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Rapper Mystikal breaks silence on dropped rape charge
NEW YORK - After spending more than four years under the "bad dream" of rape and kidnapping charges that were recently dismissed, rapper Mystikal says he wants to shed the sexually-charged songs of hi...
Apr 14, 2021
The gonzo art of writing for 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'
NEW YORK - Screenplay writing, usually a fairly solitary, uneventful process, is more of a full-contact sport for a movie like "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." Work for the nine Oscar-nominated writers o...
Apr 14, 2021
Nielsen, networks clash on stats showing fewer viewers
NEW YORK - People have been stuck at home for a year due to COVID-19 restrictions, with movie theatres closed, concert venues closed, restaurants closed, sports attendance restricted - yet television ...
Apr 14, 2021
On 'Promising Young Woman,' consent, and a harrowing ending
"Man. That ending!" That's likely what you'd hear everyone saying on the way out of the multiplex - if we were all still going to the multiplex - after "Promising Young Woman." In an audacious and pro...
Apr 14, 2021
Cover unveiled for Clinton-Penny novel 'State of Terror'
NEW YORK - The cover for Hillary Clinton's first novel will not be mistaken for those of her memoirs. There's no smiling photograph like on the front of 2003's "Living History" or the more sober portr...
Apr 14, 2021
Biden begins to undo Trump's ban on abortion referrals
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy directive that drove Planned Parenthood from the federal family plan...
Apr 14, 2021
Minnesota shooting charging decision awaited, protests go on
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge a white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking nig...
Apr 14, 2021
Haiti prime minister resigns amid violence, political strife
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe announced early Wednesday that he has resigned as the country faces a spike in killings and kidnappings and prepares for an upcoming consti...
Apr 14, 2021
Four provinces to sign memorandum of understanding to explore small nuclear reactors
Alberta is to join three other provinces to explore the feasibility of small modular nuclear reactors as a clean energy option.Jason Kenney, along with premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunsw...
Apr 14, 2021
Clots cause vaccine hurdles; U.S. troops in Afghanistan: In The News for April 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 14 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 14, 2021