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In recorded message, Rob Reiner urged resiliency for Holocaust survivors at Hanukkah event
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a video message recorded weeks before he was killed, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner urged Holocaust survivors participating in a Hanukkah ceremony on Thursday to “be resilient” during difficult times. Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death Sunday at their home in Los Angeles, law enforcement officials said. Their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that made Democrats fume, saying the board had overstepped its legal authority. Congress named the center after President John F. Kennedy in 1964, after his assassination. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In recorded message, Rob Reiner urges resiliency for Holocaust survivors at Hanukkah event
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a video message recorded weeks before he was killed, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner urged Holocaust survivors participating in a Hanukkah ceremony on Thursday to “be resilient” during difficult times. Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death Sunday at their home in Los Angeles, law enforcement officials said. Their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native’s long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whose legal name is Jason Deford has spoken for years about his redemption arc ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Romanian court sentences US rapper Wiz Khalifa to 9 months for drug possession
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country. Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the vote on social media, saying it was because of the “unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harrison Ford to receive SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian work
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harrison Ford will receive a lifetime achievement award in March from the actors union SAG-AFTRA. “Harrison Ford is a singular presence in American life; an actor whose iconic characters have shaped world culture,” the union’s president, Sean Astin, said in a statement Thursday. “We are honored to celebrate a legend whose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A photo of Miss Finland sparks racist accusations and furor across Asia
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finland’s government is facing heavy pressure and accusations of racism from several Asian countries after its representative to the 2025 Miss Universe pageant was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a photo — and some Finnish politicians posted their own photos repeating the gesture. Sarah Dzafce lost her Miss ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab female film directors have helped change the landscape of Arab cinema in recent years, presenting stories that haven’t been told before and claiming space in an industry in a region that rarely makes room for women to grow. Four influential female directors took part in this year’s Red Sea ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A mysterious fedora, a thieving cat and other stories that made us smile in 2025
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
Even the most dedicated doomscrollers smile once in a while. Here’s a look back at some of the Associated Press stories that captured attention around the world and provided moments of brightness throughout 2025: Art and intrigue The brazen heist at the world’s most visited museum in November wasn’t just a whodunit, it was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War ... Read More »
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