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The origin story of the iconic computer game “Tetris” is more thrilling than you may think.

Some 200 protesters have gathered beneath Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain to protest the ongoing construction of ziplines aimed at boosting tourism, alleging it will cause unacceptable impacts.

There's a special chance this week to see five planets lined up in the night sky.

Recent moves by President Joe Biden to pressure TikTok and approve oil drilling in an untapped area of Alaska are testing the loyalty of a young voters.

British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft’s blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard have dropped concerns that the deal would hurt the console gaming market.

For years skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards and back alleys.

Unions for service workers at Walt Disney World have reached a tentative deal with the company that would raise the starting minimum wage from $15 to $18 an hour.

A new report from the American Library Association says attempted book bannings and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022.

New research finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not significantly affect one kind of heart rhythm that results in extra beats.

Celebrity stylist Law Roach helped reinvent Zendaya and turned Celine Dion into a fashion icon.

The glitzy, fictional Broadway musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe that formed the heart of the TV show “Smash” will make the leap to an actual Broadway stage next season.

Laundry detergent bottles are looking a little different these days.

TikTok is ramping up a public relations campaign to fend off the possibility of a nationwide ban by the Biden administration.

An estimated 68 million Americans are expected to place bets on this years NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Two years after a fire devastated Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang camp for seriously ill children, a rebuilt camp center is opening.

TikTok has rolled out updated rules and standards for content and its CEO warned against a possible U.S. ban on the video sharing app as he prepares to face Congress.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over a 2016 ski collision “utter B.

Was it destiny that led Mae Muller to compete in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Jeremy Scott is stepping down as creative director of Italian luxury house Moschino after a decade of wild and wacky fashion shows and his elegant dressing of numerous celebrities.

Longstanding disagreements about content in school libraries often focus this year on books with LGBTQ themes.

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Cities across the United States are celebrating St. Patrick's Day Parades, kicking off a weekend of revelry.

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We can help build butterfly populations while enjoying their bright colors with the serenity and the smell of flowers.

Stephen Sondheim’s last musical will be given an off-Broadway stage this year.

Portugal’s center-left Socialist government is set to approve a package of measures to address the country's housing crisis.

For nearly four decades, Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” has largely been presented as genteel, erudite and at times buttoned up.

New data suggests U.S. deaths of pregnant women dropped significantly in 2022.

A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of a popular abortion medication.

Microsoft has struck a deal to make Xbox PC video games available on the Boosteroid cloud gaming platform.

The Oprah Winfrey book club has reached 100 picks.

Ke Huy Quan’s comeback story from childhood star of ’80s flicks to win a best supporting actor Oscar, coupled with Michelle Yeoh’s historic win as the first Asian best actress winner ever had viewers of Asian descent shedding happy tears — and grinning.

Americans have long had an intense conversation about what race and ethnicity says about who they are.

Fan Bingbing made a regal entrance in sparkling silver and emerald green as the champagne-colored carpet heated up Sunday at the 95th Academy Awards.

When students don’t have enough to eat, it can affect their ability to learn and perform up to their ability.

Standard time comes to an end in most parts of the United States this weekend.

An Associated Press reporter has spent the past several years watching from an opera box that gives him a unique perspective on the audience at the Oscars.

As America’s schools confront dramatic learning setbacks caused by the pandemic, experts have held up intensive tutoring as the single best antidote.

Decamping from her usual base in Milan to show her wares in Los Angeles — only three days before the Oscars — Donatella Versace says she was inspired by the energy, glamour and power of Hollywood.

U.S. product regulators said Thursday that Yeti has recalled 1.9 million coolers and gear cases because magnets can come detached from them, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

Women in Berlin will soon be allowed to go topless, like men, at the city’s public pools.

Doctors in West Virginia say transgender health care that could soon be banned in the state is just as essential as the other lifesaving services they provide.

Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani is arguably the game's best player anywhere.

Americans who came of age during the pandemic are skipping college in big numbers.

The first meeting of the new board of Walt Disney World’s government — overhauled by sweeping legislation signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as an apparent punishment for Disney publicly challenging Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill — dealt with the rote affairs any other municipal government handles.

WeightWatchers' acquisition of a telehealth company is just the latest commercial push into the market for a new generation of medications that promise significant weight loss.

Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, and Anna May Wong's niece, Anna Wong, had never met before doing a recent joint interview with The Associated Press.

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington made it big when rock ‘n’ roll was still a defining cultural force on par with today’s TikTok trends and superhero movies.

Adidas is still wrestling with how to dispose of $1.3 billion worth of Yeezy shoes after its breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

Charlie Watts kept his feet firmly on the ground despite the success of the Rolling Stones.