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Crews hold a Brazilian flag on the field before an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Ravens in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Baltimore-Dallas thriller in Brazil averages 29.9 million viewers on CBS, a record for NFL abroad

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NEW YORK (AP) — Baltimore's 34-31 victory over Dallas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, averaged 29.9 million viewers on CBS on Sunday, making it the most-watched NFL international game in history.

According to Nielsen, the audience peaked to more than 30 million during the late stages when Baltimore's Tyler Loop made a 56-yard field goal on the last play. It also was the most-watched Week 3 game on CBS since 2014.

This year's Week 1 game in Australia between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams averaged 18.5 million in the U.S. on Netflix. Last year's Week 1 Friday night game in Brazil between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs also averaged 18.5 million on YouTube.

Sunday's CBS doubleheader averaged 21.45 million, its most-watched September doubleheader since 2014.

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Phyllis Lambert, the 99-year-old founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture waits to speak during a press conference announcing a yearlong program to mark her upcoming centennial, in Montreal on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Museum marks Phyllis Lambert’s upcoming 100th birthday with a yearlong program

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Museum marks Phyllis Lambert’s upcoming 100th birthday with a yearlong program

Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 4:33 PM CDT

MONTREAL - After nearly a century watching Montreal change around her, architect and activist Phyllis Lambert believes citizens need a greater voice in shaping the city's future.

Speaking at a Canadian Centre for Architecture news conference Tuesday, unveiling plans for her centennial, the 99-year-old described Montreal as a “city of communities” and pointed to growing public participation and consultation in decisions about how the city develops.

Lambert, who founded the Montreal-based research institution and museum, became an influential figure in modern architecture through her involvement in the development of New York's landmark Seagram Building. She later became a prominent advocate for heritage preservation and urban issues in Montreal.

Lambert's approach to citizen involvement was shaped in part by her work in the 1970s in Milton-Parc, a central Montreal neighbourhood where residents fought plans to demolish much of the area for highrise redevelopment.

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A model wears a creation as part of the Christian Dior Womenswear Spring Summer 2027 collection presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence and a Paris runway full of bras: Dior comes undone in mist

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Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence and a Paris runway full of bras: Dior comes undone in mist

Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 4:33 PM CDT

PARIS (AP) — Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence, Rosalía and Cynthia Erivo watched from the front row Tuesday as Dior's Jonathan Anderson showed 65 spring looks on a runway stretched across a pond in the Tuileries Garden — a collection built on the idea that the most expensive way to get dressed is to stop halfway.

Trees rose from the water and fog drifted over the models — artificial mist pumped out on an afternoon when Paris hit 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius).

The opening look set the terms: a white pinstriped double-breasted jacket over a striped shirt and a short cream skirt, nothing tucked, nothing fastened with conviction.

Bras showed beneath open jackets, shirts were buttoned unevenly and pajama piping ran along the edges of tailoring.

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‘Verity’ puts Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a steamy Colleen Hoover thriller

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‘Verity’ puts Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a steamy Colleen Hoover thriller

Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 3:07 PM CDT

In “Verity,” it’s hard to know who to trust.

There’s Anne Hathaway’s titular character, a wildly popular novelist who is unable to speak or move after a car accident, but whose secret, and disturbing, autobiography speaks volumes. There’s Dakota Johnson’s struggling author, Lowen, who has been hired to finish Verity’s remaining novels and who finds herself living in Verity’s home and fantasizing about her more successful counterpart’s life, and husband. And then there’s Josh Hartnett, as said husband, who is caring and responsible but perhaps a bit quick to suggest that Lowen borrow one of Verity’s dresses for their night out on the town.

The actors couldn't help get the giggles on set

It is all quite heightened in the way that one might hope for in a sexy, psychological thriller, which opens in theaters Friday. At some point, Lowen even starts to suspect that Verity might be faking her paralysis. And the actors often found themselves doing something that the script did not call for: Giggling.

