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‘Get used to it’: Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

By CARLA K. JOHNSONApril 8, 2022 GMT

The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.

Cabinet members, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Broadway actors and the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut have all tested positive.

Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism

By PHILIP MARCELOMay 13, 2021 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up.

NYPD used Woody Harrelson photo to find lookalike beer thief

By MICHAEL R. SISAKMay 17, 2019 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department used a photo of Woody Harrelson in its facial recognition program in an attempt to identify a beer thief who looked like the actor, according to a report published Thursday...

Government officials, doctors among Ethiopian crash victims

The Associated PressMarch 11, 2019 GMT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Three Austrian physicians. The co-founder of an international aid organization...

Victor Page, former Georgetown player, charged with sexually assaulting minor: report

Adam Zielonka The Washington TimesJanuary 9, 2019 GMT

Troubled former Georgetown University basketball star Victor Page has been charged with attempted rape and child abuse, Fox 5 DC reported.

A warrant has been out for Page's arrest since Dec. 30, with seven charges stemming from an apparent incident in Prince George' County, Maryland.

‘Career ready’ out of high school? Why the nation needs to let go of that myth

Anthony P. Carnevale & Andrew R. Hanson & Megan FasulesJanuary 2, 2018 GMT

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts...

Striking a chord, NIH taps the brain to find how music heals

By LAURAN NEERGAARDDecember 19, 2017 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemotherapy unit, patients looking up in surprised delight...