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‘Sesame Street’ moves in with Netflix, but will stay on PBS
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new…
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge…
2 books celebrating New York City culture and community win the Gotham Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s winners of the Gotham Book Prize celebrate New York…
Austria welcomes JJ back home with cheers, hugs and roses after he wins the Eurovision Song Contest
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian fans enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna…
Emotional well-being. Fall prevention. Chair yoga has a lot to offer people of all ages
NEW YORK (AP) — Marian Rivman is pushing 80. Harriet Luria is a proud 83.…
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ tops box office while The Weeknd’s movie falters
Death is not looming for the “Final Destination” franchise at the box office. Its sixth…
For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on…
Jennifer Lawrence stirs Oscar talk in Cannes for ‘Die, My Love’
CANNES, France (AP) — Last year, the Cannes Film Festival produced three best actress nominees…
‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ is a ‘life-preserver in tumultuous times’: Canadian showrunner
TORONTO — For Roma Roth, setting her show “Sullivan’s Crossing” in Nova Scotia is a…
Richard Linklater’s ode to the French New Wave enchants Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — When Richard Linklater first started thinking about making a film about…
WHO adopts a ‘pandemic agreement’ after the chaos of COVID
GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better…
Rapper Werenoi, France’s biggest-selling music artist in recent years, dies at age 31
PARIS (AP) — Rapper Werenoi, France’s biggest-selling music artist in recent years, has died at…
White House says Trump is reviewing IVF policy recommendations promised in executive order
CHICAGO (AP) — Days after a bombing outside a Southern California fertility clinic, a White…
Scarlett Johansson brings 50th season of ‘SNL’ to a low-key close
“Saturday Night Live” was more reflective than festive in the final episode of its 50th…
Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas fitness…
Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song ‘Wasted Love.’ Israel comes 2nd
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Classically trained Austrian singer JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest…
Vancouver Island University students make the world’s largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of…
Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about…
Bird man on red carpet leaves Cannes squawking
CANNES, France (AP) — Stars in glamorous gowns often peacock on the Cannes Film Festival…
‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden
The creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two years…
Authorities analyzing nihilistic writings of suspect in California fertility clinic bombing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators on Monday were combing through the writings of a 25-year-old…
After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war
GENEVA (AP) — Stripped of U.S. funding, the World Health Organization chief on Monday appealed…
Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL — The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure,…
After a political career shaped by cancer, Biden faces his own grim diagnosis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Joe Biden’s family, there’s a saying that the three worst words…