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Another asylum-seeker makes national poetry contest finals
LEWISTON, Maine – For the second consecutive year, an asylum-seeker from Maine has made it…
Philadelphia ex-poet laureate faces uproar for skinhead past
Philadelphia’s second poet laureate, who focused on taking poetry to neighbourhoods and the city’s young…
Pennsylvania college’s fraternities disband amid protests
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The only two fraternities at Swarthmore College have opted to disband amid…
Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse
AMERICAN FORK, Utah – A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an…
Indigenous women, musician Buffy Sainte-Marie highlight NAC theatre’s debut
TORONTO – Stories of Indigenous women’s successes and struggles will be spotlighted in the inaugural…
Fire breaks out briefly in Bennington College building
BENNINGTON, Vt. – Bennington College says a fire that forced the evacuation of a building…
Student protesters occupy fraternity house, want it closed
Student protesters at Swarthmore College occupied an on-campus fraternity house Monday following the leak of…
Falun Gong US compound’s neighbours fret over expansion plans
DEERPARK, N.Y. – Falun Gong practitioners found a peaceful refuge in the forested hills of…
Woodstock co-founder insists anniversary festival still on
NEW YORK – Woodstock 50 will go on despite the loss of a major financial…
John Singleton, maker of ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ dies at 51
NEW YORK – Director John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood’s most memorable debuts with…
Notable reaction to the death of filmmaker John Singleton
NEW YORK – Notable reaction to the death of “Boyz N the Hood” filmmaker John…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
FBI got tips minutes before California synagogue attack POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The FBI said…
Naruhito’s ascension will shrink Japan’s imperial heirs to 2
TOKYO – Japan’s imperial family is relatively small and will shrink further in the coming…
Man pleads guilty to riot conspiracy in Virginia rally
RICHMOND, Va. – A member of a white supremacist group pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring…
Arts and letters academy awards gold medal to Toni Morrison
NEW YORK – Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is being honoured this spring by the American…
Fake German heiress convicted of bilking banks, businesses
NEW YORK – A New York jury on Thursday convicted an extravagant socialite who bankrolled…
Video game effort could help regulate future drone traffic
SALT LAKE CITY – Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day…
Riding out a wildfire is risky but can be the only option
REDDING, Calif. – For Californians who might have to escape wildfire again this year, the…
Sheltering in place during a wildfire a dicey strategy
REDDING, Calif. – For Californians who might have to escape wildfire again this year, the…
AI researcher, Soviet historian among winners of $100K Killam Prize
OTTAWA – Five of Canada’s leading scholars in fields ranging from artificial intelligence to Soviet…
Sheltering in place during a wildfire a dicey strategy
REDDING, Calif. – For Californians who might have to escape wildfire again this year, the…
Former AG Sessions calls for moving past Mueller report
AMHERST, Mass. – Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday said it is time to…
‘Children of a Lesser God’ writer Mark Medoff dies at 79
Mark Medoff, a provocative playwright whose “Children of a Lesser God” won Tony and Olivier…
University proposes deep cuts to museums, cultural programs
EUGENE, Ore. – University of Oregon community members are calling for potential layoffs and cuts…