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Taylor Swift drops 15 new songs on double album, 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology'
April 19, 2024 - 5:55 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few additional surprises?
Maurizio Cattalan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison
April 19, 2024 - 2:56 AM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel. It's the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art show in an innovative collaboration between inmates and artists.
What to stream this weekend: Conan O’Brien travels, 'Migration' soars and Taylor Swift reigns
April 18, 2024 - 9:17 PM

Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver” landing on Netflix and Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” album are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Reality TV's Chrisleys are appealing their bank fraud and tax evasion convictions in federal court
April 18, 2024 - 9:06 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who are in prison after being convicted on federal charges of bank fraud and tax evasion, are challenging aspects of their convictions and sentences in a federal appeals court.
Music Review: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is great sad pop, meditative theater
April 18, 2024 - 9:03 PM

Who knew what Taylor Swift's latest era would bring? Or even what it would sound like? Would it build off the moodiness of “Midnights” or the folk of “evermore”? The country or the '80s pop of her latest re-records? Or its two predecessors in black-and-white covers: the revenge-pop of “Reputation” and the literary Americana of “folklore”?
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
April 18, 2024 - 6:04 PM

Dickey Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man.
Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai producing. An election coming. ‘Suffs’ has timing on its side
April 18, 2024 - 5:31 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Shaina Taub was in the audience at “Suffs,” her buzzy and timely new musical about women’s suffrage, when she spied something that delighted her.
Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist
April 18, 2024 - 5:29 PM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground dominated by a riot of gigantic red podiums.
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work
April 18, 2024 - 4:49 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president.
Pennsylvania school district cancels actor's speech over his activism and 'lifestyle'
April 18, 2024 - 4:41 PM

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district has canceled an upcoming appearance by actor and children's book author Maulik Pancholy after district leaders cited concerns about what they described as his activism and “lifestyle.”
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

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Taylor Swift drops 15 new songs on double album, 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology'

Maurizio Cattalan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison

What to stream this weekend: Conan O’Brien travels, 'Migration' soars and Taylor Swift reigns

Reality TV's Chrisleys are appealing their bank fraud and tax evasion convictions in federal court

Music Review: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is great sad pop, meditative theater

Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai producing. An election coming. ‘Suffs’ has timing on its side

Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist

Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work

Pennsylvania school district cancels actor's speech over his activism and 'lifestyle'

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