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Botanic gardens like Dublin’s offer growth opportunities to the traveler

by Tom Atwell November 19, 2023January 3, 2024

Ireland’s National Botanic Gardens include more than 20,000 plants.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie settle suit alleging abuse the day after it was filed

by LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press November 18, 2023November 18, 2023

Cassie’s attorney released a statement saying they had reached a deal “to their mutual satisfaction” Friday evening, but no terms of the agreement were disclosed and no further statements would be issued.

Animals, New England

Dogs are coming down with an unusual respiratory illness in several U.S. states

by DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press November 18, 2023November 18, 2023

David Needle, senior veterinary pathologist at the University of New Hampshire’s New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, has been investigating the mysterious disease for almost a year.

Arts & Entertainment

Snoop Dogg says he’s giving up ‘smoke.’ It caught some of his fans off guard

by Associated Press November 17, 2023November 17, 2023

The rapper has been candid about his love for marijuana and launched several business ventures in the pot industry over the years – including his own cannabis brand, Leafs by Snoop.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News

British writer A.S. Byatt, author of the novel ‘Possession,’ dies at 87

by Associated Press November 17, 2023November 17, 2023

‘Possession,’ published in 1990, follows 2 modern-day academics investigating the lives of a pair of Victorian poets. It won the prestigious Booker Prize that year and was adapted as a 2002 film.

Arts & Entertainment

He started playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid in Portland. Now he does it professionally

by Ray Routhier November 17, 2023November 21, 2023

Ned Donovan is starring in a new streaming series, called ‘Encounter Party,’ on which actors play Dungeons & Dragons. It debuted this month and is based on a podcast he helped create.

Arts & Entertainment

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of years of rape, abuse by singer Cassie in lawsuit

by Associated Press November 16, 2023November 16, 2023

Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, said Combs began the pattern of abuse as soon as their relationship did.

J.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine

‘The Killer’ slated to be Netflix’s top film of the winter

November 16, 2023November 15, 2023

“Forbid empathy. Empathy is weakness. Weakness is vulnerability.” The Killer’s credo. David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Gone Girl,”) is back in all shades of black added by writer Andrew Kevin Walker, who adapted it from a French graphic novel by Matz and Lucy Jacamon. All players here are nameless, only given titles. At the opening, Fincher […]