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WASHINGTON (AP) — Walter R. Mears, who for 45 years fluidly and speedily wrote the news about presidential campaigns for The Associated Press and won a Pulitzer Prize doing it, has died. He was 87.

PARIS (AP) — Giant leather pumpkins squashed on a brown “soil” carpet had fashion editors snapping their cameras at Friday’s installment of Paris Fashion Week.

SANTA FE, N.M.

Winter could have been over for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau when “Game of Thrones” ended in 2019, but the Danish star put himself back in the snow for his latest adventure, “Against the Ice.

TORONTO — Sum 41 has cancelled plans for concerts in Russia and Ukraine this summer. The Ajax, Ont.-founded rock act notified fans through social media that they've called off the shows amid the "horror" underway in the region.

A section of the famous oceanside Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island, continued to crumble into the sea Friday. That section was closed after a 20-foot (6-meter) section collapsed Thursday, likely due to erosion. No injuries were reported.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amazon has seen solid returns from its investment in streaming live sports, but its upcoming experiment with its first live music awards show is more of a gamble.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are hoping Gov. Ron DeSantis is a fan of strawberry shortcake. The House voted 109-4 on Friday to send the governor a bill that would make the tasty treat the official state dessert.

NEW YORK (AP) — Since the flurry of text messages that greeted him when he stepped off a plane in Berlin on Oscar nominations morning , Ryusuke Hamaguchi has had some time to reflect on why his film, “Drive My Car, ” has resonated as it has.

Toronto will resume hosting large in-person events and festivals after two years of limiting public gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city's mayor said on Friday.