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Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care

Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care

As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy — drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds — an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment. Tirzepatide, an Eli Lilly and Co.
Robots run the show as Swiss radio tests AI voices for a day

Robots run the show as Swiss radio tests AI voices for a day

GENEVA (AP) — The voices sound like well-known personalities, the music features trendy dance beats and hip-hop syncopations, and the jokes and laughter are contagious.
'Jackass' star Bam Margera in court, denies hitting brother

'Jackass' star Bam Margera in court, denies hitting brother

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — “Jackass” star Bam Margera surrendered to Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday morning for allegedly punching his brother during an altercation four days earlier at their home in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Pandemic sent high school sex to new low, survey finds

Pandemic sent high school sex to new low, survey finds

NEW YORK (AP) — The first years of the pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex, according to a government survey . Teen sex was already becoming less and less common before COVID-19.
Lawyer says Prince Harry's words undermine phone hack case

Lawyer says Prince Harry's words undermine phone hack case

LONDON (AP) — An attorney for the publisher of The Sun tabloid used Prince Harry's own words Thursday to argue that his phone hacking lawsuit should be thrown out.
CNN's Dana Bash replaces King on 'Inside Politics' show

CNN's Dana Bash replaces King on 'Inside Politics' show

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN veteran political correspondent Dana Bash will replace John King as host of the network's “Inside Politics” newscast , which airs at noon on weekdays, the network said Thursday.
'Gold obviously': Toronto milliner heads to U.K. with his hats for coronation parties

'Gold obviously': Toronto milliner heads to U.K. with his hats for coronation parties

TORONTO — Some Canadians heading to London for coronation festivities have enlisted a key expert to ensure they look their royal best: a master milliner.
Farewell to a beloved elder: Activists reflect on Belafonte

Farewell to a beloved elder: Activists reflect on Belafonte

NEW YORK (AP) — Carmen Berkley, a strategist with a Seattle-based foundation advocating equity and racial justice, remembers meeting Harry Belafonte a decade ago when she was a youth activist.
New Barry Avrich documentary spotlights Justice Rosalie Abella's fight for equity

New Barry Avrich documentary spotlights Justice Rosalie Abella's fight for equity

TORONTO — With more than 60 documentaries under his belt and nearly as many high-profile interviews to his name, filmmaker Barry Avrich said chronicling the career of Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella was by far his most nerve-racking experience yet.
Tom of Finland exhibit celebrates Nordic country's gay icon

Tom of Finland exhibit celebrates Nordic country's gay icon

HELSINKI (AP) — A new exhibition showing the works of Touko Laaksonen, better known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, adds a personal touch to the late Finnish artist whose homoerotic drawings of muscular men gained a following in the gay community fr
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