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Q-and-A: Loreena McKennitt on the dollars and sense of pandemic concert tours

Q-and-A: Loreena McKennitt on the dollars and sense of pandemic concert tours

TORONTO — Loreena McKennitt doesn't consider herself an expert on pandemic concert tours, but over the past year she has taken a front-row seat to the hurdles of planning them.
McDonagh, Farrell, Gleeson get 'Bruges' band back together

McDonagh, Farrell, Gleeson get 'Bruges' band back together

NEW YORK (AP) — “Time be flyin’," it’s said in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.
FDA panel backs removal of unproven pregnancy drug

FDA panel backs removal of unproven pregnancy drug

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers have concluded that a drug intended to prevent premature births hasn't been shown to work, clearing the way for U.S. regulators to follow through on a long-delayed effort to get it off the market.
CBC host Terry O'Reilly among finalists for $30K National Business Book Award

CBC host Terry O'Reilly among finalists for $30K National Business Book Award

TORONTO — CBC Radio host Terry O'Reilly is among the finalists for the National Business Book Award.
WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a supply shortage as outbreaks of the water-borne disease surge global
Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals

Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals

A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.
Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals

Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals

A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet service.
Race gap seen in US infant deaths after fertility treatment

Race gap seen in US infant deaths after fertility treatment

Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies, according to a large study of U.S. births.
How one small town is teaching English to kids of immigrants

How one small town is teaching English to kids of immigrants

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) — As part of an exercise to help the class learn English, a third grader pulled a block from a Jenga tower and read aloud a question written on one side.
India stops journalist from flying to receive Pulitzer Prize

India stops journalist from flying to receive Pulitzer Prize

NEW DELHI (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist said Wednesday that Indian immigration authorities prevented her from flying to the United States to receive the award even though she had a valid visa and ticket.
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