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Daniel Rustioni to become Metropolitan Opera’s principal guest conductor
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of…
John Krasinski named People magazine’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Let the office debates begin — John Krasinski is People magazine’s…
Daniele Rustioni to become Metropolitan Opera’s principal guest conductor
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of…
Timothy West, acclaimed British actor and lover of UK’s waterways, dies at 90
LONDON (AP) — British actor Timothy West, who played the classic Shakespeare roles of King…
Missouri prosecutor says he won’t charge Nelly after an August drug arrest
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges following his arrest this summer…
James Patterson to help lead honors program at his undergraduate alma mater, Manhattan University
NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson’ s latest philanthropic project marks a deepening of ties…
Arbitrator upholds 5-year bans of Bad Bunny baseball agency leaders, cuts agent penalty to 3 years
NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad…
From anime to fine art: Japan’s Yoshitaka Amano is celebrated with a major retrospective
MILAN (AP) — In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano…
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals…
‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history
TORONTO (AP) — Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord…
Prime Minister Trudeau makes trip to Bermuda to eulogize longtime family friend
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Bermuda today to give a eulogy…
Bad traffic, changed plans: Toronto braces for uncertainty of its Taylor Swift Era
TORONTO — Will Taylor Swift bring chaos or do we all need to calm down?…
Dolly Parton sings her family’s story on ‘Smoky Mountain DNA.’ She says it is her ‘favorite album’
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton’s musical story starts further back than most might expect…
Arbitrator upholds 5-year bans of Bad Bunny baseball agency leaders, cuts agent penalty to 3 years
NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad…
EA Sports video game NHL 25 to include PWHL teams
REDWOOD CITY — Electronic Arts has incorporated the Professional Women’s Hockey League into its NHL…
Alexander Shelley to become Pacific Symphony Orchestra music director for 2026-27 season
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Alexander Shelley will become music director of the Pacific Symphony…
Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan
OTTAWA — A Canadian Security Intelligence Service official has denied threatening a Montreal man who…
Thailand’s baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng now has an official song in 4 languages
BANGKOK (AP) — In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo…
Build vaccine stockpile, use wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge
TORONTO — Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird…
Police ID body in Montreal park as abducted crypto influencer missing since June
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a body found in a nature park last month…
‘Force, fraud and coercion’: Alberta RCMP lay sex trafficking charges
COCHRANE, Alta. — Police have arrested and charged a 47-year-old man in southern Alberta with…
Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is…
Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature, heads to governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students…
FanDuel Sports Network regional channels will be available as add-on subscription on Prime Video
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diamond Sports Group announced Wednesday it reached a multi-year agreement with…