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The best Christmas movies for every mood

‘Tis the season for spirited and winless debates about what the best Christmas movie is.

Dec 19, 2024 7:45 AM Read more >

For airports, background music no longer is an afterthought

SEATAC, Washington (AP) — Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports, which are hiring local musicians and carefully curating playlists to help lighten travelers’ moods .

Dec 19, 2024 5:57 AM Read more >

In Montreal, one man is fighting to stop DVDs from going the way of the dodo

MONTREAL — The Luddites were a 19th-century group of British textile workers who destroyed the mechanized looms and knitting frames they saw as a threat to their livelihoods.

Dec 19, 2024 3:00 AM Read more >

British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly admits to reckless driving in Australia while awaiting trial

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly admitted in an Australian court on Thursday to reckless driving while he was awaiting trial on charges of raping a woman three months ago.

Dec 19, 2024 2:32 AM Read more >

Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover

MACAO (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world.

Dec 18, 2024 11:53 PM Read more >

Now caretaker of his dad's work, Sean Ono Lennon seeks to innovate, not merely repeat

NEW YORK (AP) — Only recently given stewardship over his late father's work, Sean Ono Lennon is on a remarkable run.

Dec 18, 2024 11:35 PM Read more >

The truth behind Santa Claus, as seen by grown-ups: To tell or not to tell?

NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, it's a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn't laughing that December day almost 20 years ago.

Dec 18, 2024 11:13 PM Read more >

New documentary focuses on Christa McAuliffe’s impact as a teacher in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history.

Dec 18, 2024 11:09 PM Read more >

Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover

MACAO (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world.

Dec 18, 2024 10:11 PM Read more >

Jay-Z's lawyers challenge rapper's inclusion in rape lawsuit after accuser's TV interview

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs when she was 13.

Dec 18, 2024 5:10 PM Read more >