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Judge nixes conviction of 1 of 2 men found guilty of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Friday voided the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of the 2002 killing of Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay, ruling that there wasn’t enough evidence that the man had a motive to kill the hip-hop luminary. The reversal, which came as the judge upheld the other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard. The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in Michigan’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Kennedy Center has added Trump’s name to the memorial Congress created for John F. Kennedy
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center on Friday quickly added Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts center Congress designated as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy, a day after the center’s board of trustees voted to make the change. Blue tarps were hung in front of the building to obscure workers on scaffolding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge nixes conviction of one of two men found guilty of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Friday voided the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of the 2002 killing of Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay, ruling that there wasn’t enough evidence that the man had a motive to kill the hip-hop luminary. Nearly two years after a jury delivered its verdict, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WildBrain sells its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts franchise to Sony for $630M
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
TORONTO — WildBrain Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts Holdings LLC to Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. for $630 million cash. The entertainment company says the net proceeds of the sale of its stake in the firm that holds the rights to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Kennedy Center starts work to add Trump’s name onto the building
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center started the work of adding Donald Trump’s name to the building on Friday, a day after the president’s handpicked board voted to do so. Several blue tarps were hung in front of the institution early Friday to block views of the work underway. A large letter D was seen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt welcome their ‘perfect angel girl’
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have announced the birth of their “perfect angel girl.” They took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the Dec. 12 birth of Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, accompanied by several photos of the couple cradling and caring for their newborn. Hewitt wrote under the photos: “my best work yet, i am ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sony buys a majority stake in the ‘Peanuts’ comic for $457 million from Canada’s WildBrain
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
Happiness is taking control of a beloved comic strip. Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts” and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada’s WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday. The deal adds to Sony’s existing 39% stake, bringing its shareholding to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘6-7,’ Dubai chocolate, Labubu: You took 2025, now scat!
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — With Labubus hanging from our bags, Dubai chocolate in our bellies and “6-7” ringing in our ears, it’s almost time to bid farewell to a few things that went hard in 2025. Scat. Don’t follow us into the new year. You’ve had your 15 minutes. We’re over you. Deep six the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mystery as YouTube creator’s finance livestream appears on White House website
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The livestream of a YouTube content creator talking about investments mysteriously appeared to take over a White House website, raising questions about whether the site was hacked. The livestream appeared for at least eight minutes late Thursday on whitehouse.gov/live, where the White House usually streams live video of the president speaking. It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oscar contender ‘The Secret Agent’ capitalizes on the rise of Brazilian cinema
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
SAO PAULO (AP) — “The Secret Agent,” a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s — not because he is an activist or revolutionary, but because he stands up to a business ... Read More »
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