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Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps.
Key milestones in Revlon's storied history

Key milestones in Revlon's storied history

NEW YORK (AP) — Here are key milestones in Revlon's 89-year history. 1932: Brothers Charles and Joseph Revson and Charles Lachman start Revlon and unveil a revolutionary nail enamel.
Fall movie calendar, from 'Venom' to 'King Richard'

Fall movie calendar, from 'Venom' to 'King Richard'

A rundown of notable films coming out this fall : Sept. 9 “Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali” (Netflix): A documentary chronicling the friendship between the boxing legend and the civil rights leader. Sept.
Sonia Rodriguez to retire as principal dancer at National Ballet of Canada

Sonia Rodriguez to retire as principal dancer at National Ballet of Canada

TORONTO — Sonia Rodriguez is bowing out of her lead position at the National Ballet of Canada. Executive director Barry Hughson says Rodriguez plans to retire as principal dancer in early 2022 after 32 years with the company.
Elizabeth Holmes' trial to dissect downfall of a tech star

Elizabeth Holmes' trial to dissect downfall of a tech star

Just six years ago, Elizabeth Holmes seemed destined to fulfill her dream of becoming Silicon Valley's next superstar.
A fall movie season (like everything else) in flux

A fall movie season (like everything else) in flux

NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Cary Fukunaga has been waiting more than a year and a half for the biggest movie of his career, the James Bond film “No Time to Die,” to arrive in theaters. It has been a strange and surreal wait.
Tears triggered at filming of stage musical 'Come From Away'

Tears triggered at filming of stage musical 'Come From Away'

NEW YORK (AP) — Many months into the global pandemic, a Broadway musical about another horrific event that shook the world brought people together.
Crowd creates disturbance as Minnesota State Fair closes

Crowd creates disturbance as Minnesota State Fair closes

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Law enforcement officers used a chemical spray to disperse a crowd that created a disturbance at the main gate to the Minnesota State Fair as it was drawing to a close, sheriff's officials said.
Environmental groups call for postponement of climate talks

Environmental groups call for postponement of climate talks

LONDON (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups has called for a pivotal climate conference to be postponed amid concern that many of those most affected by global warming won’t be able to attend because of the continuing threat from COVID-19.
Spanish hospital baby switch discovered two decades later

Spanish hospital baby switch discovered two decades later

MADRID (AP) — Health authorities in Spain are blaming human error for the switching of two baby girls in a maternity ward almost 20 years ago, after one of them discovered by chance through a DNA test as a teenager that she wasn’t the daughter of her
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