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'Top Gun' stays aloft with $86M in its 2nd weekend

'Top Gun' stays aloft with $86M in its 2nd weekend

NEW YORK (AP) — The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32% from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Remote, hybrid work creating schism as popular option unavailable to many workers

Remote, hybrid work creating schism as popular option unavailable to many workers

TORONTO — Employees like Matt Fairbanks are one of the reasons the hospitality and restaurant industry is struggling to find workers even as the pandemic wanes.
Abortion rights advocates say they need more men's voices

Abortion rights advocates say they need more men's voices

NEW YORK (AP) — If Donovan Atterberry thought about abortion at all as a young man, it was perhaps with some vague discomfort, or a memory of the anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic that he would pass on his way to the park as a child.
Researchers: Breast cancer drug could help more patients

Researchers: Breast cancer drug could help more patients

For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein. It’s not a cure.
Use of French at home is only one indicator of language health: Quebec demographers

Use of French at home is only one indicator of language health: Quebec demographers

MONTREAL — Language and immigration politics were back at the forefront in Quebec’s national assembly last week, as Premier François Legault drew criticism for sounding the alarm over a decline in the number of people who speak French at home.
Japanese man, 83, ready for more after crossing Pacific solo

Japanese man, 83, ready for more after crossing Pacific solo

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean — and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet.
Jurors in Hoggard trial review more testimony, continue deliberating

Jurors in Hoggard trial review more testimony, continue deliberating

TORONTO — Jurors in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard reviewed more testimony Saturday as deliberations continued for a fifth day.
Mystery solved: UK Queen shares secret with Paddington

Mystery solved: UK Queen shares secret with Paddington

LONDON (AP) — Now we know what is in Queen Elizabeth II’s handbag.
Brad Johnson of 'Melrose Place,' Marlboro Man ads dies at 62

Brad Johnson of 'Melrose Place,' Marlboro Man ads dies at 62

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Johnson, who jumped from rodeo cowboy to portraying the Marlboro Man in cigarette spots and film and TV roles including Steven Spielberg’s “Always” and “Melrose Place,” has died. He was 62. Johnson died Feb.
‘Tiger King’ star Doc Antle to face money laundering charges

‘Tiger King’ star Doc Antle to face money laundering charges

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — “Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was arrested by the FBI and expected to appear in court Monday to face federal money laundering charges, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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