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MrBeast probe ends with some employees fired but finds no proof of sexual misconduct allegations
November 01, 2024 - 1:55 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Online video production company MrBeast said Friday it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire's workplace culture.
‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
November 01, 2024 - 10:35 PM

MADRID (AP) — It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life.
Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties
November 01, 2024 - 1:54 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing to dress as the stubby alien E.T. for their parties on opposite coasts.
Supreme Court sued over its refusal to translate decisions before 1970 into French
November 01, 2024 - 1:32 PM

MONTREAL - The office of the registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada was served with a legal notice on Friday by a Quebec civil rights group challenging the high court's steadfast refusal to translate its historic decisions into French.
A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024's most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?
November 01, 2024 - 1:07 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in Adra’s village under Israeli occupation. The resulting film, “No Other Land,” has been hailed as one of the year's most powerful documentaries, winning prizes at international film festivals.
Winnipeggers celebrate 50th anniversary of cult classic 'Phantom of the Paradise'
November 01, 2024 - 1:04 PM

WINNIPEG - When the American rock musical film "Phantom of the Paradise" was released in theatres in Winnipeg in 1974, Craig Wallace was one of the first to line up on opening day.
Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.
November 01, 2024 - 12:58 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges.
Local school staple 'Lost on a Mountain in Maine' from 1939 hits the big screen nationwide
November 01, 2024 - 12:25 PM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Most Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week in 1939 after climbing the state’s tallest mountain. Now the rest of the U.S. is getting in on the story.
'Scandal' cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina
November 01, 2024 - 12:12 PM

The cast of ABC's hit political drama “Scandal” may need to brush up on their snappy, speedy delivery known as “Scandal-pace," because they're reuniting for a good cause. Its stars including Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young will take part in a live virtual script reading on Nov. 17 to raise money for hurricane relief in western North Carolina.
Drugs, weapons and electronics seized during sweep at Brooklyn federal jail where 'Diddy' is held
November 01, 2024 - 11:31 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency operation” aimed at cleaning up the troubled New York City federal jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held, the Bureau of Prisons said Friday.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
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MATCHMAKING SERVICE: Young Agrarians hook up wannabe farmers with land in Okanagan
An organization that matches young, aspiring farmers to landholders has noticed fewer people are investing in orchards and vineyards in the Okanagan following the industry’s challenges this year. Young Agrarians is a national organiza

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

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MrBeast probe ends with some employees fired but finds no proof of sexual misconduct allegations

‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum

Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties

Supreme Court sued over its refusal to translate decisions before 1970 into French

A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024's most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?

Winnipeggers celebrate 50th anniversary of cult classic 'Phantom of the Paradise'

Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.

Local school staple 'Lost on a Mountain in Maine' from 1939 hits the big screen nationwide

'Scandal' cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina

Drugs, weapons and electronics seized during sweep at Brooklyn federal jail where 'Diddy' is held

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