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TORONTO — Groups of giddy Taylor Swift fans gathered outside the Rogers Centre on Thursday afternoon, many decked out in velvet, glitter and specially decorated outfits as they awaited the first Canadian date of the superstar's Eras Tour.

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. hours of “Today.” Melvin is a familiar face to “Today” show viewers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Burt Bacharach , one of the most celebrated and popular composers and songwriters of the 20th century, will have his papers donated to the Library of Congress.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York’s Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls.

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling th

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York's Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls.

TORONTO — Pop superstar Taylor Swift is set to kick off the first of six shows in Toronto tonight. The singer brings her record-breaking tour for a Canadian leg that hits Rogers Centre over 10 days.

The purchase of Alex Jones ' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga between the far-right conspiracy theorist and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, has been unveiled in Alabama's capital city.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York's Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls.