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3 people stabbed during London’s Notting Hill Carnival, police say
By The Associated Press on August 26th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said. More than 1 million people are expected to attend the carnival, a celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture that takes place every year on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At Mexico’s Hera music festival, women were both at the forefront and behind the scenes
By Mariana MartÃnez Barba, The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico City’s Hera HSBC music festival Saturday brought together an all-female lineup of both Latina and international talent, including Kesha, Demi Lovato and Camila Cabello. Named after the Greek goddess of women, family and the sky and stars, the festival came at a historic moment in the country, as Mexico prepares ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Deadpool’ and ‘Alien’ top charts again as ‘Blink Twice’ sees quiet opening
By Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. “Deadpool & Wolverine” reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion. The Walt Disney Co., ... Read More »
1 responseHamilton police seize gun at festival, search for suspects in assault and shootings
By The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2024
Hamilton police say they arrested a man allegedly carrying a gun and a high-capacity magazine at a local festival and are searching for suspects who later used a baseball bat to attack a man in a nearby parking lot. Police say those two cases at or near the Winona Peach Festival on Saturday night came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American rapper Macklemore says he canceled Dubai show over UAE arming Sudan paramilitary forces
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – American rapper Macklemore said he canceled an upcoming October concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates’ role “in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan through its reported support of the paramilitary force that’s been fighting government troops there. The announcement by Macklemore reignited attention to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?
By Stephanie Beasley Of The Chronicle Of Philanthropy, The Associated Press on August 25th, 2024
Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire pop star wanted to donate tens of thousands of meals to the nonprofit – a philanthropic effort she had repeated, much like her favorite songs, as she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Perfect is good enough’: Husband and wife sculptors reflect on 54 years of work
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2024
COCHRANE, Alta. – It’s been a relationship forged in bronze. Don Begg and his wife Shirley have worked side-by-side for 54 years at Studio West Bronze Foundry & Art Gallery, their vast space in Cochrane, Alta., northwest of Calgary. Their combined works include 160 statues on display throughout Canada, the United States, Germany and France. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at 10 buzzy films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival
By The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2024
TORONTO – A famed director’s self-funded epic, a quirky Stephen King adaptation and Pamela Anderson’s return to the big screen are among the offerings at this year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. With more than 270 films lighting up TIFF screens from Sept. 5 to 15, there will be something for every kind ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of destructive energy obliterated two cites. It was a decisive move that helped bring about the end of World War II, but survivors and the generations that followed were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Behind the rhetoric, a presidential campaign is a competition about how to tell the American story
By Ted Anthony, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination “on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth.” America, Barack Obama thundered, “is ready for a better story.” JD Vance insisted that the Biden administration “is not the end of our story,” and Donald Trump called on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Romanian authorities tow vehicles from Andrew Tate’s home after new human trafficking allegations
By Stephen Mcgrath And Nicolae Dumitrache, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romanian authorities towed away a fleet of luxury vehicles Saturday from the home of the divisive social media personality Andrew Tate, days after he was placed under house arrest following new human trafficking allegations. Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, both former kickboxers and dual British-U.S. citizens with millions ... Read More »
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