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Sydney Sweeney lands a knockout at TIFF with ‘Christy,’ stoking Oscar buzz
Sydney Sweeney came to the Toronto International Film Festival wanting to talk about her new film “Christy,” not her American Eagle ad campaign. After a rapturous response to the movie, she’s getting her wish.
Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated chatbot training material
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
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Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine rule won’t start for 90 days, won’t cover all diseases
Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday.
Italian fashion, political and sports figures among thousands bidding farewell to Giorgio Armani
Thousands of admirers paid their last respects over the weekend to Giorgio Armani, remembered by Milan's mayor as a "man of extraordinary elegance" who left an indelible mark on the city and the global fashion world.
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre
It's the year for horror and "The Conjuring: Last Rites" was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year's domestic box office.
Another ‘Knives Out’ makes a raucous premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
For the third time, the knives were out at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Mark Volman, who co-founded The Turtles and performed with Flo & Eddie, has died at 78
Mark Volman, a founding member of the 1960's pop group The Turtles, whose hits include "Happy Together" and "Elenore," died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday after a brief, unexpected illness, according to his publicist, Ame Van Iden. He was 78.
Florida surgeon general defends plan to end vaccine mandates
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defended Sunday his plan to eliminate all state vaccination requirements, casting it as an "issue of right and wrong," despite pushback from public-health experts and President Trump.
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn't immediately clear what caused the incident.
AI shakes up the call center industry, but some tasks are still better left to the humans
Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job as a call center agent nearly 10 years ago: the aggravated customers, the constant searching through menus for information and the notes he had to physically write for each call he handled.
Sweden’s plans to mine rare-earth minerals could ruin the lives of Indigenous Sami reindeer herders
High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years.
The 2025 Venice Film Festival is over. Here’s everything you need to know
The 82nd Venice Film Festival may be over, but the conversations on the films that premiered, the things people said, the clothes they wore, and how it affects the Oscar race are still going.
Africa’s solar energy potential makes for a bright future for renewable power
Deep in South Africa's Northern Cape province, south of the Kalahari Desert, a beaming light towers above dozens of solar mirror panels.
The MTV Video Music Awards are back. Taylor Swift and Beyonce go head-to-head. Who will win?
History is on the line at the VMAs.
Venice Film Festival draws to a close and is announcing its awards
The 82nd Venice Film Festival is coming to a close with an awards ceremony Saturday. The prizes include nods for acting, directing and best picture, called the Golden Lion.
Congo has announced a new Ebola outbreak. Here’s what to know
Congo's authorities announced earlier this week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province.
New York man charged with selling fake Nintendo products for millions online
A Lawrence, New York, man is accused of making millions selling fake Nintendo gaming products online and now faces counterfeiting and conspiracy charges.
Judge shoots down Northern Virginia schools’ lawsuit to keep transgender bathrooms
A federal judge on Friday rejected lawsuits by Fairfax County and Arlington County school boards over their transgender bathroom use policies, saying their challenge to losing federal grant money belongs in claims court instead.
Trump delivers warning to Florida about the dangers of nixing school vaccine requirements
President Trump expressed skepticism over Florida's plan to end vaccine mandates for schoolchildren, which would make it the first state in the nation to do so.
Giorgio Armani leaves a legacy as ‘the master of luxury ready-to-wear’
For Giorgio Armani, it was always the clothes. And his clothes all started with the fabrics.
