NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Tennessee activists who have become known nationwide for fighting book bans will be honored by PEN America next month at its annual gala.
HALIFAX - Almost a year after RCMP began investigating the sudden disappearance of two children from their rural Nova Scotia home, the Mounties still say there is no evidence of an abduction or criminal offence.
NEW YORK (AP) — The woman at the center of Harvey Weinstein 's repeatedly retried rape case testified — for the third time — Tuesday that the former Hollywood honcho trapped her in a New York hotel room and assaulted her, ignoring her pleas n…
WINNIPEG - Tech companies that don't comply with the province's plan to ban children from using social media and artificial intelligence chatbots may face billion-dollar fines, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Tuesday.
TORONTO - Several provincial governments across Canada are looking at tighter restrictions for youth on social media, artificial intelligence chatbots, and cellphone use in schools amid growing concerns over their impact on young people.
WHITE ROCK - A man who taught girls to dance at a studio in White Rock, B.C., faces multiple sexual assault charges alleged to have taken place between 2006 and 2011.Â
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says if the federal government doesn't bring in protections on social media and AI chatbots for children, then the province will look to follow Manitoba with its own regulatory regime.Â
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Serbian state RTS broadcaster on Tuesday to demand that the Balkan country pull out of the Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel's participation.
Some parents who have already limited their kids' access to social media say a proposed government ban would make their efforts to protect their children far more effective.Â
Andrew Stanton has spent more than half his life with “Toy Story.†He was the lead writer on the first three, a script savior on the fourth, and now, cowriter and co-director on “Toy Story 5.â€
BERLIN (AP) — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a Berlin museum, occasionally “po…
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — A man accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago pleaded guilty as his trial began on Tuesday…
Canada is entering a new era of nation-building. From clean-energy corridors and critical-minerals projects to modern rail and port infrastructure, the federal governm…
When it comes to personal finances, knowledge makes all the difference. Why is it important to create and stick to a household budget? What’s the real cost of using cr…
It’s a little-known fact that Canada’s credit unions are among the country’s strongest supporters of small businesses. From coast to coast, they provide entrepreneurs …
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift filed three new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, a move one legal expert theorizes it is to protect her voice and image from potential misuse through artificial intelligence.
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,†“Minions,†“Star Wars†and “Toy Story.†But the most eagerly anticipat…
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A former employee of a popular nightclub whose roof collapsed a year ago and killed 236 people told a judge Monday that the owners were fully aware the structure was deteriorated.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge sentenced “Dances With Wolves†actor Nathan Chasing Horse on Monday to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.
Donald and Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.â€
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kid Rock and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth both flew in Army Apache attack helicopters at a base in Virginia on Monday, weeks after military pilots drew scrutiny for hovering near the entertainer's Tennessee home.
WINNIPEG - Manitoba could turn to classrooms as the first place to ban children from using social media and artificial intelligence chatbots, and one young advocate is urging the province to work with those it's aiming to protect.Â
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two and a half centuries after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant King Charles III arrived at the White House on Monday with trans-Atlantic ties under strain and se…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a quarter-century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades.
OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith says anti-Jewish hatred is being normalized in Canada and its annual count of antisemitic incidents hit another record high in 2025.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jackson once sang “Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.†For fans of the King of Pop’s music, it's words to live by: Streams of his catalog jumped 95% in the U.S. over the weekend when compared with the same dates the previ…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Workers in Brazil on Monday resumed the construction of the stage for the concert by Shakira next weekend on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana Beach, work that was halted the day before amid a police investigation into …
NEW YORK (AP) — Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, who sang the enduring hits “Be My Baby,†“Baby I Love You†and “Walking in the Rain†alongside her cousins, has died. She was 80.
MILAN (AP) — Venice’s renowned La Fenice opera house is breaking ties with contentious incoming music director Beatrice Venezi, who has ties to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, following months of protests by musicians.
MILAN (AP) — Venice’s renowned La Fenice opera house is breaking ties with contentious incoming music director Beatrice Venezi, who has ties to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, following months of protests by musicians.
Journalists in the nation’s capital are accustomed to chasing stories. But on Saturday night, the story came to them — hundreds of them, gathered as President Donald Trump prepared to speak, thrust suddenly into chaos when a gunman tried to s…
BOSTON (AP) — For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved.
NEW YORK (AP) — "Michael," the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut fo…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Sec…
BERLIN (AP) — For people living with disabilities, barriers to tourism can range from the obvious — such as an out-of-service elevator — to the unseen, like an outing that's too long or a setting that's too loud.
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will move to ban children from using social media accounts and artificial intelligence chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew told fellow New Democrats on Saturday night.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional boxer from Philadelphia.
CALGARY - William Shatner, quickly gliding over questions that speculated about the future of "Star Trek" and his famous role as its captain, reminisced with a ballroom of fans about stories ranging from sabotaging co-star Leonard Nimoy's bik…