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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In West Philadelphia where he was born and raised, now there’s a street called Will Smith Way.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be useful, too.

PARIS (AP) — A woman accusing French actor Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault told a landmark trial in Paris on Wednesday that he groped her buttocks and her breasts several times on a film set.

ATLANTA (AP) — Black women around the world gather in salons, dorm rooms and living rooms for hours at a time to get synthetic braids put in their hair.

TORONTO — The safety of an Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker weighed heavily at a Hot Docs event on Tuesday, as the festival revealed a lineup it says aims to amplify marginalized voices.

CALGARY — Man! She feels like a parade marshal. Country music superstar Shania Twain was announced Wednesday as the parade marshal at the Calgary Stampede this year.

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence in Texas.

Most artists would make the first song on their new album something welcoming, trendy or pleasing, at least to make the Spotify algorithm happy. Not Jessie Reyez.

PARIS (AP) — With his hulking frame and volcanic charisma, Gérard Depardieu reigned over French cinema for half a century, a national icon as familiar as the baguette.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Click founded a nonprofit a few years ago offering free composting education to schools around the country.