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Brazilian minister is fired after comments linked to Nazis
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian culture secretary Roberto Alvim was fired on Friday after using…
Mexico’s president hopes to raffle off presidential jet
MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced the latest in a series…
Many options await Prince Harry and Meghan after royal split
LONDON – Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have made their choice: a radical break…
Portraits of Obamas to begin 5-city US tour in Chicago
CHICAGO – The official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle…
Detroit Historical Society showcases its ‘magical’ warehouse
DETROIT – In some ways, the overflow storage facility for the Detroit Historical Society isn’t…
DiCaprio, Zellweger and more Oscar hopefuls attend luncheon
LOS ANGELES – Renée Zellweger, Al Pacino and dozens of other Academy Award nominees bowed…
Crown urges 12 years for two men over violent sexual assault in Toronto bar
TORONTO – A bar owner and his manager convicted of a violent, videotaped gang sex…
Documentary shows legal battle over authenticity of alleged fake Morrisseau piece
A long legal battle over the authenticity of a painting purportedly by the renowned Indigenous…
7 of Winston Churchill’s paintings on view in Louisiana
LAFAYETTE, La. – Seven of Winston Churchill’s paintings and one of his sculptures are on…
Ceramicist Marie Woo selected as 2020 Kresge Eminent Artist
DETROIT – A Chinese American ceramicist described as a “transformational force” whose work possesses “a…
Eminent man of letters George Steiner dead at age 90
NEW YORK – George Steiner, who became one of the world’s leading public intellectuals through…
School: Dolls of black figures on tree-like racks removed
EAST LANSING, Mich. – A performing arts centre at Michigan State University removed a gift…
Show me the Monet: Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts turns 150
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is getting ready to show you the Monet. The venerable…
Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103
Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust…
Construction set to begin in May on $60M Anchorage hotel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A hotel chain plans to begin construction in May of a $60…
Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch honouring this year’s female…
Ginsburg to present award named for her to philanthropist
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg usually is on the receiving end of…
New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction to award $150,000 to female writer
A new literary prize worth $200,000 aims to raise the profile of female authors in…
Tory Burch reinvents power suit, merges pretty and powerful
NEW YORK – Tory Burch blurred the lines between masculine and feminine at Sunday’s show,…
Waiting for a driver’s license? Enjoy a Van Gogh
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Some fine art with your license plate? A dozen secretary of…
Spike Lee talks Oscar diversity ahead of appearance at Toronto Black Film Festival
TORONTO – Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee says “it’s going to be a long, hard process”…
More businesses reopen in China, but many people stay home
BEIJING – More offices and stores in Beijing and other parts of China finally reopened…
Maryland unveils statues of Tubman, Douglass in Capitol
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – At a time when states are debating the removal of Confederate monuments,…
Congressman Lewis to receive NAACP honour at awards show
ATLANTA – The NAACP is honouring John Lewis for his Congressional service and long history…