Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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Knowledge about North Korea's Kim is limited, but crucial
TOKYO - New rumours about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he's very ill. Or maybe he's just recuperating in his luxury compound, or isolating himself from the coronaviru...
Apr 29, 2020
Irrfan Khan, of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Life of Pi,' dies
NEW DELHI - Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India's best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54. Khan played the police inspector in "Slumdog Millionaire...
Apr 29, 2020
UK leader Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of baby boy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, announced the birth of a son on Wednesday, just two days after Johnson returned to work following hospitalization for the...
Apr 29, 2020
'Trolls' went straight to homes. Movie theatres are fuming.
NEW YORK - The most controversial movie of the year is ... "Trolls World Tour"? As innocuous as the rainbow-colored, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of the "Trolls" sequel h...
Apr 28, 2020
Google's growth slows as pandemic infests advertising market
BERKELEY, Calif. - Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter. The January-March earni...
Apr 28, 2020
Rhode Island's not big, but now it can brag a lizard (maybe)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The smallest state has some big news, if you're a biologist: its first lizard. A five-lined skink discovered on Earth Day in Rhode Island is not native to the state, meaning there m...
Apr 28, 2020
Streaming films eligible for Oscars, but for 1 year only
LOS ANGELES - Movies that debuted on a streaming service without a theatrical run will be eligible for the Oscars, but only for this year. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Tuesday a...
Apr 28, 2020
Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' miniseries is a woke '40s fantasy
LOS ANGELES - Ryan Murphy has a clear-eyed fascination with the 20th-century Hollywood dream machine, so adroit at making stars and breaking the hearts of those who didn't fit the mould. Among the cas...
Apr 28, 2020
Trump to order meat processing plants to remain open
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will take executive action Tuesday to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the impact on the nation's food sup...
Apr 28, 2020
No joke: Tupac Shakur needs unemployment benefits
FRANKFORT, Ky. - It's no joke - Tupac Shakur lives in Kentucky and needs unemployment benefits to pay his bills. The Lexington man's name was brought up by Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday night as he spok...
Apr 28, 2020
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