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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

DALLAS — Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” and returned them to modern-day landscapes in works such as his emotional tale of a mother-daughter
Live long in sculpture: 20-foot art planned for Spock symbol

Live long in sculpture: 20-foot art planned for Spock symbol

BOSTON — The Museum of Science in Boston is paying tribute to city native Leonard Nimoy with a 20-foot sculpture shaped like Mr.
Woman who lost child to brain tumour gives birth at age 57

Woman who lost child to brain tumour gives birth at age 57

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman who lost her 13-year-old daughter to a brain tumour in 2016 has now given birth to a son — at age 57. Barbara Higgins also had a brain tumour of her own while trying to get pregnant and had it removed.
Reopening hurdles linger for schools, despite rescue funding

Reopening hurdles linger for schools, despite rescue funding

BUFFALO, N.Y.
Editor sidelined after medical journal racism podcast outcry

Editor sidelined after medical journal racism podcast outcry

The top editor at the Journal of the American Medical Association has been sidelined amid outcry from Black physicians over a tweet and podcast on structural racism.
'A reset button' - Black theatre leaders push for change

'A reset button' - Black theatre leaders push for change

NEW YORK — What's better than a powerful voice from the Black theatre community singing about change? How about 13 such voices? Vanessa Williams, Billy Porter and Audra McDonald and other founding members of Black Theatre United have recorded the son
Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kids

Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kids

The 9-year-old twins didn’t flinch as each received test doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine -- and then a sparkly bandage to cover the spot.
Reports say CNN's Chris Cuomo got special COVID-19 testing

Reports say CNN's Chris Cuomo got special COVID-19 testing

NEW YORK — Having a brother for governor is no longer the benefit it once seemed for CNN's Chris Cuomo. The news anchor emerged Thursday as a central figure in the latest damaging stories about his older brother, New York Gov.
O'Farrell's 'Hamnet' wins book critics award for fiction

O'Farrell's 'Hamnet' wins book critics award for fiction

NEW YORK — Maggie O'Farrell's “Hamnet,” an imagined take on the death of Shakespeare's son from the bubonic plague, has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction.
Impeachment probe to examine COVID tests for Cuomo relatives

Impeachment probe to examine COVID tests for Cuomo relatives

ALBANY, N.Y. — The impeachment investigation into New York Gov.
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