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As natural gas expands in Gulf, residents fear rising damage

As natural gas expands in Gulf, residents fear rising damage

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana (AP) — The front lawn of Lydia Larce’s home is strewn with debris: remnants of cabinets and chunks of pink shower. She lives in a FEMA trailer out back, her home in shambles after hurricanes tore through Lake Charles.
Vaccine mandate for travel under scrutiny as much of the world reopens

Vaccine mandate for travel under scrutiny as much of the world reopens

Travel businesses and public health experts are questioning the prudence of Canada's continued vaccination mandate on airplanes and at the border, suggesting the policy may be out of step with the science and global tourism trends.
Red-hot summer job market awaits US teens as employers sweat

Red-hot summer job market awaits US teens as employers sweat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone.
Howard Johnson's: Last of once popular eateries closed in NY

Howard Johnson's: Last of once popular eateries closed in NY

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — The Howard Johnson’s restaurant in this upstate New York resort village — the last of the once-pervasive eateries serving food under orange roofs with blue spires — is closed.
Chrissy Metz of 'This is Us' writes book for children

Chrissy Metz of 'This is Us' writes book for children

NEW YORK (AP) — “This is Us” star Chrissy Metz is teaming with partner Bradley Collins on a children's book about parenting and religious faith.
Review: In 'Watcher,' 'Rear Window' meets #MeToo

Review: In 'Watcher,' 'Rear Window' meets #MeToo

Films like “It Follows” and “The Guest” have already made Maika Monroe something of a modern scream-queen with a feminist bent.
Bar mitzvah hype man, LGBTQ stories get the party started in June streaming picks

Bar mitzvah hype man, LGBTQ stories get the party started in June streaming picks

TORONTO — Here's a look at some of the standout TV series and films debuting on subscription streaming platforms this month: “Cha Cha Real Smooth” Post-college life has left 22-year-old Andrew feeling apathetic.
Vocab questions reduce spelling bee to 3 letters: A, B or C

Vocab questions reduce spelling bee to 3 letters: A, B or C

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee was rolling smoothly through the second day of its first fully in-person competition in three years. Then it transformed into the SAT.
Prize-winning Texas drama teacher to get special Tony Award

Prize-winning Texas drama teacher to get special Tony Award

NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go to a drama teacher in Texas who argues that “musical theater has a unique way of bringing people together.” Roshunda Jones-Koumba, the theater director at G.W.
Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Sirius plot a film podcast

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Sirius plot a film podcast

Long before Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary won an Oscar for co-writing “Pulp Fiction,” they were just a couple of cinephiles working at a video rental store in Manhattan Beach, Calif, discussing and recommending movies and becoming the filmmakers
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