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Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer Doudna, both speaking at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing, in Washington. (AP Photo)

2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘gene scissors’

The 2020 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine are announced during a news conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Oct. 5, 2020. (AP Photo)

3 win Nobel medicine prize for discovering hepatitis C...

A man, wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, holds a banner that reads: "United for climate" during a small climate change protest in downtown Brussels, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo)

Leaders to UN: If virus doesn’t kill us, climate...

Fishermen ply their trade in the Tapajos river in Alter do Chao, district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo)

Amazon land grabbers assail ecotourism paradise in...

An employee adds drops of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol, an essential component of medical marijuana, into a coffee glass at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong’s first CBD cafe opens its doors to customers

Cherry Jones accepts the award for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for "Succession" during the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. (AP Photo)

Sunday’s virtual Emmy Awards set bar high with live...

Arts & Culture

Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer Doudna, both speaking at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing, in Washington. (AP Photo)
Arts & Culture

2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘gene scissors’

An employee adds drops of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol, an essential component of medical marijuana, into a coffee glass at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo)
Arts & Culture

Hong Kong’s first CBD cafe opens its doors to customers

In this July 12, 2018, file photo, an Emmy statue is displayed onstage at the 70th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
Arts & Culture

Emmy show will include $2.8M donation to fight child hunger

In this image taken from video, members of the Cairo Celebration Choir sing "The Day," a song written by choir founder and artistic director Nayer Nagui, seen conducting in the center, Aug. 20, 2020 in Cairo. (AP Photo)
Arts & Culture

Cairo choir sends musical message of hope amid virus gloom

UNESCO Director-General Azoulay pledges reconstruction
Arts & Culture

UNESCO Director-General Azoulay pledges reconstruction

Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day
Arts & Culture

Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day

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Health

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Health

How long could I be contagious before a positive virus test?

A man wearing a mask walks past graffiti depicting a globe at Orcasitas neighborhood in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo)
Health

Why worry? There’s little certainty in virus severity

AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin. (AP Photo)
Health

How do I politely ask someone to wear a mask?

In this photo released by WHO, World Health Organisation on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus, gestures during a special session on the COVID-19 response. (AP Photo)
Health

WHO: 10% of world’s people may have been infected with virus

This February 2018 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows The Gesundheit II machine in Dr. Donald Milton's Public Health Aerobiology, Virology, and Exhaled Biomarker Laboratory of the university in College Park, Md. (AP Photo)
Health

Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem

Neal Browning receives a shot at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, on March 16, 2020. (AP Photo)
Health

‘Are people to be left to die?’ Vaccine pleas fill UN summit

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Travel

Fishermen ply their trade in the Tapajos river in Alter do Chao, district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo)
Travel

Amazon land grabbers assail ecotourism paradise in Brazil

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Movies

Woody Allen attends a news conference at La Scala opera house, in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo)
Movies

Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ to get U.S. release

Jeremy Strong in a scene from "Succession." Strong is nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. (AP Photo)
Movies

Emmy predictions when predicting the future is folly

‘Watchmen’ leads charge for Emmy nominations relevance
Movies

‘Watchmen’ leads charge for Emmy nominations relevance

Had enough of ‘Contagion’? Here are some warm blanket movies
Movies

Had enough of ‘Contagion’? Here are some warm blanket movies

Movie-related products still hit stores despite film delays
Movies

Movie-related products still hit stores despite film delays

‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Thor’ shift release dates
Movies

‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Thor’ shift release dates

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Sports

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts after inadvertently hitting a line judge with a ball after hitting it in reaction to losing a point against Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. (AP Photo)
Sports

Djokovic says he learned a ‘big lesson’ from US Open default

Track group calls for change of Olympic protest rule
Sports

Track group calls for change of Olympic protest rule

4 games per day in group stage of 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Sports

4 games per day in group stage of 2022 World Cup in Qatar

At the NBA restart, team equipment is a challenge to manage
Sports

At the NBA restart, team equipment is a challenge to manage

Tokyo Games face skeptics, 1-day COVID-19 infection record
Sports

Tokyo Games face skeptics, 1-day COVID-19 infection record

Tokyo governor, Abe say they’ll cooperate on virus, Olympics
Sports

Tokyo governor, Abe say they’ll cooperate on virus, Olympics

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No bread flour? No problem
Cooking

No bread flour? No problem

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Environment

A man, wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, holds a banner that reads: "United for climate" during a small climate change protest in downtown Brussels, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo)
Environment

Leaders to UN: If virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), fish swim in a reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. (NOAA via AP)
Environment

World isn’t meeting biodiversity goals, UN report finds

Nizar Youssef Hani, key figure in the Chouf Biosphere, receives international conservation award
Environment

Nizar Youssef Hani, key figure in the Chouf Biosphere, receives international conservation award

Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019
Environment

Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019

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Environment

L’Oréal unveils its next generation of bold sustainability targets for 2030

The potential of sustainable agriculture in Lebanon
Environment

The potential of sustainable agriculture in Lebanon

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Life & Entertainment

David Haviland, member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, left, and Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Academy of Sciences, announce the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo)
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3 scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole research

The 2020 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine are announced during a news conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Oct. 5, 2020. (AP Photo)
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3 win Nobel medicine prize for discovering hepatitis C virus

Models wear creations for the Hermes Spring-Summer 2021 fashion collection, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, during Paris fashion week. (AP Photo)
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Hermes plays with depth in Surrealist Paris show

Chrissy Teigen, left, and John Legend arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo)
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend grieve their miscarriage

This Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 photo shows an arrangement of licorice candy pieces in New York. (AP Photo)
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Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice

Nour Ardakani, a teenage singer from Lebanon, gives an interview to The Associated Press in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP Photo)
Life & Entertainment

Lebanese teen from Beirut joins global pop band