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Jury selected for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear a retrial of Sarah…
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant…
‘A Minecraft Movie’ stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already…
Future legislation compensating news outlets for content must account for AI: report
TORONTO — Canadian researchers say any future legislation meant to level the playing field between…
Metric backs out of tour with Bloc Party, citing ‘sudden production decisions’
Canadian band Metric has announced on social media that it is backing out of an…
Funeral held for Antonine Maillet, renowned Acadian author who died in February
MONCTON — A funeral was held Saturday for Antonine Maillet, with songs and theatrical performances…
America’s news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff after funding cuts
CAIRO (AP) — The head of a U.S.-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that…
Folksy philosophies of Ted Lasso comedy series at heart of N.S. university course
HALIFAX — A professor at Dalhousie University is offering a course using the philosophies of…
Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are urging a judge to let…
A trove of artifacts recovered from the black market goes on display in Naples
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special…
‘The Herds’ begins its journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals –…
‘An amazing storyteller’: Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, who helmed ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ and ‘First Blood,’ dead at 94
Ted Kotcheff, the genre-hopping Canadian filmmaker known for helming Rambo movie “First Blood” and comedies…
Michael Wekerle plans to fight for El Mocambo concert venue as it’s up for sale again
TORONTO — Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo is back on the sales block. Less than five…
Whiting Foundation announces grants of $50,000 each for 10 emerging writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a…
A song critical of Nigeria’s president is barred from airwaves
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song…