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Thursday: Boomers & Beyond

New Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crises

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK — There’s a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protester holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us.” It says something about Fauci that it’s not initially clear when that sign ...

Beloved and debated: French bulldog becomes top US dog breed

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in three decades, the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club. Adorable in some eyes, deplorable in others, the sturdy, push-faced, perky-eared, world-weary-looking and distinctively droll French bulldog became the ...

Wandering risk more dangerous in winter

SOUTHFIELD — The “sundowning” confusion that increases during the winter months in individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias can also lead to a higher risk of wandering and getting lost. “Wandering is dangerous at any time of the year, but especially during the ...

Fond remembrances for Jimmy Carter after former president enters hospice

By JEFF MARTIN and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ATLANTA — Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta, as prayers and memories of former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy were offered up at his small Baptist church in Plains, Georgia, a day after he ...

Earnest or playful, that Valentine’s Day card has history

NEW YORK — It was Valentine’s Day 1917 in the Minnesota farming village of Lewiston, and Fred Roth — a fourth grader — seems to have come up with just the way to express his love for his sweetheart, Louise Wirt. He gave her a card. The folding, pop-up Valentine’s Day card, on stock ...

‘Always smiling’: Man who managed ballroom among those slain in Monterey

By TERRY TANG, DEEPA BHARATH and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — For those who made their way to the Star Ballroom over the years, Ming Wei Ma was a bright light, always smiling and encouraging those who came to the Los Angeles area dance hall popular with ...