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Halifax's Neon Dreams captures album of the year at East Coast Music Awards

Halifax's Neon Dreams captures album of the year at East Coast Music Awards

CHARLOTTETOWN — Halifax-based alt-pop duo Neon Dreams has won album of the year at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown.
Time is on their side: Rolling Stones rock New Orleans Jazz Fest after 2 previous tries

Time is on their side: Rolling Stones rock New Orleans Jazz Fest after 2 previous tries

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is usually akin to a 14-ring musical circus — a variety of musical acts playing simultaneously on stages spread throughout the sprawling infield and grandstand of a historic horse racing
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols

Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols

GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden.
Movie Review: Bold, audacious ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ explores fandom, identity and the way we remember

Movie Review: Bold, audacious ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ explores fandom, identity and the way we remember

The school gym. The football field bleachers. The multiplex, the fast food drive-thru, the quiet leaf-covered street where your friend lives.
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single. The dissolution of the couple’s marriage was finalized Friday by a Los Angeles County judge, nearly two years after the two were married.
Sony Pictures and private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26 billion, AP source says

Sony Pictures and private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26 billion, AP source says

Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, according to a person familiar with the details.
Apple's quarterly iPhone sales plunge 10%, but stock price surges

Apple's quarterly iPhone sales plunge 10%, but stock price surges

Apple on Thursday disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset, deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial intelligence.
Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says

Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths of moms around the time of childbirth have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data.
Aritzia's net income falls as the retailer works to set itself up for future growth

Aritzia's net income falls as the retailer works to set itself up for future growth

Aritzia Inc.'s net income fell by 58 per cent in its latest fiscal year, which the retailer's chief executive said was spent laying the groundwork for the business's rebound.
Fox News' Bill Hemmer heads north - way north - for look at U.S. military preparedness

Fox News' Bill Hemmer heads north - way north - for look at U.S. military preparedness

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer needed a chain saw to complete one of his latest assignments. Hemmer traveled north for “Battle for the Arctic,” a documentary on the Fox Nation streaming service about the U.S.