Country singer Hal Ketchum, 17-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 67

Hal Ketchum died from complications stemming from dementia. He was 67. News of the country music star’s death was shared with Ketchum’s fans in a post via an official Facebook account on Tuesday. The 17-time Billboard chart-topper died Monday night, according to the statement. “With great sadness and grief we announce that Hal passed away peacefully last night at home due […]

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AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine early results ‘good news’ but ‘more analysis needed,’ experts say

Following Monday’s news of AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective in late-stage trials, top experts say the preliminary findings are good news but await further analysis. “The interim analysis supports vaccine safety with no severe reactions to the vaccine and that is good news,” Dr. Andrea Cox, immunologist and professor of medicine at […]

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Coronavirus face masks can be reused with ‘dry heat,’ FDA says

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says health care workers should ideally use new personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, strained supplies have caused the agency to weigh safe alternatives for reuse, such as dry heat. “While [health care personnel] should continue to use a properly fitting, new, FDA-cleared or authorized respirator when available according to […]

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‘TurDunkin’ Thanksgiving turkey recipe stuffed with doughnut holes finds renewed interest in 2020

Apparently, America runs on Dunkin-stuffed turkey this year. Answering the rhetorical question  — “What will they think of next?” —  is the newest trending holiday feast: the TurDunkin’, a recipe involving turkey, doughnut holes and sprinkles from the innovative minds of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The almost too-Boston recipe – that […]

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John Ridley explores the ‘Other History’ with DC Comics series centered on Black superheroes

Fans of comic books or the multitude of film franchises they’ve spurred will be hard-pressed to find a series as critically anticipated as “The Other History of the DC Universe.” The five-issue DC Black Label miniseries written by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave,” “Guerrilla,” “American Crime”) is a run which delves deep into the backstories of DC’s most under-represented superheroes […]

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Pete Davidson to play George Bailey in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ for charity

Pete Davidson is taking on one of the cinema’s most iconic roles and it’s all for a good cause. The “Saturday Night Live” star will play George Bailey from “It’s a Wonderful Life” during a virtual table script read for the nonprofit Ed Asner Family Center. Jimmy Stewart famously played the father figure in the 1946 holiday classic. Maude Apatow is […]

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