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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum

‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum

MADRID (AP) — It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life.
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour

Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour

The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.
Pets join Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their own altars

Pets join Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their own altars

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pets are not forgotten during Mexico's famed Day of the Dead celebrations , when even Fido and Tiger get a place at the altars Mexican families set up to honor their deceased loved ones, complete with flowers, candles and photograp
Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York's Rockefeller Christmas tree

Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York's Rockefeller Christmas tree

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited. The Norway spruce that will travel to New York City hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York's Rockefeller Christmas tree

Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York's Rockefeller Christmas tree

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited. The Norway spruce that will travel to New York City hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Vancouver mayor speaks out after his home was targeted with graffiti on Halloween

Vancouver mayor speaks out after his home was targeted with graffiti on Halloween

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says his home was defaced with "hateful" graffiti on Halloween night.
Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties

Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties

NEW YORK (AP) — Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing to dress as the stubby alien E.T. for their parties on opposite coasts.
Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience

Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children , where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that justified slavery.
MrBeast probe ends with some employees fired but finds no proof of sexual misconduct allegations

MrBeast probe ends with some employees fired but finds no proof of sexual misconduct allegations

NEW YORK (AP) — Online video production company MrBeast said Friday it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire's workplace culture.
S&P/TSX composite up nearly 100 points Friday, U.S. stock markets also higher

S&P/TSX composite up nearly 100 points Friday, U.S. stock markets also higher

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained almost 100 points Friday on strength in technology, base metal and financial stocks, while U.S. markets also moved higher.