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PARIS — Israeli designer Alber Elbaz, best known for spending 14 years at the helm of France's Lanvin fashion house, has died at 59, the luxury conglomerate Richemont said Sunday.

WASHINGTON — Each year the U.S. approves dozens of new uses for cancer drugs based on early signs that they can shrink or slow the spread of tumors.

NEW YORK — After a year of being stuck in sweatpants, pyjamas and fuzzy slippers, Americans are starting to dress up and go out again.

NEW YORK — Rapper DMX will be mourned at a memorial with family and close friends at the Barclays Center in New York. The memorial will be held for him at the arena in Brooklyn on Saturday at 4 p.m. EST.

The coronavirus pandemic brought powwow season largely to a screeching halt last year. Some powwows cancelled their annual events; others went online only.

PORTLAND, Maine — Workers at a museum in Maine's largest city have voted to form a union. Organizers said the votes were counted on Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board.

NEW YORK — Laura Pausini was so emotionally affected by the pandemic last year that she even thought she'd never sing again.

NEW YORK — Appointments are no longer mandatory at any of the coronavirus vaccination sites run by New York City, including its newest and maybe coolest location: beneath the giant blue whale at the Museum of Natural History.

Plans to hold the East Coast Music Awards in person have been quashed by organizers after a sudden rise of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia. This year's ECMAs, which were set to take place on May 6 in Sydney, N.S.

MILAN — The Uffizi Gallery in Florence used the winter COVID shutdown to push ahead with renovations, discovering lost frescoes that will greet visitors when the leading repository of Italian Renaissance art reopens on May 4.