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People line up to vote on the second day of advance voting, ahead of provincial elections, in Montreal on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

French-only Quebec election voter guides prompted 160 complaints over five days

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French-only Quebec election voter guides prompted 160 complaints over five days

Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 3:58 PM CDT

MONTREAL - When Derek Heatherington, a retired college professor living in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, heard that the provincial elections agency was sending out unilingual French information guides this year, he decided to act.

“This situation really spoke to me, because we're getting to the point here where we're talking really about voter suppression,” he said.

Élections Québec announced on its website on Sept. 1 that it was not sending out any English language guides due to legislation adopted in 2022 requiring provincial government institutions to issue public communications only in French. Instead of the usual bilingual documents, the agency suggested voters could scan a QR code on the guide to find the English information online.

Heatherington responded to that announcement by filing a complaint and sharing it as a template on social media to encourage others to do the same.

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FILE - Chinese singer Na Ying, right, and Taiwanese singer Matilda Tao performs during an public welfare Concert for abused girls at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

China grants a singer a rare exemption over censorship after an unapproved tribute song

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China grants a singer a rare exemption over censorship after an unapproved tribute song

Fu Ting, The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: 1:46 PM CDT

Authorities in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu granted a rare exemption to a singer on Tuesday after she added an unapproved song to her set list at a weekend concert, drawing renewed attention to China’s tightening controls on entertainment.

Content used in live performances, including songs and stand-up comedy scripts, must be approved in advance by local authorities, a long-standing requirement that reflects China’s strict censorship of the entertainment industry. Artists who violate the rules can be fined or banned from future performances and even public appearances.

Singer Na Ying’s performance was “a brief, fragmentary performance during an audience interaction segment rather than a full rendition of the song” and therefore did not require additional approval, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism said in a statement.

Na, one of China’s most influential female singers, performed “Curved Moon” at her concert in Chengdu on Saturday in memory of her friend and singer Liu Huan, a household name who died the previous day.

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FILE - Rihanna appears at the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York on Nov. 3, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home is mentally fit for trial, judge says

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Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home is mentally fit for trial, judge says

Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 12:55 PM CDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman accused of spraying bullets at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home, hitting a trailer the celebrity couple was inside and a nursery their kids were in, was found mentally competent by a judge on Tuesday to stand trial.

Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, of Orlando, Florida, has pleaded not guilty to trying to murder Rihanna and to more than a dozen other felony charges stemming from the shooting in March. No one was injured, but bullets tore through an Airstream trailer that the singing superstar and A$AP Rocky were in. Shots also struck the wall of a nursery where their small children were at the time.

“Criminal proceedings are reinstated,” Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said at a very brief hearing in Los Angeles County court after months of psychiatric evaluations.

Ortiz appeared behind glass in a custody area of the courtroom, wearing yellow jail clothes and handcuffs. She didn't speak during the hearing. She could get life in prison if convicted of all the charges.

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The Associated Press 2 minute read 12:19 PM CDT

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List)

1. Double Tap by Don Bentley & Vince Flynn (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)

2. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (Penguin Publishing Group)

3. Swan Song by Charles Spencer (Penguin Publishing Group)

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Apple Podcasts – Top New Shows

The Associated Press 1 minute read 12:16 PM CDT

Top New Shows (US)

1. The Woman in the Woods, 48 Hours+

2. Receipts with Catherine Rampell, The Bulwark

3. Marry Me Everyday, Gideon Sophie Rissman

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Apple TV app – Top Movies

The Associated Press 1 minute read 12:16 PM CDT

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US)

1. The End of Oak Street

2. Disclosure Day

3. The Invite

Music

Geddy Lee holds a discussion with fellow Rush band member Alex Lifeson, as he promotes his book

Rush frontman Geddy Lee endorses Brad Bradford in Toronto mayoral race

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Rush frontman Geddy Lee endorses Brad Bradford in Toronto mayoral race

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: 3:03 PM CDT

TORONTO - Though his mind is not for rent, you can put him down as a Brad Bradford voter.

Rush frontman Geddy Lee is openly endorsing the city councillor in Toronto’s mayoral race.

The Canadian vocalist and bassist posted a series of photos of himself holding a small dog alongside Bradford, with a caption explaining his support for the councillor.

