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John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met

John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met

NEW YORK (AP) — The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins. Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed forces in 1968.
Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music

Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music

NEW YORK (AP) — At an age when many contemporaries contemplate retirement, musician T Bone Burnett has made big changes in his life and art.
UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

LONDON (AP) — Prince William returned to public duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife’s cancer diagnosis , bolstering the royal family’s ranks as health problems continue to sideline the princess and King Charles III .
Book Review: 'Nothing But the Bones' is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck pace

Book Review: 'Nothing But the Bones' is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck pace

Nelson “Nails” McKenna isn’t very bright, stumbles over his words and often says what he’s thinking without realizing it.
Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah receives $100,000 prize

Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah receives $100,000 prize

NEW YORK (AP) — Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers.
Creators should disclose when they've used AI: social media mogul Randi Zuckerberg

Creators should disclose when they've used AI: social media mogul Randi Zuckerberg

TORONTO — Randi Zuckerberg says she thinks creators should start disclosing when they've used artificial intelligence to produce work because it's "becoming harder and harder to tell what's real.
Movie Review: A heist movie that gleefully collides with a monster movie in 'Abigail'

Movie Review: A heist movie that gleefully collides with a monster movie in 'Abigail'

If you always thought your garden-variety heist movies could do with a bit more blood-sucking vampire, have we got a flick for you.
Getting the lowest mortgage rates in a high interest rate world

Getting the lowest mortgage rates in a high interest rate world

TORONTO — Mortgage shopping isn’t getting much easier these days.
Nancy Pelosi book, 'The Art of Power,' will reflect on her career in public life

Nancy Pelosi book, 'The Art of Power,' will reflect on her career in public life

NEW YORK (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S.
A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students' spring bash after big crowds brought chaos in 2023

A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students' spring bash after big crowds brought chaos in 2023

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets.