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Allergy season arrived early in US. Here's how to keep pollen from ruining your spring

Allergy season is here — and it's earlier and stronger than expected. More than 80 million Americans deal with itchy eyes, runny nose and other symptoms of seasonal allergies , according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Mar 22, 2024 4:08 AM Read more >

Former executive given death sentence in poisoning of founder of high-flying Chinese gaming company

BEIJING (AP) — A former executive at Yoozoo Games was sentenced to death on Friday in the 2020 poisoning of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company, which has links to Game of Thrones and the new Netflix series , “The Three-Body Proble

Mar 22, 2024 3:38 AM Read more >

As India's election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism

NEW DELHI (AP) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947 .

Mar 21, 2024 11:02 PM Read more >

What to stream this weekend: Shakira, Paul Simon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Wiig and Princess Peach

Chef and restaurateur Jose Andrés inviting actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Bryan Cranston and O’Shea Jackson Jr.

Mar 21, 2024 10:07 PM Read more >

Movie Review: A remake of 'Road House' with Jake Gyllenhaal turns into a muscular, Florida romp

Elwood P. Dalton is a classy sort of bouncer.

Mar 21, 2024 9:13 PM Read more >

Lorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle.

Mar 21, 2024 6:53 PM Read more >

France's president pounds a punching bag on camera, and Europe notices

LONDON (AP) — The teeth clench. The brow furrows. The bicep bulges.

Mar 21, 2024 5:17 PM Read more >

US surgeons transplant a gene-edited pig kidney into a patient for the first time

NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans.

Mar 21, 2024 4:39 PM Read more >

Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday. Over the last two decades, the number of U.S.

Mar 21, 2024 4:34 PM Read more >

Tennessee just became the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

Mar 21, 2024 3:36 PM Read more >