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Patrick Stewart recites Shakespeare at Sci-Tech Awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Patrick Stewart was so inspired by the inventors and inventions being…
Trump’s budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep…
Baltimore officers guilty in corruption saga short on heroes
Baltimore’s latest police corruption saga could be tough to sell as a TV crime drama,…
Union withdraws petition to represent Yale grad students
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A labour union has withdrawn a petition to represent some Yale…
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Feb. 14 ——— TRUDEAU TO LAY OUT VISION…
Former Ebony editor author Lerone Bennett Jr. dies at 89
CHICAGO – Lerone Bennett Jr., an African-American history author and former editor of Ebony magazine,…
Israel’s Netanyahu: A singular leader with a divisive legacy
A serial survivor of scandals, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be in trouble…
Boise hires famed architect to design new main library
BOISE, Idaho – Boise officials have hired a famed architect to design a new main…
‘Three Billboards’ wins, women make waves at UK film awards
LONDON – Ferocious female-led tragicomedy “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner Sunday…
Eugenides, Chernow voted into arts academy
NEW YORK – Jeffrey Eugenides, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, was in an especially inventive…
On the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera art trail in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY – With her unibrow, braided updo, colorful clothing and moustache, the late Mexican…
Petition calls for separating LGBT materials in Iowa library
ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Residents in northwest Iowa are fighting over a petition that calls…
‘Fortune Teller’ anchors Caravaggio installation in Mexico
MEXICO CITY – The celebrated painting “The Fortune Teller” by Caravaggio is going on display…
After years of dejection, proponents of gun laws see hope
PARKLAND, Fla. – The progression has become numbingly repetitive — mass bloodshed unleashed by a…
Thomas Cole works, Hamilton-Burr letters set for NY exhibit
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Early works by a leader in the mid-19th century American art movement…
Edmonton Fringe festival’s porta-potty fundraising campaign flushed with donors
EDMONTON — One of North America’s largest Fringe festivals says a new fundraising campaign that…
Joel Thomas Hynes says CBC series ‘Little Dog’ is about comebacks
“Rocky” long ago proved that when it comes to boxing movies, audiences love an underdog.…
Former film academy president lauded by Common, Halle Berry
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Common dropped a verse from his song “The Day Women Took…
Mike Huckabee leaves country music board after criticism
NASHVILLE – Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has resigned from the board for the…
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos dead at 78.
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, the longest-tenured music director in the history of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, has…
Next up at the Kennedy Center? A new focus on hip-hop
WASHINGTON – It was late October 2017 and a packed house of VIPs had gathered…
National Arts Centre unveils lineup for 50th anniversary
OTTAWA – The National Arts Centre is celebrating its upcoming 50th anniversary next year with…
The Latest: San Francisco to remove statue some call racist
SAN FRANCISCO – The Latest on a vote to remove a San Francisco statue some…
‘Cardinal’ big winner on second Canadian Screen Award night
TORONTO – The CTV detective drama “Cardinal” won a leading five trophies on the second…