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Brandi Carlile, Yola, Allison Russell lead Americana noms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola are the leading nominees for…
EXPLAINER: White ‘replacement theory’ fuels racist attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the internet’s fringes into the mainstream…
Back to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to party
After the 2020 Cannes Film Festival was canceled by the pandemic and the 2021 edition…
K-9 featured in Netflix’s ‘Rescued by Ruby’ euthanized
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island dog whose inspiring story of going from shelter…
Chicago alt-weekly survives column clash, going nonprofit
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Reader, the city’s famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a…
PBS’ Judy Woodruff plans to step down as ‘NewsHour’ anchor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judy Woodruff says she’ll be stepping down as anchor of PBS’ nightly…
Ukraine band favored in Eurovision Song Contest final
MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra and its members’ folk-hip hop anthem to their…
Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP’s Singh
OTTAWA – Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling…
Mississippi school board upholds firing over ‘New Butt’ book
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children’s book…
Ashley Judd talks about mental health after mother’s death
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Ashley Judd encouraged people to seek help for their mental health…
Delayed Southeast Asian Games begin in Vietnam’s capital
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Southeast Asian Games officially kicked off Thursday with a mask-optional…
‘Fiery’ Psaki ending tenure as a top White House messenger
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jen Psaki had been White House press secretary less than two weeks…
Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby was released from prisonwhen his conviction that he drugged and…
Seattle’s Space Needle painted original gold for anniversary
SEATTLE (AP) — The roof of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle has been painted “Galaxy Gold”…
Met’s new ‘Hamlet’: To be or not to be true to the text
NEW YORK (AP) — Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, all right, but not as Shakespeare…
Former Polish dissident, editor wins top Spanish award
MADRID (AP) — A former Polish dissident and human rights activist who is editor-in-chief of…
Rappers Young Thug, Gunna charged with racketeering
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta rapper Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang that committed multiple…
After nearly two decades, the Juno Awards set return to Edmonton in 2023
TORONTO – The Junos are set to return to Edmonton next year, marking the second…
Sony’s profit surges on healthy film, game, music growth
TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s fiscal fourth quarter surged 67% to 111.1 billion yen ($852.7 million)…
Nintendo’s profit dips slightly as Switch console sales slow
TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s profit for the fiscal year ended in March was little changed…
Joshua Cohen, the late Winfred Rembert win arts Pulitzers
NEW YORK (AP) — Joshua Cohen’s “The Netanyahus,” a comic and rigorous campus novel based…
Former ballerina Susan Jaffe to lead American Ballet Theatre
NEW YORK (AP) — When she was 18, she was handpicked by Mikhail Baryshnikov to…
Pulitzers Live Updates: Slain photographer among winners
NEW YORK (AP) — A Reuters photographer who was killed while covering fighting in Afghanistan…
Pulitzer Prizes award Washington Post for Jan. 6 coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism…