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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico .

Mourners are expected to gather for Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, following his death on Monday at the age of 88. The Vatican says the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. local time, which is 4 a.m. ET.

TORONTO — Laurie Miller, a 59-year-old heart transplant patient exposed to measles in Stratford, Ont., says her story speaks to the risks people who are immunocompromised face during an outbreak.

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NEW YORK (AP) — What music would you create if there weren’t any outside influences or self-imposed creative restraints? That’s what singer-actor Coco Jones contemplated.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for a celebration showcasing Native American and Indigenous dancers, musicians and artisans from around the world.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A private equity executive turned his New York City apartment into a torture chamber of “grotesque sexual violence," Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Friends of one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers testified Thursday that the woman told them long ago that Weinstein sexually assaulted her.

TORONTO — Carney, meet Critch. CBC says Liberal Leader Mark Carney is among the politicians who will appear on the hour-long "Vote Canadian: A 22 Minutes Election Special," in which he'll sit down for a Tim Hortons coffee with comedian Mark Critch.