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Britain's Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python with stamps featuring iconic sketches and characters

Britain's Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python with stamps featuring iconic sketches and characters

LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python .
Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze

Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio's research is literally frozen. Collected from millions of U.S.
'The ends are hot right now': Scarborough's 'Shook' captures life on Toronto's edges

'The ends are hot right now': Scarborough's 'Shook' captures life on Toronto's edges

TORONTO — There’s a scene in “Shook” in which the drama’s lead tells a Toronto hipster that he lives in Scarborough. Her response — “Oooh, Scarborough” — comes off as if he just name-dropped a war zone.
New Ontario measles cases down to single digits for the first time since January

New Ontario measles cases down to single digits for the first time since January

TORONTO — Health officials in Ontario are reporting that the number of new measles cases are down to the single digits for the first time since January.
Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it's melting fast

Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it's melting fast

An iconic Argentinian glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its “most substantial retreat in the past century,” according to new research.
Keeping work from spoiling a vacation takes planning and the right phone settings

Keeping work from spoiling a vacation takes planning and the right phone settings

NEW YORK (AP) — For their 15th wedding anniversary, Katie Walley-Wiegert and her husband decided to take a beach vacation with their young son. But the trip didn’t go as planned.
Indian authorities in Kashmir ban books by eminent writers and scholars

Indian authorities in Kashmir ban books by eminent writers and scholars

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities have banned 25 books in Kashmir that they say propagate “false narratives” and “secessionism” in the disputed region, where strict controls on the media have escalated in recent years.
RFK Jr.'s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement

RFK Jr.'s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to “fix” the federal program for compensating Americans injured by vaccines, opening the door to sweeping changes for a system long targeted by anti-vaccine activists .
Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says

Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says

Most Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, those super-tasty, energy-dense foods typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, according to a new federal report .
Mothers in Gaza stretch meager ingredients where they can, but say hunger persists

Mothers in Gaza stretch meager ingredients where they can, but say hunger persists

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A single bowl of eggplant stewed in watery tomato juice must sustain Sally Muzhed’s family of six for the day.
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