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With public ban on band Bob Vylan, Trump appears to ease visa privacy rules to make a point
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the United States revokes someone’s visa, it is typically confidential, with…
Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
June saw the death of a musician whose talent brought The Beach Boys from a…
Australia cancels rapper Ye’s visa over ‘Heil Hitler’ release
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ye, the U.S. rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was recently…
50 Cent, Aubrey O’Day and more react to the verdict in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of a prostitution-related offense but…
Joni Mitchell receives Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s gold medal
Joni Mitchell has received the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s gold medal for her cultural contributions,…
Ahead of Oasis’ tour, a look at famous and brief band reunions: Nirvana, Outkast and more
NEW YORK (AP) — “Don’t Look Back in Anger” is good advice for the Britpop…
Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark…
A look at what will happen to food assistance under Trump’s big tax cut bill, by the numbers
President Donald Trump ’s big tax cut bill will overhaul a common food assistance program…
North Carolina governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI…
Supreme Court rejects Montana’s bid to revive parental consent law for minors’ abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not hear a case involving…
Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial but is told to keep deliberating
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday…
2025’s best movies (so far) include ‘Sinners,’ ‘Sorry Baby’ and ‘One of Them Days’
Often the best movies of the second half of the year come almost preordained as…
Fears in Massachusetts that Trump’s bill could unravel health safety net
BOSTON (AP) — In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and…
What the key witnesses at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial told the jury
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial heard…
Joe Giordano, surgeon who helped save President Reagan’s life after assassination attempt, has died
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Joseph Giordano, a surgeon who played a central role in saving…
BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour
NEW YORK (AP) — Their reunion? It’s smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will…
Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan says it’s being targeted for speaking up about Gaza at Glastonbury
LONDON (AP) — Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan on Tuesday rejected claims of antisemitism over onstage…
There’s no one way to be a Canadian: Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault
OTTAWA — Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of identity and culture, came to his new job…
B.C. reports offer ‘road map’ for repatriation of Indigenous items, remains
A pair of reports out of British Columbia are detailing the complex, expensive and under…
First half of two-part Sanskrit epic big winner at Dora Awards in Toronto
TORONTO — A modern take on a millennia-old Sanskrit epic was the big winner in…
Bush, Obama – and singer Bono – fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism…
Brazil to reopen National Museum destroyed by fire in 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s National Museum offered a glimpse of its renovated building…
Slander or ‘trash-talking’? Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud has a day in court
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and…
Ontario paramedic shouldn’t have been fired over Israel comments: union, law experts
The Centre for Free Expression is calling for the reinstatement of a York Region paramedic…