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Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week with optimism
September 23, 2020 - 12:28 PM

MILAN - The Italian fashion industry is moving to inject optimism into luxury’s dismal year, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that aims to excite consumers and connect with the buying network.
The Latest: FBI says 'Oz' slippers recovered in sting
September 04, 2018 - 11:26 AM

MINNEAPOLIS - The Latest on ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" that were recovered more than a decade after they were stolen from a Minnesota museum (all times local):
Investigators release first official details of 'Deadpool 2' stuntwoman's death
August 18, 2017 - 3:20 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's workplace safety agency has released the first official account of a "Deadpool 2" stuntwoman's death, saying SJ Harris was thrown off a motorcycle and propelled through a plate glass window.
Before "Lion," the story behind an unlikely family reunion
March 01, 2017 - 2:04 PM

KHANDWA, India - Editor's note: Four years before the movie "Lion" was released, two Associated Press reporters told the story of Saroo Brierley's complicated reunion with his mother, Fatima Munshi. This is that story, which was originally published by the AP in 2012:
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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

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week with optimism