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Review: `The Operator' is fun story but at times falls flat

“The Operator," William Morrow, by Gretchen Berg In Gretchen Berg’s debut novel, “The Operator,” Vivian Dalton is a telephone switchboard operator in small-town 1950s Ohio.

Mar 10, 2020 6:22 AM Read more >

Airbnb creates $1 million competition to build fantasy homes

Interested in building a fantasy home that looks like a boot? Or a UFO? Or some other unusual design? Airbnb is setting aside $1 million and enlisting the help of Billy Porter to make it a reality.

Mar 10, 2020 6:05 AM Read more >

Millennial Money: How to handle, and head off, a tax bill

T axe season can be a windfall or a wipeout for your budget. Which camp you fall into likely depends on whether you get a refund — or a tax bill — from the IRS. If you find that you owe taxes, you’re not alone.

Mar 10, 2020 5:42 AM Read more >

Ontario company among seven warned by FDA over false coronavirus claims

An Ontario-based holistic clinic is among seven North American companies warned by U.S. regulators to stop selling products with false claims that they can treat the new coronavirus. The U.S.

Mar 9, 2020 9:54 PM Read more >

'Exorcist' actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90

COPENHAGEN — Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,

Mar 9, 2020 6:17 PM Read more >

First-time Juno nominees Girl Pow-r on embracing social causes with their music

TORONTO — Several weeks after teenage pop group Girl Pow-r learned they were nominated for their first Juno award, they're still reliving the thrill of the moment.

Mar 9, 2020 3:56 PM Read more >

Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in `Stairway' fight

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal “Stairway to Heaven." The 9th U.S.

Mar 9, 2020 3:47 PM Read more >

US warns 7 companies over fraudulent coronavirus claims

U.S. regulators warned seven companies to stop selling soaps, sprays and other concoctions with false claims that they can treat the new coronavirus or keep people from catching it. The warnings were emailed Friday to companies based in the U.S.

Mar 9, 2020 3:20 PM Read more >

Virus and elderly: Avoid crowds, cruises, long plane trips

The U.S. government's coronavirus recommendations tell older adults to avoid crowds, cruises and long plane rides -- advice that one public health official acknowledged won't be welcomed by many. “Our goal is to protect you,” Dr.

Mar 9, 2020 3:14 PM Read more >

Virus and elderly: Avoid crowds, cruises, long plane trips

The U.S. government's coronavirus recommendations tell older adults to avoid crowds, cruises and long plane rides -- advice that one public health official acknowledged won't be welcomed by many. “Our goal is to protect you,” Dr.

Mar 9, 2020 3:14 PM Read more >