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What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it…

New FDA rules for TV & radio drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

New FDA rules for TV & radio drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers…

Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing

Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1…

What makes walking so great for your health and what else you need to do

What makes walking so great for your health and what else you need to do

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name. The 71-year-old…

Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao

Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao

By ELSIE CHEN and DAKE KANG Associated Press CHANGCHUN, China (AP) — Crouch through the small metal door and walk down the dark tunnel, and even before you step into the abandoned air raid shelter,…

Timothy West, acclaimed British star of stage and screen, dies aged 90

Timothy West, acclaimed British star of stage and screen, dies aged 90

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on three occasions and the classic titular Shakespeare roles of Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, has died,…