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“When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach,” by Ashlee Vance (Ecco) During the space race of the 1960s that was chronicled by Tom Wolfe in “The Right Stuff,” the era was personified by larger-than-life h

The Gordon Lightfoot who first performed in Toronto's Yorkville, what's now one of Canada's ritziest neighbourhoods, is not the Gordon Lightfoot we know today.

TORONTO — A film about a young carpenter who built shelters for the homeless won top prize at Toronto's Hot Docs film festival Sunday.

To create a fun but affordable summer for her daughters, ages 11 and 13, Flossie McCowald plans out camps well in advance.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 14-20 May 14: Guitarist Gene Cornish of The Rascals is 79. Movie director-producer George Lucas is 79. Actor Meg Foster (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 75.

ORILLIA, Ont. — Over 2,400 fans attended a public visitation Sunday in Gordon Lightfoot's hometown in central Ontario to say goodbye to the folk singer-songwriter. In the pouring rain, a line stretched down the street outside St.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done.

If you associate chicken with dry, bland childhood dinners, you probably were eating boneless, skinless breast. It does the job, but it’s inherently flavorless and easy to overcook. That’s why we often call for boneless, skin-on chicken thighs.

DREXEL HILL, Pa. (AP) — In the hours before he's due at Upper Darby High School, senior Khalid Doulat has time to say prayers, help his mother or prepare for track practice.

When Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, while inspecting a murky extraterrestrial region, pressed play on Redbone's “Come and Get Your Love" in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy,” it would have been hard to imagine that James Gunn's space opera would ultimate