June 16th, 2025

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Protests over ‘please walk on me’ flag artwork prompt its removal from New Zealand gallery – again

By Canadian Press on May 30th, 2025

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand flag printed with the words “please walk on me” and laid on the floor of an art gallery has once again been packed away following public outcry, 30 years after protests forced the removal of the same artwork. The Suter Art Gallery in the city of Nelson ... Read More »

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Former Creedence Clearwater front man John Fogerty celebrates 80th with show in Manhattan

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it. We should all be so alive and so remembered at his age. Fogerty, in the midst of an international tour, played a rowdy 100-minute set Thursday night to an adoring, near-capacity ... Read More »

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Performers and opera lovers see ‘The Central Park Five’ as a show of resistance against Trump

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

DETROIT (AP) — As Detroit Opera officials made plans last fall to bring a production based on the Central Park Five to their 2025 lineup, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump loomed large and just off stage. The opera puts to music the story of five Black and Latino teens imprisoned for the 1989 rape and beating ... Read More »

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Margaret Atwood calls Canada-U.S. tensions ‘most direct threat since the War of 1812’

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

TORONTO — Margaret Atwood says it feels “very weird” to see reality mirror “The Handmaid’s Tale” as the dystopian series comes to an end. The show, adapted from the Canadian author’s 1985 novel and filmed largely in and around Toronto, aired its final episode on Crave this week. Starring Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne — ... Read More »

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Ryan Coogler hosts ‘Sinners’ screening in Mississippi town where film is set

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

Clarksdale, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of people packed inside a local auditorium Thursday to see the hit film “ Sinners,” set in their community and steeped in Mississippi Delta culture. The special screening of the blockbuster horror film included an appearance by Director Ryan Coogler and was made possible by a community petition. “I have ... Read More »

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Chiuri leaves Dior, joining a growing list of high-profile global fashion exits

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Maria Grazia Chiuri, the first woman to lead Dior’s women’s collections, announced Thursday she is stepping down as creative director after nine years at the storied French fashion house — the latest sign of mounting pressure and ongoing creative turnover at the top of the fashion industry. The Italian designer confirmed her ... Read More »

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Bodies of 5 missing musicians of Mexican regional music band are found near Texas border

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — The bodies of five musicians, members of a Mexican regional music group who had gone missing, were found in the northern city of Reynosa along the Texas border, authorities said on Thursday. The musicians from the band Grupo Fugitivo, which played at parties and local dances in the region, had ... Read More »

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Trump suffered ‘mental anguish’ from disputed CBS News interview with Harris, lawyer says

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News’ editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris last fall, his lawyers are arguing in court papers. Trump’s status as a “content creator” was also damaged by attention given to the interview, lawyers said. It was part of their ... Read More »

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5 bodies appearing to be missing musicians of Mexican regional music band found near Texas border

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Five bodies that appeared to be members of a Mexican regional music group who had gone missing were found in the northern city of Reynosa, along the Texas border, authorities said on Thursday. The musicians from the band Grupo Fugitivo, which played at parties and local dances in the region, ... Read More »

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Smokey Robinson sues former housekeepers for defamation over rape allegations

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who accused him of rape and prompted a police investigation. Robinson and his wife Frances Robinson filed the counterclaim Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the women and their lawyers, whose allegations, they say, were “fabricated in an extortionate ... Read More »

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Ex-assistant testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted her and used violence to get his way

By Canadian Press on May 29th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ former personal assistant testified Thursday that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her head and slammed her arm into a door during a torturous eight-year tenure. The woman, testifying at Combs’ sex trafficking trial under ... Read More »

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