Peninsula has won the…
Anuja Varghese wins Governor General’s literary award for fiction
TORONTO – Anuja Varghese’s debut short story collection has won the Governor General’s Literary Award…
Want to tune in for the third GOP presidential debate? Here’s how to watch
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It’s time for the third Republican presidential debate, and there’s going…
Nia DaCosta makes her mark on Marvel history with ‘The Marvels’
NEW YORK (AP) — Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming “The Marvels,” has a diagnosis…
5 Republicans will be on stage for the third presidential debate. Here’s who missed the cut
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of candidates onstage for the third Republican presidential debate…
Ukrainian officers investigated for holding awards ceremony struck by Russia, killing 19 soldiers
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Monday launched a criminal investigation into military officers who…
‘I owe everything to her:’ Bombers’ Brady Oliveira credits success to mom Shani
WINNIPEG – When Shani Oliveira is told youngest son Brady proudly calls himself a “momma’s…
This holiday season, the mean ol’ Grinch gets a comedy podcast series hosted by James Austin Johnson
NEW YORK (AP) — What would the mean ol’ Grinch be doing in 2023? Would…
Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls…
Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls…
‘Very duped’: Indigenous musicians upset over Buffy Sainte-Marie ancestry revelations
Buffy Sainte-Marie, wearing a shining dress and long necklace, was led on the stage by…
Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid…
Ukrainian war veterans with amputated limbs find freedom in the practice of jiu-jitsu
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nervous ahead of their first jiu-jitsu championship, the war veterans gathered…
Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan make the crowd go wild at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Sheryl Crow and Olivia Rodrigo kicked off the 2023 Rock &…