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TOKYO (AP) — Japan 's official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country's favorite flower, declaring the official start of the festive season in the Japanese capital.

The LGBTQ+ community has a long, sometimes fraught relationship with the horror genre; there’s a kinship in the Othering, in being feared and hated and cast out from society.

The public's perception and debate over homelessness is usually fixated on people living on the street, encampments or shelters.

TORONTO — Canadian folk legend Sylvia Tyson spent more than half a century in the music business, but lately, she’s felt a growing distance from the community she loves.

The least enjoyable part of “Lollapalooza: The Unscripted Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival” for readers might be seeing the $27.50 ticket price for the inaugural festival in 1991.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 30-April 5: March 30: Actor John Astin is 95. Actor Warren Beatty is 88. Musician Eric Clapton is 80. Actor Paul Reiser is 69. Rapper MC Hammer is 63. Singer Tracy Chapman is 61.

Vindaloo is an Indian dish of Portuguese influence that typically is associated with the state of Goa on India’s southwestern coast, but the curry is popular around the world.

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Canadians are increasingly opting to watch TV through paid streaming platforms such as Netflix or Disney Plus despite the prices of those services continuing to rise.

TORONTO — A new study suggests AI can predict premature death among people who have inflammatory bowel disease, also known as Crohn's and colitis.