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Liz Weston: Retiring wasn’t easy - even after years of writing about it

Liz Weston: Retiring wasn’t easy - even after years of writing about it

A couple of years ago, I wrote a column about how to have a retirement worth saving for . It ended with a quote from personal finance educator Barbara O’Neill, who reflected on how the pandemic disrupted many retirees’ plans.
Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children

Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.
In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory

In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the pre-hippie 1960s.
Man arrested near Taylor Swift's NYC townhouse after reported break-in attempt

Man arrested near Taylor Swift's NYC townhouse after reported break-in attempt

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift's townhouse in New York City appears to have been the target of another break-in attempt, this time by a man who was arrested near the singer's Tribeca home Saturday as police responded to a report of a disorderly person.

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, dies at 75

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included “Leader of the Pack,” has died. She was 75. Miriam Linna, founder of Weiss' label, Norton Records, said Sunday that Weiss died Friday in Palm Springs, California.
Inside Pitchfork's absorption into GQ: When 'music media' becomes 'men's media,' what's lost?

Inside Pitchfork's absorption into GQ: When 'music media' becomes 'men's media,' what's lost?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly three decades after it was established, Pitchfork, the most influential music publication of the internet age with the power to make or break an artist, is being absorbed by another entity — a men’s fashion and style magazin
'Burn, beetle, burn': Hundreds of people torch an effigy of destructive bug in South Dakota town

'Burn, beetle, burn': Hundreds of people torch an effigy of destructive bug in South Dakota town

RAPID CITY, S.D.

Sarah, the Duchess of York, diagnosed with malignant melanoma found during breast cancer treatment

LONDON (AP) — Sarah, the Duchess of York , has been diagnosed with a malignant skin cancer that was discovered during her treatment for breast cancer , a spokesperson said.

Marlena Shaw, 'California Soul' singer, dead at 81

Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the singer's death Friday in a video posted on Facebook .
'Mean Girls' fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office

'Mean Girls' fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office

NEW YORK (AP) — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.
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