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Opening statements are expected in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial
By Canadian Press on May 12th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors will begin trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades. Testimony in Combs’ New York trial could begin as soon as the afternoon following a final phase of jury selection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official , Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office. The office said in a statement Sunday that Perlmutter received an email from the White House a day earlier with the notification ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amber Heard reveals names of twin babies in Mother’s Day post
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
Amber Heard is now a mother of three. The actor on Sunday wrote on Instagram that she has welcomed twins into the family, a son named Ocean and a daughter named Agnes. She shared the news along with a photo of their tiny feet. “Becoming a mother by myself and on my own terms despite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A jazz club in Johannesburg plays its last songs and laments downtown’s decline
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — On a Friday evening in downtown Johannesburg, a world away from the genteel suburbs that include some of Africa’s wealthiest neighborhoods, groups of men huddle on a dark street as a security patrol whizzes past. Around the corner, popular jazz venue the Marabi Club is hosting its last Friday night show before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Classified, Kellie Loder, Maggie Andrew big winners out of East Coast Music Awards
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Atlantic music stars Classified, Kellie Loder and Maggie Andrew have emerged as the top winners at the East Coast Music Awards, which wrapped up in St. John’s, N.L. today after days of festivities. Classified took home Solo Artist of the Year, Producer of the Year, Rap/Hip-Hop Release of the Year for his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Thunderbolts’ and ‘Sinners’ top box office charts once more
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” dominated the North American box office charts again this weekend. Now in their second and fourth weekends respectively, the two films had some new competition, including a horror movie, a Kerry Washington action pic, a Josh Hartnett airplane thriller, and a Shakespeare-inspired musical. None of the additions made a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How AI helps push Candy Crush players through its most difficult puzzles
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they’re solving puzzles designed with an assist from artificial intelligence. The app that helped make gamers out of anyone with a smartphone uses AI to help developers create levels to serve a captive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Candy Crush uses AI to keep players coming back to its puzzles
By Canadian Press on May 11th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they’re solving puzzles designed with an assist from artificial intelligence. The app that helped make gamers out of anyone with a smartphone uses AI to help developers create levels to serve a captive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon
By Canadian Press on May 10th, 2025
Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international films. Cannes, where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73
By Canadian Press on May 10th, 2025
Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died. He was 73. Rodriguez died Friday, according to social media statements posted by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexican-American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73
By Canadian Press on May 10th, 2025
Country-music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican-American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s, including “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died. He was 73. Rodriguez died Friday, according to social media statements posted by his daughter, Aubry ... Read More »
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