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The University of California, Irvine says it has received a $55 million donation that will help develop a center on campus dedicated to research on depression, where experts will study causes and treatment of the diseaseByThe Associated…

British rock band The Who will play their first concert in the Cincinnati area in over four decades, after 11 people died in a pre-show stampede in 1979ByThe Associated PressFebruary 7, 2022, 10:37 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to…

The Justice Department is signaling it might be open to allowing so-called safe injection sites, or safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fatal overdosesBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO…

A US mother, whose three-year-old daughter was found dead in a garbage bag, says she was hallucinating at the time and that SpongeBob had ordered the alleged killing.Just two days after her third birthday, Sutton Mosser was found stuffed…

NBC prime-time Olympic host Mike Tirico will have a shorter stay in Beijing than originally plannedBy JOE REEDY AP Sports WriterFebruary 7, 2022, 3:34 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleNBC prime-time Olympic…

Syl Johnson, a Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose work was sampled by top hip-hop artists, has died at age 85By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated PressFebruary 6, 2022, 9:43 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this…

Zipporah Broughton scored the final four points and Florida scored the final eight to knock off No. 14 Georgia 54-51ByThe Associated PressFebruary 6, 2022, 8:45 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleATHENS, Ga. --…

Freshman Azzi Fudd scored a career-high 25 points in her first start to help No. 10 UConn beat seventh-ranked Tennessee 75-56By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball WriterFebruary 6, 2022, 7:08 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail…

“Jackass Forever,” the fourth movie in the anarchic stunt and prank series, earned $23.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates SundayBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film WriterFebruary 6, 2022, 4:39 PM•…

Todd Gitlin, a prominent anti-war and campus activist of the 1960s who drew upon his experiences and influenced many others as an author, sociologist and educator, has died at age 79ByThe Associated PressFebruary 5, 2022, 9:36 PM• 3 min…