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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Police in Sri Lanka on Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs. World for pulling the crown off the head of the winner of a Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant and allegedly causing injuries. She was later released on bail.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Red Book” by Patterson/Ellis (Little, Brown) 2. “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press) 3. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig (Viking) 4. “Win” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 5.

MADRID — Spanish authorities have slapped an export ban on a painting a day before it was due to be auctioned with a starting price tag of 1,500 euros ($1,780), saying it could be a lost work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggi

NEW YORK — A Chicago-based writer and activist has received the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets. Kemi Alabi's “Against Heaven” is scheduled for publication in Spring 2022.

1. “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman (Viking) 2. “Dog Man: Mothering Heights” by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic) 3. “The Women of the Bible Speak” by Shannon Bream (Broadside Books) 4. “Faucian Bargain” by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen (Post Hill Press) 5.

OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Museum of History has resigned following reported allegations of workplace harassment at the national institution.

OTTAWA — The RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa is hyping its headliners for 2022 after cancelling the festival for a second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW YORK — Netflix further beefed up its film catalogue on Thursday in a multi-year deal that will make it the new streaming home to Sony Pictures' top releases in the U.S.

"Beautiful Scars,” Merry Clayton (Motown) It's appropriate Merry Clayton's singing volume on her new gospel album repeatedly reaches forte, which in French means strength.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When COVID-19 shutdowns hit in March 2020, Mike Winneker, a hotel executive sous chef, found himself without work for the first time in years.