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DENVER — Tyler DeWitt and Evan Hannibal were slowly making their way down a windswept slope during a backcountry snowboarding excursion in Colorado last spring when the shallow snow beneath them shifted and broke loose. “Avalanche!” shouted DeWitt.

U.S. health advisers sharply criticized an experimental arthritis drug Thursday, saying that it was too risky, even with limits on its use.

Canada's second-largest grocery retailer and an industry group representing food manufacturers agreed on Thursday to a draft grocery code of practice they say takes aim at unfairness in the market. Empire Company Ltd.

NEW YORK — Steven Spielberg said Thursday that he will donate his $1 million Genesis Prize to 10 nonprofits that are working for racial and economic justice.

NEW YORK — This spring, longtime Central Park birder and naturalist Gabriel Willow is feeling a little less nervous than he did a year ago.

PARIS — A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh was sold at auction Thursday by Sotheby’s Paris for 13.1 million euros ($15.4 million).

NEW YORK — Morris Dickstein, an influential educator, critic and cultural historian who wrote often about the intersection between art and society, has died at age 81.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Win” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 2. “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press) 3. “Life After Death” by Sister Souljah (Atria) 4. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig (Viking) 5.

1. “Win” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 2. “Wild Sign” by Patricia Briggs (Ace) 3. “Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories” by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) 4. “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press) 5.

New York City is taking steps toward the reopening of the city's theatres , creating vaccination and testing sites for stage workers in a bid to restore a key part of New York's draw.