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Prince William pours a pint, meets public before coronation
By Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press on May 4th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Prince William has poured a pint of ale and taken a ride on the subway with his wife Kate as part of a royal ramble in central London before King Charles III’s coronation. With just two days to go until Saturday’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey, William and Kate took time to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jessica Johns in the running for the $60K First Novel Award
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
TORONTO – A horror story that highlights the cultural significance of dreams and an exploration of intimate encounters in a northern Alberta town are among the six debut novels in the running for this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Jessica Johns’ “Bad Cree,” published by HarperCollins, and Billy-Ray Belcourt’s “A Minor Chorus,” from Hamish ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fox opposes fellow journalists trying to uncover documents
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on May 4th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox News is opposing a renewed effort by three news organizations to unseal documents related to its recently settled defamation lawsuit, saying it would do nothing but “gratify private spite or promote public scandal.” The Associated Press, The New York Times and National Public Radio asked a Delaware judge earlier this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Last of Us, Wii Sports entering Video Game Hall of Fame
By The Associated Press on May 4th, 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – The first commercial video game and the first one marketed to girls are headed to the World Video Game Hall of Fame, alongside a post-apocalyptic nail-biter and a system that made gamers out of grandparents. Computer Space, Barbie Fashion Designer, The Last of Us and Wii Sports were announced Thursday as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Video Game HOF winners extended reach to girls, grandparents
By The Associated Press on May 4th, 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – The first commercial video game and the first one marketed to girls are headed to the World Video Game Hall of Fame, alongside a post-apocalyptic nail-biter and a system that made gamers out of grandparents. Computer Space, Barbie Fashion Designer, The Last of Us and Wii Sports were announced Thursday as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italian conductor Muti to visit Syrian refugee camp
By The Associated Press on May 4th, 2023
MILAN (AP) – Italian conductor Riccardo Muti plans to visit Syrian musicians living in the vast Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the sidelines of his annual Roads of Friendship concert series that aims to use music to build bridges and help those affected by war. Muti will conduct Italian and Jordanian musicians in concerts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Not my king’: UK republicans want coronation to be the last
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on May 4th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – On his way to be crowned this week, King Charles III will travel by gilded coach through streets swathed in red, white and blue Union flags – and past a warning from history. At Trafalgar Square stands a large bronze statue of King Charles I, the 17th-century monarch deposed by Parliament and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Artists to Russia: ‘Our Fire is Stronger Than Your Bombs’
By Michael Casey And Vasilisa Stepanenko, The Associated Press on May 3rd, 2023
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. (AP) – As Ukrainian artists Jenya Polosina and Anna Ivanenko watched missiles descend on their country, the two decided to use their creativity to push back against Russia’s invasion. Working in the early days of the war from bunkers or sometimes without electricity and water in Kyiv, they and other artists started drawing. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This May the Fourth, Carrie Fisher gets Walk of Fame star
By The Associated Press on May 3rd, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Carrie Fisher is receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a May the Fourth tribute to one of the “Star Wars” franchise’s most beloved figures. On Thursday, Fisher – who died in 2016 – joins “Star Wars” co-stars Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill on the Hollywood tourist attraction that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Orleans music’s old guard still star at Jazz Fest
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on May 3rd, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste played the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival in 1970 with their groundbreaking funk band The Meters. More than 50 years later, The Meters are no more, but Porter and Modeliste are still among the festival’s mainstays. So are singer Irma ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gordon Lightfoot public visitation set for Sunday in Orillia, Ont.
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on May 3rd, 2023
TORONTO – A public visitation for Gordon Lightfoot is scheduled for Sunday in the folk singer’s Orillia, Ont., hometown. The family of the late Canadian musician, who died Monday at 84, says people can pay their respects at St. Paul’s United Church from 1 to 8 p.m. A private funeral will be held at a ... Read More »
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