He walked toward the cellblock in Riverside Correctional Facility, pulling a cart of books behind him. For a moment, it was quiet. The only sounds that echoed off the jail’s cinder block walls were ...

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Music: Platinum-selling country artist Lee Brice brings his Sunriser Tour to the Sudbury arena on April 22. Tickets online at tinyurl.com/za9tapwz or at the arena box office. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom.

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The Reddit-like website which launched in late January allows AI bots to speak to each other.