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Trump's live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven't solved
January 24, 2024 - 1:45 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Donald Trump seeks his third straight Republican presidential nomination, his live appearances still present an unsolved riddle for many news outlets: How do you cover him?
The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
December 31, 2023 - 3:31 PM

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia.
Prince Harry loses part of lawsuit but will get his day in court against The Sun publisher
July 27, 2023 - 1:47 PM

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry ’s lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully snooping on him can go to trial, but not on allegations of phone hacking, a High Court judge ruled Thursday.
What to know as Prince Harry prepares for court fight with British tabloid publisher
June 04, 2023 - 11:23 PM

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is going where other British royals haven't for over a century: to a courtroom witness stand.
Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman
October 20, 2022 - 1:01 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz rolled onstage inside of an inflatable orb, put on a hydrating face mask and proceeded to pitch a new line of skin care products to a convention of supplement distributors at Salt Lake City’s Vivint Arena in 2018. The crowd roared in applause.
Russian bailiffs show up at US broadcaster's office
May 14, 2021 - 11:14 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian court bailiffs showed up Friday at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Moscow bureau to notify it about the launch of enforcement proceedings over unpaid fines as part of mounting pressure on the U.S.-funded broadcaster.
Records: Police paid for hotel for brothers in Smollett case
March 27, 2019 - 5:16 PM

Chicago police provided a six-night hotel stay with separate rooms and 24-hour security to two brothers who said they were paid by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to stage a racist, anti-gay attack on him, according to investigative reports released Wednesday to several media outlets.
5 of the biggest takeaways from Comic-Con 2018
July 23, 2018 - 12:59 PM

LOS ANGELES - San Diego Comic-Con 2018 ended Sunday as workers stripped the branding off the buildings, windows, buses, elevators, escalators and every other square inch of open space in the city's Gaslamp District. Weary attendees squeezed in one last thing before heading home with bags of merchandise, sore feet, some sunburns and fewer dollars in their bank accounts.
A Comic-Con without Marvel, HBO gives others a chance to pop
July 19, 2018 - 4:15 AM

SAN DIEGO - Comic-Con fans know one thing to be true: Where there is fun, there's usually a line that precedes it. And hours before the annual pop culture convention officially kicked off Wednesday night in San Diego, there were lines everywhere — to get onto the convention floor to buy merchandise at the stroke of 6 p.m.
US sets new record for censoring, withholding gov't files
March 12, 2018 - 10:44 AM

WASHINGTON - The federal government censored, withheld or said it couldn't find records sought by citizens, journalists and others more often last year than at any point in the past decade, according to an Associated Press analysis of new data.
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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

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Entertainment News

Trump's live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven't solved

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

Prince Harry loses part of lawsuit but will get his day in court against The Sun publisher

What to know as Prince Harry prepares for court fight with British tabloid publisher

Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman

Russian bailiffs show up at US broadcaster's office

Records: Police paid for hotel for brothers in Smollett case

5 of the biggest takeaways from Comic-Con 2018

A Comic-Con without Marvel, HBO gives others a chance to pop

US sets new record for censoring, withholding gov't files

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