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Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78.

An usher waits for guests prior to a concert at Vienna’s State Opera on June 8. Vienna is considered the world’s capital of classical music. | Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images “Without culture, there’s no society.” VIENNA — As baritone

Becton Dickinson and Co.’s COVID-19 test that returns results in 15 minutes has been cleared for use in countries that accept Europe’s CE marking, the diagnostics maker said Wednesday. The test is part of a new class of quicker screening

House Democrats prepare to vote on new economic relief bill even as Pelosi and Mnuchin keep talking  The Washington Post $2.2 trillion HEROES Act would provide second round of stimulus checks  CBS News Here’s what a second round of checks, unemployment benefits

U.S. restaurants are moving warily into fall, hoping their slow recovery persists despite the new challenge of chilly weather and a pandemic that’s expected to claim even more lives.

Democrats see fundraising boom following wild debate between Trump and Biden  CNBC Trump casts doubt on the legitimacy of the election and refuses to condemn White supremacists in chaotic debate  CNN Presidential debate was as informative as a Facebook fight  Chicago Tribune Biden

Democrats see fundraising boom following wild debate between Trump and Biden  CNBC Presidential debate: Live coverage and fact check  CNN Trump’s over-belligerence led him to stumble in first debate  New York Post Biden and Trump’s First Debate: Best and Worst Moments  The New York

The Berlin film festival, one of Europe’s top cinema showcases, released a study Wednesday showing the deep entrenchment of its founding director in the Nazi propaganda apparatus, which he actively covered up. The Berlinale, as the annual event is known,

With lots of down time and a bountiful harvest, mushrooming mushrooms in forests around Moscow and St. Petersburg.

French police are investigating the mysterious discovery of over half a million euros in cash found in a suitcase in a locked cellar beneath a Paris apartment. The apartment was being sold by a woman who had recently inherited it