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NEW YORK — For his debut novel, Dave Matthews found inspiration close to home. He was recording music in New Orleans years ago when he started imaging the story of “If We Were Giants.” His twin daughters were 6.

The global outbreak of a new coronavirus has put many Canadians on alert even as top experts continue to stress that the risk of COVID-19 here remains low.

For a revolutionary animation studio, Pixar has been surprisingly wary of advancing technology. The company may be at the forefront of digital animation, but for 25 years, its spiritual DNA has been decidedly nostalgic.

WASHINGTON — Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday along with three women who had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump last month, allowing them early release from federal prison.

ROME — The paintings, drawings, tapestries and sketches in the most ambitious exhibition of Renaissance superstar Raphael's works are collectively insured for 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) against theft, vandalism or other damages.

NEW YORK — It's back to normal for political reporters at Bloomberg News now that company founder Mike Bloomberg has dropped out of the presidential race.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Everything about her latest book club pick, “American Dirt,” was a surprise for Oprah Winfrey. Praised early on as a modern version of “The Grapes of Wrath,” Jeanine Cummins' novel about a Mexican mother and child fleeing to the U.

It's back to Boston for Mark Wahlberg in the new Netflix crime flick “Spenser Confidential” so you know what that inevitably means, right? There's eventually going to have to be a fight with dirty cops in an Irish bar — sorry, it's pronounced “bah” —

LOS ANGELES — Alex Trebek marked his one-year battle against pancreatic cancer with candour about how hard it’s been and a vow to keep going. “I’d be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one.

Mandy Moore, “Silver Landings” (Verve Forecast) They say seven is a lucky number and it seems that Mandy Moore hit her artistic pot of gold with her seventh studio album “Silver Landings,” her first release in 11 years.