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Researchers working on Ebola treatments as Congo outbreak spreads

Researchers began a highly anticipated study of two possible Ebola treatments on Thursday in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak in eastern Congo, as the World Health Organization announced the enrollment of the first participant. The virus causing this outbreak, called Bundibugyo, ...

Motown Museum’s $75M expansion aims to honor Detroit’s musical legacy

DETROIT — The Motown Museum in Detroit has been resonating with a different signature sound — the rumble of trucks, the buzz of drills and the pounding of metal — as one of the most significant sites in American musical history undergoes a $75 million donor-driven face-lift ahead of its ...

‘Minions & Monsters’ is a very yellow mash note to Hollywood

Every once in a while, Hollywood gets high on its own supply and makes a love letter to moviemaking. It happened recently with Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans" and George Clooney's "Jay Kelly." Now it's time for the unlikeliest of love-letter writers: canary-yellow, gibberish-speaking, ...

Giant mural honoring longtime Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker goes up in downtown Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers fans offered one more toast to Bob Uecker on Tuesday during a dedication ceremony for a giant downtown mural of the longtime broadcaster who died last year. "We've always said that Ueck's legacy would echo forever, especially in this community and the baseball community," Lane Grindle, one of Uecker's former broadcast partners, said while standing in front of the mural that's 80 feet wide and 100 feet high. "And this behind me is one of those echoes. We also always said Bob is larger than life, and now he literally is exactly that." Uecker broadcast ...