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Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

Handmade blankets welcome refugees, immigrants to US

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — "Welcome to the USA," says a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes.
Brueghel work found in dim French TV room sells for $845,000

Brueghel work found in dim French TV room sells for $845,000

PARIS (AP) — One of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger's largest known works, whose discovery behind the television room door of a house in northern France amazed the art world, fetched 780,000 euros ($845,000) at auction in Paris Tuesday.
'The Big Door Prize' asks deep questions about happiness

'The Big Door Prize' asks deep questions about happiness

NEW YORK (AP) — Not to be rude, but are you living your best life? Are you sure? Might you be destined to be something else? Do you know what that could be? Those are some of the deep questions residents of the fictional town of Deerfield are dealing
Comic Relief launches metaverse fundraiser to fight poverty

Comic Relief launches metaverse fundraiser to fight poverty

Can playing more Roblox make your kids more philanthropic? That’s what the nonprofit Comic Relief US hopes, announcing Tuesday its new Kids Relief initiative to encourage giving and community building with a new virtual world on the social gaming pla
HBO's 'Succession' sets viewer mark for fourth-season start

HBO's 'Succession' sets viewer mark for fourth-season start

NEW YORK (AP) — HBO's “Succession” opened its fourth and final season with a record first-night audience of 2.3 million viewers, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday. That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls.
Queen and Adam Lambert eager for their post-pandemic tour

Queen and Adam Lambert eager for their post-pandemic tour

NEW YORK (AP) — Queen and Adam Lambert are hitting the road this fall for a North American expansion of their Rhapsody Tour, with a freshly minted knight onstage and plenty of post-pandemic energy.

Poet Sara Daniele Rivera wins First Book Award

NEW YORK (AP) — A Cuban-Peruvian poet from New Mexico has won the Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award.
Planting a garden from seed is easy and can start now

Planting a garden from seed is easy and can start now

The catalogs have been thumbed through , and the seed racks are sprouting like weeds at local nurseries and garden centers. There is now enough daylight across the country to start garden seeds without the aid of artificial lights.
Feel the Force: Hamill carries 'Star Wars' voice to Ukraine

Feel the Force: Hamill carries 'Star Wars' voice to Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “Attention. Air raid alert,” the voice says with a Jedi knight’s gravitas. “Proceed to the nearest shelter.
Care, 'magic' help DC's cherry blossom trees defy age

Care, 'magic' help DC's cherry blossom trees defy age

Peak bloom has arrived for the thousands of Japanese cherry blossom trees at the National Mall in Washington, and the area is awash in magnificent pink and white.
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