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MEXICO CITY — The Salon Los Angeles had been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling to mambo, cha-cha-cha, salsa and danzon.

NEW YORK — Harry Belafonte made history in early 1968. But it was lost to history.

Thomas King and Emma Donoghue are among the blockbuster authors on the long list for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — “Get back in the car!” the masked people shouted at me. “Get back in!” It was near midnight. My taxi just pulled into the parking lot where I was greeted by three masked people.

“The Social Dilemma” is the first film you'll watch and immediately want to toss your smartphone into the garbage can. And then toss the garbage can through the window of a Facebook executive.

“Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise,” by Mike Lupica (Putnam) The body of a stranger who had been dropped off by a car service at the gate of the richest family in fictional Paradise, Massachusetts, is found floating in a lake.

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said about getting kids back to classes.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 13-19 Sept. 13: Actor Barbara Bain (TV’s “Mission: Impossible”) is 89. Actor Eileen Fulton (“As The World Turns”) is 87. Actor Joe E. Tata (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” ?The Rockford Files”) is 84.

Not all that long ago, managing your home network’s security didn’t involve much more than installing an antivirus program on your PC. If only it were still so simple.

MARSHFIELD, Vt. — It’s the time of year when gardeners are turning their ripe tomatoes into sauces and salsas and cucumbers into pickles.