National Lifestyle

VANCOUVER — The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. calls the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says that winning the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause," died Thursday. He was 96.

LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was charged Thursday in England for allegedly beating a music producer in a London nightclub in 2023, prosecutors said.

A strike by Starbucks baristas protesting the company's new dress code grew Thursday. More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas at 120 U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — It's the final night of tour. SoFi Stadium, just outside Los Angeles, is packed. 80,000 fans stand before The Weeknd , an endless sea of blinding lights. The bestselling artist born Abel Tesfaye emerges onstage.

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Most contestants at the Eurovision Song Contest are seeking as much publicity as possible. Israel’s Yuval Raphael is keeping a low profile.

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — The lineup for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest has been decided, with six countries eliminated after a semifinal on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein 's assistants kept a list of female “friends of Harvey” to invite to events and sometimes considered them a special category for guest lists, an ex-aide testified Thursday at the former movie mogul's sex crimes retria

NEW YORK (AP) — The R&B singer Cassie has spent hours under cross-examination following two days of testimony recounting tumultuous details of life with her ex-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs .

TORONTO — Four U.S. academics say a "dangerous" precedent could be set for rap music if Drake wins his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group.