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CHICAGO (AP) — As the new school year swings into gear , some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school shootings.

TORONTO — Métis filmmaker Gail Maurice fought for years to get her debut film "Rosie" onto the big screen while staying true to telling an inspiring story of Indigeneity and queer identity.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says its box office revenue amounted to $23 million in September, a total representing 52 per cent of the figure for September 2019 before the pandemic pummeled the movie theatre industry.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris used her first late-night network TV appearance since becoming vice president to reflect on how her life has changed since she got the job — including a shortage of emojis — and to talk up the need to vote in the midte

NEW YORK (AP) — Since Annie Ernaux won the Nobel literature prize last week, the French author's books have gained enough new admirers that many titles are out of stock on Amazon.com and at physical bookstores, some unavailable for a month or more.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke and two other U.S.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California Gov.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ who read heartfelt song dedications to generations of loyal listeners and was credited with helping end segregation in Southern California during an eight-decade broadcast career, has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West once suggested slavery was a choice. He called the COVID-19 vaccine “the mark of the beast.” Earlier this month, he was criticized for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt to his collection at Paris Fashion Week.

LONDON (AP) — Books about Britain’s imperial past and the human face of the present-day refugee crisis are among the finalists for Britain’s leading nonfiction book award, the Baillie Gifford Prize.