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Winfrey chooses Richard Powers’ ‘Bewilderment’ for book club

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Richard Powers’ “Bewilderment.” It’s his first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Overstory.” “Bewilderment” is already on the fiction longlist for the National Book Awards. The 64-year-old Powers’ other books include “Orfeo” and “The Echo Maker,” which won

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58,000 more marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed, district attorney says

By Jason Hanna and Stella Chan, CNN Los Angeles County will dismiss about 58,000 more marijuana convictions dating back more than three decades, an action spurred in part by the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana a few years ago, the county district attorney said Monday. This will bring the total number of felony and misdemeanor

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Russia reports its worst single-day Covid-19 death toll since the start of the pandemic. Pictured is the Novomoskovsky multipurpose medical centre in Moscow

Russia reports its worst single-day Covid-19 death toll since start of pandemic

By Anna Chernova, CNN Russia reported its highest Covid-19 death toll in a single day on Tuesday with 852 coronavirus-related deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, according to the country’s coronavirus response center. The previous all-time high was recorded four days ago, on September 24, when 828 deaths were registered. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov

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EU official: No dealing with ‘desperate’ Lukashenko

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner says the 27-member bloc stands firm on its regime of sanctions against Belarus’ authoritarian president who’s “pushing” migrants into the EU out of “desperation.” EU commissioner Ylva  Johansson said Tuesday that President Alexander Lukashenko “can’t really deal” with the sanctions and is bringing migrants into

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EU official: No dealing with ‘desperate’ Lukashenko

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner says the 27-member bloc stands firm on its regime of sanctions against Belarus’ authoritarian president who’s “pushing” migrants into the EU out of “desperation.” EU commissioner Ylva  Johansson said Tuesday that President Alexander Lukashenko “can’t really deal” with the sanctions and is bringing migrants into

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Health Canada suspends licence, issues recall for hand sanitizer containing ‘elevated levels’ of methanol

By Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Health Canada has issued a recall and suspended the licence for PURE75 gel hand sanitizer after learning the product contains “elevated levels” of methanol that can cause serious health issues. In a recall notice issued Thursday, the agency

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