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2023 in other words: AI might be the term of the year, but consider these far-flung contenders

Many sentiments are universal. Many words are not. As 2023 ends, The Associated Press reached out to colleagues around the world for terms that emerged this year and seized or crystalized the popular mood. Some were newsy, some cultural.

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Film festival a unique feat for small community like qathet

Movie-goers will be delighted with variety of offerings

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FBI to exhume woman's body from unsolved 1969 killing in Netflix's 'The Keepers'

BALTIMORE (AP) — FBI investigators are planning to exhume the body of a young woman whose unsolved 1969 killing has been a source of widespread speculation, especially since Netflix’s documentary series “The Keepers” examined the slaying of a Baltimo

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Novelist's book is canceled after she acknowledges 'review bombs' of other writers

NEW YORK (AP) — A debut author who used fake accounts to “review bomb” other writers on the influential online platform Goodreads has been dropped by her agent and had her book deal cancelled.

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Tony Shalhoub returns as everyone's favorite obsessive-compulsive sleuth in 'Mr. Monk's Last Case'

NEW YORK (AP) — Fourteen years ago, Tony Shalhoub said goodbye to one of his most beloved creations — the obsessive-compulsive private detective Adrian Monk. Monk's last TV appearance in 2009 was even called "Mr. Monk and the End.

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Peek at the Patricia: The Holdovers 'does something special'

Funny movie is about people who are easy to root for, says qathet Film Society executive director Gary Shilling

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Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company's payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers.

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CTV National News appoints Heather Butts as new weekend anchor

TORONTO — Heather Butts has been named the new weekend anchor for CTV National News.

Dec 12, 2023 11:11 AM Read more >

Video game expo E3 gets permanently canceled

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the highest-profile video game conventions is being shut down permanently, its organizers said Tuesday .

Dec 12, 2023 10:56 AM Read more >

Oscar winner's latest film draws on real-life experience working in fishing industry

TORONTO — Brian Helgeland's latest film isn't an autobiography, but strip theBoston crime syndicate and drug runners from its gritty portrait of a fishing crew, and it's pretty close to being one.

Dec 12, 2023 10:22 AM Read more >