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Supreme Court will hear Texas anti-pornography law that challengers say violates free-speech rights
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a collision of free speech rights, regulation of online content and the protection of children. Texas is among more than a dozen states with similar laws aimed at blocking young children and teenagers from viewing pornography. The adult-content site ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBC using Google compensation payout to boost local news coverage with 30 new hires
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
CBC News is planning to boost coverage in nearly two dozen underserved communities across Canada by hiring up to 30 permanent journalists. The public broadcaster says it’s making the investment using funds expected from Google as part of a compensation deal made under the Online News Act. The act compels tech giants to pay news ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman released a statement Wednesday denying he had ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine this week published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault. The 64-year-old author of “The Sandman” comic book series and novel “American Gods” was responding to a New York ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Los Angeles burns, Hollywood’s Oscar season turns into a pledge drive
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
When the Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles last Tuesday, Hollywood’s awards season was in full swing. The Golden Globes had transpired less than 48 hours earlier and a series of splashy awards banquets followed in the days after. But the enormity of the destruction in Southern California has quickly snuffed out all festiveness ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez dies at 76
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, Daisy Rodríguez, said in a Facebook post that he died Friday morning. A cause of death was not given. Jiménez in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez dies at 76
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, Daisy Rodríguez, said in a Facebook post that he died Friday morning. A cause of death was not given. Jiménez in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jon Hamm of ‘Mad Men’ fame is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men,” was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
Melissa Rivers recalled how swiftly the California wildfires spread, forcing the county’s Ready, Set, Go evacuation plan to essentially skip straight to “Set.” That left her with little time to gather her most valued possessions before fleeing her home. When the final warning arrived, Rivers said Tuesday, “The fire was still a canyon away, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire last week but suffered “minimal damage,” according to a statement on the cemetery’s web site. A spokesperson at the Mountain View cemetery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jon Hamm of “Mad Men” fame is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men,” was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs say sex acts are distorted by ‘sexist and puritanical’ prosecution
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs labeled the prosecution against the hip-hop star as “sexist and puritanical” on Tuesday, saying nine recordings of sex acts considered important evidence in the case show only consensual sex between willing adults. The lawyers submitted a letter to a Manhattan federal court judge asking that the ... Read More »
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