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  • How Chinese science fiction went from underground magazines to Netflix extravaganza

    February 29, 2024 - 12:54 AM

    CHENGDU, China (AP) — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. Fans traveled from around the world as Worldcon, sci-fi ’s biggest annual event, was held in the country for the first time.

  • 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.

  • Meet this year's MacArthur 'genius grant' recipients, including a hula master and the poet laureate

    October 04, 2023 - 10:12 AM

    A scientist who studies the airborne transmission of diseases, a master hula dancer and cultural preservationist, and the sitting U.S. poet laureate were among the 20 new recipients of the prestigious fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, known as “genius grants,” announced on Wednesday.

  • Who are the 2023 MacArthur 'genius grant' fellows?

    October 04, 2023 - 9:16 AM

    The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the 2023 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the “genius grant,” on Wednesday.

  • Rupert Murdoch's surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire

    September 21, 2023 - 3:59 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Magnate Rupert Murdoch's surprise announcement Thursday that he's stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire.

  • God of War, Wordle lead a bumpy year in video games

    December 14, 2022 - 10:09 AM

    It's been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic. Some major releases got delayed (2023 could be a doozy), but enough crossed the finish line to keep gamers happy. Indie developers held up their end, delivering innovative challenges and fascinating stories. Here are the games we enjoyed the most in 2022:

  • MacArthur's 2022 'genius grant' winners picked to inspire

    October 12, 2022 - 9:31 AM

    A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among this year's 25 winners of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious fellowships known as “genius grants” that honor discipline-bending and society-changing people whose work offers inspiration and insight.

  • Bonnaroo, a leader in green fests, faces climate change risk

    June 28, 2022 - 6:47 AM

    MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Since its debut on a rural Tennessee farm two decades ago, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival strived to be one of the country’s greenest music festivals, investing in recycling, composting, solar energy and other improvements.

  • Matt Damon co-writing a book on access to clean water

    November 23, 2021 - 5:03 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Damon has some big-name endorsers for a book he has out March 1 about access to safe water.

  • 'Into the Wild' bus on display during preservation work

    October 12, 2021 - 11:49 AM

    FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A bus that people sometimes embarked on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes preservation work.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. 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

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