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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Manjula Wijesuriya had COVID-19, but his friends and family say that's not what killed him.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah reptile center employee is recovering after an alligator yanked her into its enclosure during a presentation, thrashing her around before a fast-acting visitor leapt inside and helped free her from its jaws.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst testified Monday that he lied for decades about sending police a note directing them to the dead body of his best friend because he feared it would implicate him in the killing.

NEW YORK (AP) — The swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has news organizations simultaneously trying to cover the story, protect their journalists and families and help people who have done work for them over the past two decades.

Tim Hortons China is planning to go public in a deal that could rapidly speed up the chain's roll out in the growing coffee market, with plans to open more than 2,500 new locations in five years, according to an investor presentation.

TORONTO — Acclaimed composer R. Murray Schafer, whose groundbreaking research in acoustic ecology helped move the needle on the understanding of soundscapes, has died at 88.

New York (AP) — Vaccine mandates expanded Monday as New York state ordered hospital and nursing home workers to get COVID-19 inoculations and New York City was poised to start requiring them for anyone in restaurant dining rooms, gyms, museums and ma

NEW YORK (AP) — Tune in to catch “Nine Perfect Strangers” and you'll find drama and suspense. But underneath the hood you might also see some heady stuff, says star Nicole Kidman.

NASHVILLE, Ten.. (AP) — R&B legend Ray Charles, who helped redefine country music in the Civil Rights era, and Grammy-winning duo The Judds will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. Villanueva, a 44-year-old racial justice activist, became a household name in the donor world in 2018.