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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Someone out there has handed Minnesota Public Radio a $56 million cash donation. The Star Tribune reported Wednesday that the anonymous gift is the largest in MPR has ever received in its 55-year history.

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N.

CBC's groundbreaking television series "Sort Of" has been honoured with a Peabody Award.

TORONTO — When Toronto's Iman Vellani auditioned for Disney Plus' "Ms. Marvel" two years ago, she was only 17, and her bedroom was decorated from floor to ceiling in "Avengers" paraphernalia.

LONDON (AP) — Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego, who created bold, visceral works inspired by fairy tales, her homeland and her own life, has died at age 87.

OTTAWA — Multidisciplinary artists whose work explore themes including diasporic experiences and Indigenous feminism are among those shortlisted for the 2022 Sobey Art Award.

By now you’d think you know what you’re getting with an Adam Sandler sports movie. “Happy Gilmore” and “The Waterboy” have conditioned us to expect silly voices and left hooks from irritated game show hosts .

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Have you thought about Malm, Kivik or Trotten? Swedish retailer Ikea is known for the distinctive names of its flat-pack home products.

LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge former film mogul Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.

Living off-grid conjures images of survivalists in remote places and a rustic, “Little House on the Prairie” lifestyle with chores from morning to night.