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Casse: Well-rested Enforceable ready to take a run at Kentucky Derby
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned North American horse-racing upside down in 2020 but also created a silver lining for trainer Mark Casse. Under normal circumstances, the Kentucky Derby ...
Sep 2, 2020
Art Basel cancels annual Miami event due to virus
MIAMI - The high brow Art Basel fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, on Wednesday announced the cancellation of its annual Miami event amid the coronavirus pandemic. The prestigi...
Sep 2, 2020
Venice opens "miraculous" film festival, but veterans lament
VENICE, Italy - The beachfront terrace at the Excelsior Hotel, usually hopping with movie industry VIPs and minor celebrities, is pleasantly quiet. The red carpet has a three-meter-high (ten-foot) wal...
Sep 2, 2020
Season 2 of Amazon hit 'The Boys' finds team on run from law
NEW YORK - The upcoming season of "The Boys" has so many surprises, revelations and themes ripped from today's front pages that some actors are wondering if their show runner has psychic super abiliti...
Sep 2, 2020
BTS on gaining respect in the US: ‘We definitely feel that’
NEW YORK - Loud and happy screams erupt in unison from the seven-member pop stars BTS when they hear they have notched their first No. 1 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart. "DREAM," yells ba...
Sep 2, 2020
John David Washington cements his stardom in ‘Tenet’
Christopher Nolan only casts movie stars as his leading men. From Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman to Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey, Nolan's actors are larger-than-life, capital "S" stars. ...
Sep 2, 2020
Former Italian premier Berlusconi tests positive for COVID
ROME - Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for COVID-19 after a precautionary check and will quarantine at home, his press office said on Wednesday. Berlusconi, who is ...
Sep 2, 2020
Justice's Overdose Awareness Walk calls for local supports, crack down on illicit drugs
A Horse Lake First Nation woman is organizing an awareness walk in honour of her late sister, and to call for more action by local leaders to fight illicit drugs in the community.Mercedes Mwemera is o...
Sep 2, 2020
Fed survey finds widespread pessimism about economic future
WASHINGTON - The latest Federal Reserve survey of U.S. economic activity found generally modest gains in August but also pessimism about the future given the threats posed by the coronavirus. The Fed ...
Sep 2, 2020
Budget deficit to hit record $3.3T due to virus, recession
WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion as huge government expeditures to fight the coronavirus and to prop up the economy have added more than $2 trillion t...
Sep 2, 2020