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NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven't used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week.

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Thirty years ago, Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass left her home to pursue her dreams of being in the movies, joining generations of women in her family who were shaped by exile and “learned to leave everything and start anew.

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — In one painting, a child sits, mouth wide open, as a worker in white medical garb extends a long cotton swab toward her tonsils.

“There is nothing new under the sun.” So goes the adage which conveys the tendency for history to repeat itself. It’s this unstated premise that drives Kliph Nesteroff’s latest book, “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.

The Oneg Shabbat archive was a secret project of Jewish prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto to record their histories as they awaited deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 3-9: Dec. 3: Singer Jaye P. Morgan (“The Gong Show”) is 92. Singer Ozzy Osbourne is 75. Singer Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship is 74. Bassist Paul Gregg of Restless Heart is 69.

In the old-fashioned “fondas” scattered around Mexico, diners usually find only a handful of tables and simple, comforting dishes. A three-course lunch at many of these unpretentious mom-and-pop eateries can cost as little as a few dollars.

See if any of this sounds familiar: ● You can’t find an easy way to cancel an unwanted subscription, so you let it continue for another month — telling yourself you’ll try again later.

NEW YORK (AP) — In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Authentic cuisine. Authentic voice. Authentic self.

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he's not working 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, the 22-year-old is working as an administrative assistant for a local community college from his home in Colorado Springs.