National Lifestyle

NEW YORK (AP) — Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra Belle Johnson got to know it much earlier — in sixth grade she played a sugar cube in a middle school production.

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak .

MONTREAL — Children in Canada are exposed to more than 4,000 ads for food on their mobile devices every year, with the vast majority promoting unhealthy products, according to a new report.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Egg prices hit a record high as the U.S. contends with an ongoing bird flu outbreak , but consumers didn't need government figures released Wednesday to tell them eggs are terribly expensive and hard to find at times.

A hotel hot tub changed Erin Beckwell's life. The Saskatoon woman had been to dinner with her partner, who then endlessly drove her around the city. "I'm like, 'Where are you taking me?'" said Beckwell, a university professor.

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings.

BRUGES, Belgium (AP) — St. Valentine chocolates always seek to show how deep your love is. This year, it might just also show how deep your pockets are.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Feel like dissing instead of kissing your former lover this Valentine’s Day ? Think your ex is more like a rat than a prince? Do you believe your former paramour should never procreate? Animal shelters and zoos around the cou

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There's one essential difference between arguments at rapper A$AP Rocky 's trial: Prosecutors will say Thursday that the hip-hop star fired two shots at a former friend from a handgun, while defense lawyers will say he fired blanks

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidentia