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Top Chef’ Is Being Noted for a Gentler Competitive Edge
More than 20 seasons into its run, the cooking series is being framed as taking a more humane approach to a high-pressure restaurant world
Christie’s to Offer $450 Million in Newhouse Art in May Sale
The auction house plans a special evening sale of 16 works from the collection of S.I. Newhouse Jr., the longtime Condé Nast chief
Mother hospitalized with ‘broken heart syndrome’ after veteran son’s suicide
Dawn Turner said severe chest pain and breathlessness sent her to emergency care before doctors diagnosed takotsubo syndrome, a stress-triggered condition that can mimic a heart attack
Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial opens with focus on 2013 hotel encounter
The pared-down trial centers on Jessica Mann’s allegation after an overturned conviction and a later jury deadlock left the Manhattan rape charge unresolved
Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije withdraws claims involving Dan Walker
ITN and Channel 5 agreed an undisclosed payment to resolve the tribunal matter, with no admission of liability, after denying the claims in full
Paul Weller readies BBC live album with Billie Eilish cover
The former Jam frontman says family listening helped lead him to cover “What Was I Made For?” as Weller At The BBC Volume 2 arrives Friday
Chornobyl’s exclusion zone faces radiation legacy and wartime danger
Four decades after the 1986 reactor disaster, scientists, elderly returnees and soldiers remain in a restricted Ukrainian landscape now shaped by contamination and Russia’s war
SPLC indicted as DOJ case follows leadership turmoil
Federal prosecutors allege the civil rights nonprofit hid payments to informants in extremist groups; the SPLC denies wrongdoing and says the program saved lives
Trudeau warns U.S. pressure could push Canada closer to China
The former prime minister cited Bombardier’s C-Series fight as a cautionary example as tariffs strain Canada’s auto sector
Ottawa approves Enbridge’s $4B Sunrise gas pipeline expansion
The B.C. project would add nearly 140 kilometres of pipe and 300 million cubic feet per day of capacity to Enbridge’s Westcoast system