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Vaccine rule for Springsteen Broadway show adds travel uncertainty for AZ recipients
June 18, 2021 - 9:18 AM

David Screech had already selected his seats and put in his credit card information for "Springsteen on Broadway" tickets when he noticed the COVID-19 vaccine requirements: his two doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca wouldn't be enough for admission.
No apology: Tavis Smiley makes comeback bid after PBS firing
June 17, 2021 - 1:58 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three years after workplace misconduct allegations cost veteran TV and radio talk-show host Tavis Smiley his job and a national forum, he’s ending his silence.
Jesse Wente faces Canada's history, flawed notion of reconciliation in upcoming book
June 10, 2021 - 1:29 PM

TORONTO - Indigenous writer Jesse Wente will challenge the notion of reconciliation in a new book described as "part memoir, part manifesto."
Gottfried Boehm, architect of concrete churches, dies at 101
June 10, 2021 - 8:19 AM

BERLIN (AP) — German architect Gottfried Boehm, who was famous for his concrete brutalist-style church buildings, has died at 101.
Oregon lawmaker faces expulsion in assault on state Capitol
June 07, 2021 - 6:22 PM

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker faces being expelled from office after a video emerged apparently showing him choreographing how he would let far-right protesters into the closed Oregon Capitol days before he did so in December.
The Pompidou, Paris' temple of modern art, plans NJ branch
June 04, 2021 - 1:00 PM

The Statue of Liberty could be getting company from her native France.
Politics still pack a punch(line) for Iranian-American comic
May 30, 2021 - 11:04 PM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For Iranian-American Maz Jobrani, a stand-up show in Dubai marked the first time he's been in front of a major live audience overseas since the start of the coronavirus pandemic — and he feels it.
The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot
May 29, 2021 - 2:25 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. — The latest federal data shows that two-thirds of adults in New York state have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from WhatsApp
May 24, 2021 - 12:25 PM

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A few hours after the latest cease-fire took effect in the Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian journalists in the coastal enclave found they were blocked from accessing WhatsApp messenger — a crucial tool used to communicate with sources, editors and the world beyond the blockaded strip.
Photos show Dubai princess, focus of UN concern, at malls
May 23, 2021 - 1:52 AM

LONDON (AP) — Photos on social media appear to show a missing Dubai princess who months earlier described herself in a video as being held against her will out at two major malls in the city-state.
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UPDATE: This is the second most expensive home ever sold in the Okanagan
A home listed for sale for almost $14 million sold this spring in Kelowna. The listing agent’s office, Jane Hoffman Realty/Coldwell Banker, would not reveal what the property sold for but did confirm that it sold this spring and

Wine of the week: My new fave, Narrative malbec
Malbec is a Bordeaux grape that you may not be too familiar with in our industry as a single varietal. Very popular in Argentina, Malbec is used in many of our B.C. blends and does not see the spotlight alone very often in B.C. Narrative wi

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Entertainment News

Vaccine rule for Springsteen Broadway show adds travel uncertainty for AZ recipients

No apology: Tavis Smiley makes comeback bid after PBS firing

Jesse Wente faces Canada's history, flawed notion of reconciliation in upcoming book

Gottfried Boehm, architect of concrete churches, dies at 101

Oregon lawmaker faces expulsion in assault on state Capitol

The Pompidou, Paris' temple of modern art, plans NJ branch

Politics still pack a punch(line) for Iranian-American comic

The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot

Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from WhatsApp

Photos show Dubai princess, focus of UN concern, at malls

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