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UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings.
VANCOUVER – It has been two years, but University of British Columbia architecture student Katie…
Radio host Larry Elder announces 2024 GOP bid for president
Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder, who sought to replace the California governor in a…
Texan princess evicted from Rome villa, Caravaggio stays
ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess piled her four yapping bichon frise dogs into a…
Radio-Canada should get back to core mandate, says Conservative Quebec senator
OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives’ top Quebec Tory says the party’s concerns about the CBC…
Texas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villa
ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess who lives in a Rome villa containing the only…
Vatican inaugurates artisan apprentice school for basilica
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday inaugurated a new arts and crafts academy…
Mars head Yung Wu announces plan to step down from role as tech incubator’s CEO
TORONTO – Yung Wu has founded, built and invested in at least seven companies, but…
Fox News-Dominion libel case set to begin after brief delay
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation…
NDP, Bloc accuse Poilievre of threatening French, Quebec culture with stance on CBC
OTTAWA – Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Pierre Poilievre’s criticisms of the CBC amount…
Lincoln Center to hold 2nd Summer for the City festival
NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center will hold its second straight Summer for the City…
Soundgarden, Chris Cornell’s widow settle recordings lawsuit
The widow of singer Chris Cornell and his former bandmates in Soundgarden said Monday that…
Review: Poet Maggie Smith on the dissolution of a marriage
NEW YORK (AP) — “You Could Make This Place Beautiful,” by Maggie Smith (One Signal…
Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies
BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Edward Koren, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, known…
House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in…
GOP states targeting diversity, equity efforts in higher ed
Frustrated by college diversity initiatives he says are “fomenting radical and toxic divisions,” Texas state…
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ closes on Broadway after 35 years
NEW YORK (AP) — The final curtain came down Sunday on New York’s production of…
Judge delays trial over Fox News and 2020 election lies
NEW YORK (AP) — Without citing a reason, the Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine…
Hospital sues Missouri’s top prosecutor over trans care data
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City hospital is suing Missouri Attorney General Andrew…
Zimbabwe’s aspiring female artists still ‘frowned upon’
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A self-portrait shows Nothando Chiwanga covering her face with a yellow…
Rouet rewarded with contract extension as coach of Canadian women’s rugby team
Kevin Rouet, who coached Canada to a fourth-place finish at last year’s Women’s Rugby World…
Biden taps Gaga, Clooney, Garner, others for arts committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced a star-studded slate of members for…
Threats to dictionary publisher land man a year in prison
A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over its…
Actor Drake Bell found safe after being declared missing
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jared “Drake” Bell, an actor best known as a star…
Mary Quant, mastermind of Swinging ’60s style, dies at 93
LONDON (AP) — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London…