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How groundbreaking gay author Edmund White paved the way for other writers
NEW YORK — Andrew Sean Greer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, remembers the first time he read Edmund White. It was ...

Weight-loss drug Wegovy use is up 50% among U.S. teens, study shows – National
American teens are increasingly turning to the weight-loss drug Wegovy as more families and their doctors gain confidence in its ...

Stephen King on ‘The Life of Chuck,’ the end of the world and, yes, joy
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen King ’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie ...

Federal prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates, a judge says
WASHINGTON — The federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to hundreds of transgender inmates ...

‘Lilo & Stitch’ passes ‘Sinners’ to become 2nd highest grossing film of 2025
“Lilo & Stich” and “Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning” dominated the box office charts again after fueling a record-breaking Memorial Day ...

GOP Senator Doubles Down On ‘We All Are Going To Die’ Comment
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has doubled down on her dismissive response to worries about GOP legislation that includes huge Medicaid ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket breaks up, tumbles into ocean in test failure – National
Following multiple failed launches of its Starship rocket, SpaceX is once again dealing with an unsuccessful mission. The 403-foot-long rocket ...

5 bodies appearing to be missing musicians of Mexican regional music band found near Texas border
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Five bodies that appeared to be members of a Mexican regional music group who had gone ...

B.C. ostrich farm declines help from Dr. Oz to save birds from planned cull
The operators of an ostrich farm in southeastern British Columbia say United States health official and former television personality Dr. ...

Trump says Canada will pay $61B for ‘Golden Dome,’ but zero as ’51st state’ – National
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Canada will have to pay US$61 billion to be part of his “Golden ...