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Lady Gaga to rock Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 1 million fans
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lady Gaga will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. The show will be the biggest of the pop star’s career, as it was for Madonna who also turned the expansive stretch of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of events in Prince Harry’s troubled relationship with the royal family
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s troubled relationships with the British royal family, the U.K. establishment and the media have played out in public for years – in books and interviews, on television programs and in the courts. The latest twist saw Harry give a revealing interview after a court rejected his attempt to restore the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grievances and forgiveness were both on display in Prince Harry’s raw TV interview
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again with the prince’s raw television interview after losing a court case over his security. In a long and at times emotional talk, the 40-year-old prince said he wants reconciliation, while re-airing grievances against the royal family, the U.K. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s why May the 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day across the galaxy
By Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2025
It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 — or May the 4th, as fans say — has evolved over the years into Star Wars Day, an informal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio. And as they stood in line for water or food, the latest news ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial to delve into the seediest side of rap’s ‘bad boy’
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs once presided like a prince over his White Parties in the Hamptons, attracting A-list celebrities, gossip columnists and photographers. But at a trial starting Monday, prosecutors will cast the entertainer as a criminal sexual deviant who exploited his fame to abuse women at gatherings held far ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The force is strong with this holiday: Why ‘Star Wars’ fans say ‘May the 4th be with you’
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 — or May the 4th, as fans say — has evolved over the years into Star Wars Day, an informal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Trump sets his sights on public broadcasting, a decades-old institution frets about the future
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
The nation’s public broadcasting system — decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and “All Things Considered” — faces the biggest crisis in its nearly 60-year history with President Donald Trump’s order to slash federal subsidies. A court fight seems inevitable, with the heads of PBS, NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
The month of April saw the death of history’s first Latin American pope. Known for his embrace of the downtrodden, Pope Francis, who died of a stroke, signaled a different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris. His funeral was attended by presidents and princes who came from around the world to pay their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weinstein accuser insists in tearful outburst: ‘He did that to me’
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Harvey Weinstein ‘s accusers broke down in tears and cursed on the witness stand Friday as a defense lawyer questioned her account of the former Hollywood mogul forcing oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. “He was the one who raped me, not the other way around,” Miriam ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six Flags America in Maryland to close at the end of 2025 season
By Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2025
BOWIE, Md. (AP) — After more than a quarter century of thrills and fun, Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., will close at the end of this season. The approximately 500-acre (202-hectare) property in Bowie will be marketed for redevelopment, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced Thursday. As part ... Read More »
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