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NEW YORK — Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joe Biden last month, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country's biggest stages, the Super Bowl.

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was found by a farmer on Friday in Sanliurfa province with old Turkic script that reads “Look at the sky, see the moon.

LONDON — Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron’s success has been stealthy. It took a while for the world to catch up with him.

NEW YORK — His name is The Weeknd but his Super Bowl performance felt like a dreary Monday morning. The pop star headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, running through his many hits like an Olympic relay track team aiming for the gold.

“Unfinished,” by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Ballantine) Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s memoir, “Unfinished,” is a moving story of her rise to fame — and of her life before anybody knew her name.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20: Feb. 14: Country singer Razzy Bailey is 82. Jazz saxophonist Maceo Parker is 78. TV personality Pat O’Brien (“The Insider,” ?Access Hollywood”) is 73. Magician Teller of Penn and Teller is 73.

WASHINGTON — Call it the age of PlayStation politics. Where Bill Clinton went on MTV and Barack Obama seized on social media, modern-day Democrats see online video gaming as the next high-tech frontier for reaching young voters.

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — In a story Feb. 5, 2021, about a “hug tent” at an assisted living centre , The Associated Press erroneously reported the thickness of the plastic barrier.

TORONTO — At age 70, retired nurse Donna Lessard can expect to be towards the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine when supply and distribution expands in coming months.

Which COVID-19 tests are required for international travel? It depends on where you're going. In an effort to limit the spread of new coronavirus variants, many countries are requiring incoming travellers to show a recent negative test. The U.S.