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Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others

Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography c
Italy's RAI journalists strike over budget streamlining, complain of censorship and media repression

Italy's RAI journalists strike over budget streamlining, complain of censorship and media repression

ROME (AP) — Some journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI went on strike Monday to protest budget streamlining and what they said was an increasingly repressive atmosphere in Italy for media under the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni.
Lured by historic Rolling Stones performance, half-a-million fans attend New Orleans Jazz Fest

Lured by historic Rolling Stones performance, half-a-million fans attend New Orleans Jazz Fest

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An extra day and the lure of an appearance by the Rolling Stones pushed attendance at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a half a million people, organizers said Monday.
Google suing CRTC to have YouTube video ad revenue exempted from regulatory fees

Google suing CRTC to have YouTube video ad revenue exempted from regulatory fees

TORONTO — Google is taking Canada's broadcasting regulator to court, arguing "significant" revenue it earns from advertisements on YouTube videos shouldn't be considered when it comes to the regulatory fees it owes the CRTC.
Reunited Doobie Brothers returning to Canada with six dates in October

Reunited Doobie Brothers returning to Canada with six dates in October

The reunited Doobie Brothers are returning to Canada this fall. The veteran rockers announced a six-show Canadian leg that starts Oct. 8 in London, Ont. and wraps Oct. 16 in Saint John, N.B.
Lidia Bastianich, Melody Thomas Scott and Ed Scott to receive Daytime Emmys lifetime achievement

Lidia Bastianich, Melody Thomas Scott and Ed Scott to receive Daytime Emmys lifetime achievement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public television host and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich, “The Young and the Restless” actor Melody Thomas Scott and “The Bold and the Beautiful” producer Edward Scott will be the Lifetime Achievement honorees at the Daytime Emm
Janet Jackson to play 2024 Essence Fest instead of the Smoothie King Center this summer

Janet Jackson to play 2024 Essence Fest instead of the Smoothie King Center this summer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans.
Highlights from the 2024 Met Gala exhibit: Sleeping Beauty would wake up for these gowns

Highlights from the 2024 Met Gala exhibit: Sleeping Beauty would wake up for these gowns

NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, she was a royal princess and all. But there’s no way Sleeping Beauty — either before or after her nap — ever had quite the fabulous wardrobe that’s been assembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
'Yintah' wins $50K Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian film at Hot Docs festival

'Yintah' wins $50K Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian film at Hot Docs festival

TORONTO — A documentary chronicling the Wet’suwet’en people's resistance to pipeline construction on their ancestral lands has won the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian documentary at the Hot Docs film festival.
Twyla Tharp dance will open 700-seat amphitheater at New York's Little Island park in June

Twyla Tharp dance will open 700-seat amphitheater at New York's Little Island park in June

NEW YORK (AP) — The 700-seat amphitheater at Little Island, a park in Manhattan built above the Hudson River on a series of tulip-shaped concrete columns, will open June 6 with Twyla Tharp’s “How Long Blues” in the choreographer’s first full-length w