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CBC using Google compensation payout to boost local news coverage with 30 new hires

CBC using Google compensation payout to boost local news coverage with 30 new hires

CBC News is planning to boost coverage in nearly two dozen underserved communities across Canada by hiring up to 30 permanent journalists.
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British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward

British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman released a statement Wednesday denying he had ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine this week published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault.
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British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman released a statement Wednesday denying he had ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine this week published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault.
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As Los Angeles burns, Hollywood's Oscar season turns into a pledge drive

As Los Angeles burns, Hollywood's Oscar season turns into a pledge drive

When the Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles last Tuesday, Hollywood’s awards season was in full swing. The Golden Globes had transpired less than 48 hours earlier and a series of splashy awards banquets followed in the days after.
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Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his autobiography being released Tuesday that also do
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Lucy Walker made a searing film about wildfires in 2021. Now, people may be more inclined to listen

Lucy Walker made a searing film about wildfires in 2021. Now, people may be more inclined to listen

NEW YORK (AP) — When Lucy Walker debuted her harrowing documentary about California wildfires, “Bring Your Own Brigade,” at Sundance in 2021, it was during peak COVID. Not the best time for a film on a wholly different scourge.
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Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez dies at 76

Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez dies at 76

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76.
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Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez dies at 76

Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez dies at 76

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76.
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Jon Hamm of 'Mad Men' fame is named Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year

Jon Hamm of 'Mad Men' fame is named Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
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Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down

Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down

Melissa Rivers recalled how swiftly the California wildfires spread, forcing the county’s Ready, Set, Go evacuation plan to essentially skip straight to “Set.
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