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NEW YORK — There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd’s death caused a significant increase in U.S. coronavirus infections, according to public health experts.

TORONTO — Haviah Mighty says she hopes this Canada Day marks one of greater reflection on racism within our own country. The Brampton, Ont.

NEW YORK — Jay-Z’s annual festival in Philadelphia, Made in America, won’t take place Labor Day weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first of four experimental COVID-19 vaccines being tested by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech showed encouraging results in very early testing of 45 people, the companies said Wednesday.

NEW YORK — In the early summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson worked away in the second floor parlour of a boardinghouse in downtown Philadelphia.

WARWICK, R.I. — A child's swing twists forlornly in the breeze beneath the behemoth maple tree that shades our home. It's become a symbol of our sad coronavirus exile.

MONTREAL — This year's edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival may have given music fans a glimpse into how they'll be attending performances for the next little while.

TORONTO — When "Canada's Drag Race" starts its engines Thursday on Crave, it will be just as glittery and entertaining as the American version, say the judges.

With summer in full swing, we typically see car dealerships heavily discounting excess inventory for the Fourth of July holiday. But the novel coronavirus and its effects make this year different than most.

NEW YORK — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old