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The Latest: Kennedy Center honorees get special tributes
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the Kennedy Center Honors show (all times local): 9:45 p.m.…
Judge: Reinstate college frat house revoked over co-ed rule
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – A Connecticut private liberal arts college has been ordered to reinstate a…
Dogs and cats living together! Not quite at joint film fest
NEW YORK – The creator of a film festival celebrating dogs has taken a surprising…
Poilievre vows not to impose a home equity tax as Liberals, NDP talk health care
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is claiming the Liberals will impose a tax on…
Shame mingles with self-congratulation in Oscar season
NEW YORK – In nearly every major Academy Awards category this year there’s some trace…
Oscars org adopts code of conduct after Weinstein expulsion
NEW YORK – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced Wednesday that it…
Prize-winning author-critic William Gass dead at 93
NEW YORK – William Gass, a leading experimental writer of the 1960s and ’70s who…
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 7 ——— VETERANS MORE LIKELY TO TAKE…
Canadian members of Oscars academy hopeful about new code of conduct
TORONTO – Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta always thought it was wrong that there was no…
Connecticut College to accept Puerto Rico ‘guest’ students
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Connecticut College has established a guest student program for college students…
Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town
OBERLIN, Ohio – Students at Oberlin College have long enjoyed pastries, bagels and chocolates from…
Sherman-Palladino digs into 1950s standup world with ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
TORONTO – “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has had a complicated relationship with standup comedy.…
Drake, Miguel, 50 Cent perform at Art Basel parties
MIAMI – Musicians, actors and fashion icons descended on Miami for a whirlwind week of…
Pope Francis apologized for residential schools on historic Canadian visit
On a warm July day in 2022, thousands of dignitaries, Indigenous leaders and residential school…
Arkansas panel clears way for new Ten Commandments marker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas commission cleared the way Tuesday for the installation of…
Kings serenaded by another national anthem by harmonica chorus from Koreatown senior citizen center
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings have brought back the harmonica-playing senior citizens…
Florida university cancels Horovitz play after allegations
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida university cancelled production of a play by Israel Horovitz after…
Proposed public art installation sparks debate in Victoria
VICTORIA – A new public art installation proposed for Victoria has sparked debate over the…
Member of Newfoundland and Labrador broadcasting family killed by California police
ST. JOHN’S — A member of the family behind the first television station in Newfoundland…
The Latest: Some in graduation crowd boo, turn from DeVos
BALTIMORE – The Latest on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ speech at the University of…
A look at travel lists: Where to go in 2018
Many travel brands, guidebook publishers and websites offer lists of places to go in the…
Sword-swallower who once ran museum called Freakatorium dies
NEW YORK – Johnny Fox, a sword-swallowing magician who presented his quirky art form to…
New York high school renames building after Billy Joel’s mom
SYOSSET, N.Y. – A building at the Long Island high school that Billy Joel helped…
Review: ‘Bright’ is when Harry Potter vomits on a cop flick
That old Hollywood standby, the venerable buddy cop movie, may have met its anguished demise…