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Feds urged to crack down on fake Indigenous art, copyright breaches

Feds urged to crack down on fake Indigenous art, copyright breaches

OTTAWA — First Nations art, from hand-carved masks to totem poles, draws on generations of tradition and skill and can take months to craft.
'Pent up demand': Calgary Stampede returns with parade, spectators and no limits

'Pent up demand': Calgary Stampede returns with parade, spectators and no limits

CALGARY — The rides are going up, concession stands are waiting, stuffed animals are displayed at games tables and the Calgary Stampede is raring to go Friday in its first return to full capacity since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation's staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news.
Hutchinson's Jan. 6 committee testimony a television hit

Hutchinson's Jan. 6 committee testimony a television hit

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee was a big hit with television viewers, easily reaching a larger live audience than any of the four other daytime hearings.
Ex-'Cheer' star Harris gets 12 years for seeking photos, sex

Ex-'Cheer' star Harris gets 12 years for seeking photos, sex

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from mino
Jury finds man guilty of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle

Jury finds man guilty of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 32-year-old man who grew up on the same streets in the same gang as Nipsey Hussle was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting of the Grammy-winning rapper, who rose above his circumstances to become an
Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on hold

Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on hold

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration and Juul agreed Wednesday to put their court fight on hold while the government reopens its review of the company’s electronic cigarettes.
Rousteing gives one-off Gaultier couture display in Paris

Rousteing gives one-off Gaultier couture display in Paris

PARIS (AP) — An enfant terrible appeared in a new guise on Wednesday as designer Olivier Rousteing of Balmain took a one-off shot at a couture collection for the house of Jean Paul Gaultier.
Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members

Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members

Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal announced Wednesday. The Grubhub Plus membership __ which normally costs $9.
Christians strip down at a South Texas nudist community

Christians strip down at a South Texas nudist community

(RNS) — Outside the small Texas town of Elsa, a sheet metal fence too tall to see over surrounds a few acres of prime Rio Grande Valley land. In front of the compound’s drab, gray gate, bright orange letters spell out “Nature’s Resort.
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