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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021 file photo, an Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered to elderly people at a medical center in Ashdod, southern Israel. On Friday, April 23 The Associated Press reported on social media posts that misrepresented a report from doctors in Israel claiming shingles may be a side effect of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 12:23 PM EDT

FILE - German illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of the duo " Siegfried & Roy" holds their trophies after receiving the World Entertainment Award at the World Award 2003 ceremony in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Oct.22, 2003. German news agency dpa is reporting that Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)
Siegfried Fischbacher, of illusion duo Siegfried & Roy, dies

By Ken Ritter Jan. 14, 2021 08:58 AM EST

Kenyan all-female wildlife ranger team breaks down barriers

By Tom Odula Aug. 14, 2020 03:36 AM EDT
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — On the sweeping plains at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of female wildlife rangers is making history by defying patriarchal...

This 2020 photo provided by Centre ValBio shows people working in a community-based conservation program in Madagascar to help regrow forests and protect the country's many species of lemurs that live only on the island. COVID-19 has drastically reduced global travel, cutting into conservation budgets that depend on eco-tourism. (Jessie Jordan/Centre ValBio via AP)
Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered species

By Christina Larson Jun. 06, 2020 09:48 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, file photo, magicians Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn appear at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas, where Horn received an award from the Clark County Public Education Foundation. Horn, one half of the longtime Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy, died of complications from the coronavirus, Friday, May 8, 2020. He was 75. (Ralph Fountain/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

May. 08, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

In this April 28, 2020 photo, 26-year-old lion tamer Ashraf el-Helw sits next to his 5-year-old female African lion 'Joumana,' after leading a show, part of a coronavirus stay home and stay safe call to encourage people to stay home, inside his family apartment, in Cairo, Egypt. With Egypt's national circus closed due to the pandemic, lion trainer el-Helw has his big cats performing tricks at his Cairo apartment and posts performance videos on social media. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Egypt’s dynasty of big cat trainers takes the show home

By Samy Magdy May. 01, 2020 02:14 AM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows Nadia, a Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Nadia has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

By Jennifer Peltz Apr. 05, 2020 04:51 PM EDT