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NEW YORK — Peter Nicks had for months been documenting the students of Oakland High School, in California, when the pandemic hit.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The creator of the Rhode Island landmark, the Big Blue Bug, which advertises a local pest control business on Interstate 95 in Providence, has died.

NEW YORK — ABC News President James Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years of leading the news division.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Country music superstar Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Reefs organization is helping to install an artificial reef off of Florida's Atlantic coast.

NEW YORK — Netflix is once again the top contender at the GLAAD Media Awards with 26 nominations, snapping up film nods for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The Prom,” comedy series nominations for “Dead to Me” and “Big Mouth” and drama TV nods for “T

OTTAWA — The Heritage Ministry says it’s reviewing the results of an independent investigation into harassment allegations at the Canadian Museum of History.

WINNIPEG — Peter Nygard will remain in jail for another week despite his lawyers laying out an updated bail plan for the Canadian fashion king who faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States.

Increasing concerns over more infectious COVID-19 variants has led some to wonder whether our face masks need an upgrade. Should we layer two masks on top of each other, as politicians and spectators at the U.S.

REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Avalanche Canada has issued a special warning for recreational users out in mountainous terrain for the British Columbia South Coast region.

How many variants of the coronavirus are there? There are many circulating around the world, but health experts are primarily concerned with the emergence of three. As a virus infects people, it can mutate as it makes copies of itself.