National Lifestyle

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly kissing a worker at a New York nightclub in 2018 in a deal that is likely to keep him out of jail.

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi library is on track to receive the full amount of money it was budgeted, months after a mayor threatened to withhold funding because the library displayed LGBTQ books for young readers .

Vancouver's mayor has announced a plan to boost the empty homes tax rate to five per cent and double its compliance audits in an effort to provide more affordable housing.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Members of California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force convened in a historic African American church in San Francisco on Wednesday, making their own history as they work to educate the public and develop a restitutio

MONTREAL — The family of acclaimed Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée said Wednesday that his sudden death on Christmas Day was from natural causes.

A longtime friend and next-door neighbor of Johnny Depp testified Wednesday that Depp’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, had told him the movie star threw a phone at her and hit her inside the couple’s Los Angeles penthouse.

LONDON (AP) — It’s a weekend warrior’s nightmare. You’re playing hoops in the driveway and go up for a lay-up. You land and hear a pop: you’ve torn your Achilles tendon.

TORONTO — A dramedy series inspired by Quebec's "maple syrup heist" and a documentary project on the Tragically Hip are among the original Canadian productions set to stream on Prime Video.

From tattoos to clothing to furnishings, more people are adorning their bodies and homes with themes from nature.

TORONTO — Few people have had a better front-row view of the Tragically Hip's rock 'n' roll journey than Mike Downie.