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The penal colony with a hospital for convicts, located in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 19, 2021. The Russian state penitentiary service said opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be admitted to the hospital in another prison after the politician's doctor said he could be near death. Navalny is in the third week of a hunger strike. The prison service also said Monday that Navalny had agreed to take vitamin therapy. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)
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FILE - This June 4, 2018 file photo shows DJ D-Nice, whose real name is Derrick Jones, at the 13th Annual Apollo Theater Spring Gala After Party in New York. The DJ is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. During the pandemic's early stage, he hosted Homeschool at Club Quarantine on his Instagram Live, where he spun popular tunes on the turntables at his home. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)
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Playwright August Wilson to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — August Wilson is going Hollywood, after a fashion. The famed playwright from Pittsburgh will be honored with a...

Dominic Cummings, senior aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, makes a statement inside 10 Downing Street, London, Monday May 25, 2020, over allegations he breached coronavirus lockdown restrictions. (Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP)
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Water utility workers from CEDAE disinfect in the Vidigal favela, which overlooks the oceanfront Leblon and Ipanema neighborhoods, in an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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