U.S. set to host Women’s World Cup in 2031, U.K. to host the 2035 competition

The United States and the United Kingdom looked set on Thursday to be picked by FIFA next year as hosts of Women’s World Cups expanded to 48 teams from 32. Their respective intentions to bid for the 2031 and 2035 editions are alone in the contests after the first deadline to enter the race has … Read more

Canadian Premier League to host regular-season game in Quebec City

The Canadian Premier League will host a regular-season game in Quebec City on May 31 featuring York United FC and Halifax Wanderers FC. The 2025 edition of the “On Tour” series marks the league’s second neutral-site contest. Vancouver FC and Cavalry FC played to a scoreless draw in Kelowna, B.C., last June before an announced … Read more

Trump administration suspends host of federal grants to Princeton University

The Trump administration cut funding to a host of Princeton University research projects, the school said Tuesday, marking the latest Ivy League campus to see its federal backing reduced or revoked. Princeton “received notifications from government agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA, and the Defense Department” that Washington was “suspending several dozen Princeton research … Read more

Larry Mantle’s L.A.: The beloved radio host reflects on 40 years of ‘AirTalk’

Picture this: It’s summer 1985. You’re sitting in morning traffic on the 101. Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love,” a top 10 hit that year, plays, ironically, in the background. When it cuts to commercial, you turn the dial — because there were dials back then — to 89.3 KPCC-FM and a new show called “AirTalk.” … Read more

Venice says it will host Bezos wedding and denies reports of possible disruptions for the city

ROME — The city of Venice confirmed Saturday it will host the wedding of multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez, denying reports the famous Italian city would be invaded by hundreds of celebrities and possible disruptions for citizens and tourists. The city in a short statement didn’t give a date for the wedding. Italian … Read more

Sundance Film Festival picks Boulder as host city for 2027 and beyond

The Sundance Film Festival will move to Boulder, Colo., beginning with the 2027 edition, a transformative change for one of the independent film community’s key annual events. Following a vote on Wednesday by the Sundance Institute’s board of trustees, the city was chosen over the other two finalists, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City. “There was … Read more

Radio host Chris Stark diagnosed with testicular cancer

Radio host Chris Stark has said he has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. The Capital Breakfast Show and former BBC Radio 1 host said he had undergone surgery and was “effectively cured” after the disease was caught early. In a social media post on Monday, the 38-year-old said he had taken the past couple weeks … Read more

Bottom-seeded host teams advance to U Sports women’s and men’s hockey finals

The Waterloo Warriors have advanced to the Miller Waste U Sports women’s hockey championship final with a 5-1 semifinal win over the fifth-seeded Concordia Stingers on Saturday at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ont. Brodi Levitt scored twice and added two assists for the eighth-seeded Warriors, who will play the third-seeded Bishop’s Gaiters in Sunday’s final. … Read more

Jess Hilarious confronts Loren LoRosa, ‘Breakfast Club’ after her heated Instagram rant

Radio host and comedian Jess Hilarious had plenty to say on Instagram about her recent experiences on “The Breakfast Club.” She had even more to share Wednesday when she aired her grievances on the morning show. “Nobody has even tried to clean up the narrative that I’m a villain,” Jess told her co-hosts, speaking to … Read more