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Civil War museum prepares to reopen with changes, upgrades
FLORENCE, Ala. – Employees with the city’s Arts and Museums Department have been getting Pope’s…
Ex-Oregon football star stops armed student at Oregon school
PORTLAND, Ore. – A former college football standout at the University of Oregon was credited…
Karate instructor accused of secretly recording children
BISMARCK, N.D. – A karate instructor is accused of secretly videotaping children changing clothes at…
Officer quits after confronting black man picking up trash
DENVER – A white Colorado police officer who pulled out his gun during a confrontation…
I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102
NEW YORK – I.M. Pei (PAY), the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with…
In Cannes, a gory Western stands against Bolsonaro’s Brazil
CANNES, France – Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes entry “Bacurau” is a feverish and violent Western…
Correction: Travel-Get Outta Here-The Shed story
NEW YORK – In a story May 15 about the Shed, the new performance space…
A play about Boris Johnson tries to find humour in Brexit
LONDON – Is Brexit a tragedy, a comedy — or is it too soon to…
Woodstock 50 plans roll on; court nixes cancellation bid
NEW YORK – The Woodstock 50 festival is back on after a court rebuffed an…
Upgrades done at popular music venue in time for ’19 season
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A $1.75 million renovation project has been completed at Saratoga Performing…
Tanya Tagaq, Joshua Whitehead among finalists for Indigenous Voices Awards
VANCOUVER – The Indigenous Voices Awards are building on their inaugural success as a launching…
British Council confirms arrest of its Iranian staffer
TEHRAN, Iran – The British Council is confirming that a woman who Iran sentenced to…
‘This is a movement’: Women lead visual arts jobs in Canada, numbers suggest
TORONTO – Women now dominate Canada’s most powerful visual arts jobs, including four of the…
Still kicking: Ralph Macchio revives ‘Karate Kid’ franchise
NEW YORK – After starring in three “Karate Kid” films in the 1980s, Ralph Macchio…
Woodstock 50 organizers-vs-investor clash heads to court
NEW YORK – Accusations and counterclaims have piled up as lawyers for organizers of the…
Iran: Suspect sentenced to 10 years for spying for Britain
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s judiciary said an Iranian national has been sentenced to 10 years…
UK halts export of ‘Lady Chatterley’ copy from famous trial
LONDON – The British government used its powers to preserve the nation’s cultural treasures on…
Politicians address challenge of making N.L. feel like home for newcomers
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The need to make aging, cash-strapped Newfoundland and Labrador into an…
Ontario to change combat sport rules in bid to attract more events to province
TORONTO – Combat sport laws in Ontario are set to be overhauled in what the…
Orchestra finds child who charmed crowd with ‘wow!’
BOSTON – A performing arts group has found the child who was literally wowed by…
Sentenced for scams, fake heiress not sorry ‘for anything’
NEW YORK – A German con artist who was sentenced to four to 12 years…
Pennsylvania college to no longer allow frats, sororities
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following…
Woodstock 50 concert organizers sue investor that backed out
NEW YORK – A dispute over the future of the Woodstock 50 festival has spiraled…
Actress Yael Stone not able to testify against Geoffrey Rush
SYDNEY, Australia – “Orange Is the New Black” actress Yael Stone was revealed on Friday…