The Mix

TORONTO — Interest rates are dropping, but many Canadians are still feeling the hangover of the highest lending costs in a generation.

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity — artists of color and women left out of top prizes; rap and contemporary R&B stars ignored — a reflection of the Recording Academy's electorate.

Let's put on a happy face, at least to start, for “Joker: Folie à Deux.” If there's one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips' divisive 2019 original and his new follow-up, it's that these movies are best when they dance.

LONDON (AP) — For once, deaf audiences are being prioritized at U.K. cinemas.

Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season , but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.

Fifty-one apartments have been set aside for those who use the University Health Network's hospitals frequently and were willing to move there.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week but remains at healthy levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for jobless claims rose by 6,000 to 225,000 for the week of Sept. 28.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week but remains at healthy levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for jobless claims rose by 6,000 to 225,000 for the week of Sept. 28.

Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season , but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help customers in stores and assemble online orders in warehouses.

Over the past few years, consumers have been buying more private-label products at the grocery store to save money — and the trend may be here to stay.