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Walgreens to pay up to $350 million in U.S. opioid settlement

Walgreens to pay up to $350 million in U.S. opioid settlement

Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, who accused the pharmacy of illegally filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade for opioids and other controlled substances.
Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Demure, submissive and erotic, Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature Asian women grew up with in the U.S. We may have also secretly hoped to play that geisha-like image to win our way out of our oppression .
Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals.
Sellers of secondhand clothes prepare for tariffs to give their businesses a boost

Sellers of secondhand clothes prepare for tariffs to give their businesses a boost

NEW YORK (AP) — Stores selling secondhand clothes, shoes and accessories are poised to benefit from President Donald Trump's trade war even as businesses the world over race to avert potential damage, according to industry experts.
The Oscars mandate voters watch all nominated movies, set new rules for AI and refugee filmmakers

The Oscars mandate voters watch all nominated movies, set new rules for AI and refugee filmmakers

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar voters will no longer be able to skip watching some of the nominated films.
Music Review: Willie Nelson is ageless singing Rodney Crowell songs on 'Oh What A Beautiful World'

Music Review: Willie Nelson is ageless singing Rodney Crowell songs on 'Oh What A Beautiful World'

It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson sing such words as “ninja,” “fishmonger” and “absinthe,” which are among the many pleasures found in the songbook of influential country songwriter Rodney Crowell .
'Andor' returns to Disney+ and takes 'Star Wars' to new and rebellious places

'Andor' returns to Disney+ and takes 'Star Wars' to new and rebellious places

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — “Andor” returns for its second season on Disney+ with a three-episode premiere Tuesday and the weight of the “Star Wars” galaxy seemingly on its shoulders.
Book Review: How would Joan Didion feel about her therapy session notes being published as a book?

Book Review: How would Joan Didion feel about her therapy session notes being published as a book?

What would Joan think? Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions converted into a book after her death.
Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming

Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming

Alan Weisman has found an all-world cast of scientists, engineers and environmentalists who have dreamed big and worked passionately to repair some of the world’s wrecked ecosystems and also to develop processes that, for example, use far less energy
Book Review: Sara Jafari’s 'Things Left Unsaid' is a tale of tentative lovers who keep connecting

Book Review: Sara Jafari’s 'Things Left Unsaid' is a tale of tentative lovers who keep connecting

Sara Jafari’s “Things Left Unsaid” is a love-craving, tumbling tale of two Iranian British friends who first meet in high school — the self-skeptic and pessimist Shirin Bayat, and the traumatized Kian Rahimi.
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