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Our Lady Peace toast Michael Wekerle's determination as he re-opens El Mocambo

TORONTO — Nearly seven years after audacious businessman Michael Wekerle began chasing the El Mocambo’s famous palm tree neon sign, he’s finally opened the concert venue that came with it.

Oct 31, 2021 12:29 AM Read more >

Jay-Z, Foo Fighters welcomed into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jay-Z's added another title to a resume that includes rapper, songwriter, Grammy winner, billionaire business mogul, and global icon — Hall of Famer.

Oct 30, 2021 11:08 PM Read more >

'She was my friend' - Alec Baldwin mourns cinematographer

Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of “Rust,” calling her a friend and saying he is in “constant contact” with her grieving family.

Oct 30, 2021 5:30 PM Read more >

How 'Let's Go Brandon' became code for insulting Joe Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase “Let’s go, Brandon!” it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening.

Oct 30, 2021 3:10 PM Read more >

Giving the Western some swagger in 'The Harder They Fall'

NEW YORK (AP) — If you had any doubt that Jeymes Samuel, the director of “The Harder They Fall” and the British musician known as the Bullits, loves Westerns, then you haven't heard him sing Dean Martin's “My Rifle, My Pony and Me” from John Ford's “

Oct 30, 2021 9:14 AM Read more >

Ski resorts counting on a return to normal on the slopes

JAY, Vt. (AP) — After a winter with mask mandates and restrictions on the number of people on lifts, ski resorts are expecting the upcoming season to be more like the pre-pandemic days on the slopes.

Oct 30, 2021 8:19 AM Read more >

UK's Johnson says Queen Elizabeth 'on very good form'

ROME (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that Queen Elizabeth II was “on very good form” during their weekly conversation earlier this week.

Oct 30, 2021 8:14 AM Read more >

Gay people who come out later in life face unique obstacles

CHICAGO (AP) — A lot can be hidden behind a marriage. For Brad and Cyndi Marler, it was that they are both gay. A few years after their wedding, they told each other their secret. Then, for more than three decades, they told no one else.

Oct 30, 2021 7:08 AM Read more >

COVID-19 memorial creators reflect as world nears 5M deaths

As the world nears the milestone of 5 million COVID-19 deaths , memorials large and small, ephemeral and epic, have cropped up around the United States.

Oct 30, 2021 4:44 AM Read more >

Bollywood superstar’s son walks out from jail in drugs case

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son walked out of jail on Saturday and was greeted with dancing and firecrackers, over three weeks after his arrest during a drug raid on a cruise ship party in Mumbai, the country's financial and

Oct 30, 2021 4:07 AM Read more >