Lee said that while he’s always been proud to call Toronto home, the city is “changing, and not for the better.”

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Caleb Flynn, left, sits next to Emily Smith, right, one of his attorneys on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (AP Photo, Pool)

Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife

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Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife

John Seewer, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 5:07 PM CDT

A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair.

Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach.

Flynn, who claimed his wife was killed by a burglar, could get up to life in prison without the chance of parole when he's sentenced on Monday.

Flynn closed his eyes, shook his head to the side and fought to maintain his composure as the judge read the guilty verdicts on charges of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence. He began sobbing while the judge dismissed the jury. His attorney called the verdicts “disappointing” and said he expects to file an appeal.

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The Facebook app, centre, is shown on a mobile phone screen, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Canadian says Meta won’t let her talk to a human after killing her accounts

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Canadian says Meta won’t let her talk to a human after killing her accounts

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: 4:09 PM CDT

OTTAWA - A Toronto woman says Meta permanently shut down her Facebook and Instagram accounts without warning — and her only recourse has been to talk to AI chatbots.

Jasmine Ault told The Canadian Press she has not been able to reach a human being at Meta since the accounts were deactivated on Sept. 24. 

She said the company shut down her 20-year-old Facebook account, an Instagram account that dates back to 2011 and another Instagram account dedicated to her dog.

"It's actually quite scary to think about the trust that we put in the social media platforms that can all be taken away in one day," she said in an interview.

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The Associated Press 2 minute read 11:09 AM CDT

Audible best-sellers for the week ending September 25:

Nonfiction

1. A Great Book with Barack Obama by Barack Obama and Higher Ground, narrated by Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jill Lepore, Ben Rhodes, Percival L. Everett, Lauren Groff and Barack Obama (Audible Originals)

2. Swan Song by Charles Spencer, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio)

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Ellora Derenoncourt, an associate professor at Princeton University's department of economics, poses for a portrait on the university campus Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Erin Blewett)

The MacArthur Foundation’s ‘genius’ fellows: The full 2026 class list

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The MacArthur Foundation’s ‘genius’ fellows: The full 2026 class list

James Pollard, The Associated Press 4 minute read 11:07 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation unveiled its 2026 class of fellows on Tuesday, an interdisciplinary list of 20 individuals ranging from artists to scientists.

The recipients will receive $800,000 over the next five years for them to spend as they please. The prize, often called a “genius” grant, is the result of a yearslong selection process that considers a wide range of recommendations. Fellows do not apply or participate in any way. Many express shock upon learning of their selection, a recognition that often yields new opportunities on top of the monetary award.

The 2026 fellows are:

Holly Jean Buck, 45, Buffalo, New York, a University at Buffalo sociologist whose research centers local communities' role in mitigating climate change and transitioning to clean energy.

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Saxophonist, Immanuel Wilkins poses for a portrait on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

This year’s MacArthur ‘geniuses’ include a musician, painter and economist all confronting history

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This year’s MacArthur ‘geniuses’ include a musician, painter and economist all confronting history

James Pollard, The Associated Press 7 minute read 11:03 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Immanuel Wilkins was riding the Amtrak from New York to Philadelphia when he got a call from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. But he said he had to wait to deboard the train to find out if it was life-changing news or not.

The Brooklyn-based saxophonist, bandleader and composer hesitated to believe they were calling to say he was part of their prestigious fellows class. He spent the last 15 minutes of his ride convincing himself they only wanted his recommendations.

“I was just outside,” said Wilkins, 29, when he finally confirmed it was the former. "Which was nice because then I could yell as loud as I wanted to and celebrate.”

The foundation unveiled its 2026 fellows class on Tuesday: 20 individuals ranging in discipline from the performing arts to the social sciences, separated in age by four decades and spread across three continents. They will each receive $800,000 over the next five years in recognition of their “exceptional creativity.” Commonly referred to as “genius grants,” the no-strings-attached awards are intended to provide the flexibility necessary for recipients to pursue their artistic or scholarly visions.

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