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Supporters of Britney Spears protest during her conservatorship hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Opinion: Britney Is The Latest Victim Of The Industry Machine

Britney Spears' appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday points to a broader history of how women in entertainment and the music business have been treated.

In this 2010 file photo, a pack of Marlboro cigarettes is seen at the Quick Stop store in Miami, Fla. Philip Morris International's CEO Jacek Olczak said the company will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in the U.K. in the next ten years.

Marlboro Maker CEO Says The Company Plans To Stop Selling Smokes In The U.K.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International is pivoting away from cigarettes. Part of its reinvention plan is to stop selling cigarettes in the United Kingdom in the next 10 years.

U.S. Marines and Afghan commandos stand together in 2017 at Shorab Military Camp in Helmand province. American ground troops are out of Afghanistan, but war from the air may go on.

Biden Pledged To End The Forever Wars, But He Might Just Be Shrinking Them

Biden made the pledge during his presidential campaign. But the withdrawal of ground troops from Afghanistan isn't the end of all U.S. military operations.

A Giant panda enjoys bamboo at the Beijing Zoo during the first day of the public display on June 5, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Finally Some Good News! China Says Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered

The announcement comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially removed giant pandas from its endangered list.

Pedestrians cross the landmark Shibuya Crossing intersection in the shopping and entertainment district of Shibuya in Tokyo on June 27, 2021.

The Japanese Public Begins To Embrace The Tokyo Olympics

For the past year, polls in Japan showed overwhelming opposition to the Tokyo Olympics as the pandemic raged around the world. Now, with the Games underway, some residents are changing their opinions.

Robert "Bob" Moses led Black voter registration drives in the South during the 1964 Freedom Summer effort and later, founded a math training program to educate students in underfunded public schools.

Bob Moses, Civil Rights Leader And Longtime Educator, Dies At 86

Moses, the architect of Freedom Summer's voting registration drive in Mississippi, also spent decades crusading against inequalities in the public school system through his math training program.

U.S. Marines and Afghan Commandos stand together in 2017 at Shorab Military Camp in Helmand province. American ground troops are out of the country, but war from the air may go on.

Biden Pledged To End The Forever Wars, But He Might Just Be Shrinking Them

Biden made the pledge during his presidential campaign. But the withdrawal of ground troops from Afghanistan isn't the end of all U.S. military operations.

Northbound traffic on Interstate 5 at La Costa Avenue, Carlsbad, May 2016.

San Diego County staff update progress on Climate Action Plan

San Diego county continues to deliberate how it will meet California's greenhouse gas reductions goals while accommodating new growth.

Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, appears before a Senate committee in July. Many public health leaders say letting the agency go so long without a permanent director has demoralized staff and sends the wrong message about the agency's importance.

The FDA Has Been Without A Permanent Leader For 8 Months As COVID Cases Climb

Dr. Janet Woodcock, an administrative veteran of the Food and Drug Administration since the 1980s, has been acting director of the agency since January. Why is the permanent job so hard to fill?

Cranes cross the road during a rainstorm from Tropical Storm Elsa, Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in Westchase, Fla. The Tampa Bay area was spared major damage as Elsa stayed off shore as it passed by. By early Friday morning, the system had made its way up the mid-Atlantic, spurring tornado warnings in Delaware and New Jersey.

Tropical Storm Elsa Sparks Tornado Warnings In Trek Up The East Coast

Severe weather in Delaware and New Jersey early Friday prompted tornado warnings.

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