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Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol and 'Bye Bye Birdie' star, dies
Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday.
Apr 5, 2022 8:05 PM
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Mickey Mouse can start hugging again at Disney parks
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mickey Mouse will soon be able to hug again. For nearly two years, costumed characters at U.S. Disney parks have kept their distance from visitors because of the pandemic.
Apr 5, 2022 3:57 PM
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US pulls GSK's COVID drug as omicron sibling dominates cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — GlaxoSmithKline’s IV drug for COVID-19 should no longer be used because it is likely ineffective against the omicron subvariant that now accounts for most U.S. cases, federal health regulators said Tuesday.
Apr 5, 2022 3:41 PM
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Jury begins deliberations at US trial sparked by 1MBD fraud
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury began deliberating Tuesday at a U.S. trial stemming from an audacious scheme involving former Goldman Sachs bankers to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MBD.
Apr 5, 2022 3:36 PM
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Biden orders push on long COVID, pandemic's shadowy mystery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting the pandemic's lasting shadow, President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating con
Apr 5, 2022 3:01 PM
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Rabih Alameddine wins PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Rabih Alameddine’s “The Wrong End of the Telescope," a novel written in the second person about a transgender doctor named Mina who works in a refugee camp for Syrians, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
Apr 5, 2022 2:12 PM
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Doris Day's animal charity honors late star with fundraiser
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 100th anniversary of Doris Day's birthday is being recognized with a social-media fundraiser honoring her passion for animals.
Apr 5, 2022 1:54 PM
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Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet breaks hip on tour in Alaska
Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet fell and broke his hip in Alaska, and his Grammy-winning band had to perform there without him.
Apr 5, 2022 1:40 PM
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The Canadian Screen Awards' inaugural 'changemakers' on what it takes to spark change
TORONTO — Kayla Grey, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Amanda Parris say being named winners of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's inaugural Changemaker Award is "a daunting honour" but also "a hopeful sign" of change to come.
Apr 5, 2022 12:25 PM
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At Masters, some come to see golfers, others to see gnomes
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The boxes weren’t flying off the shelves. They weren’t even making it onto the shelves. The Masters has gone gnome-mad. Yes. Gnomes.
Apr 5, 2022 11:35 AM
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