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Actress Hayden Panettiere died from fentanyl-laced oxycodone pill, according to report

Actress Hayden Panettiere died last month at age 36 from taking a single fentanyl-laced oxycodone pill, TMZ reported Monday morning.The outlet cited multiple law enforcement sources, who they said confirmed that Panettiere “had a ‘long time drug dealer’ in Los Angeles, who was providing her several...

Katherine Langford

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Mouthfeel joins flavor as a food industry focus to satisfy consumers craving extra texture

Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry.For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mouth has become as big a draw as flavor, although consumers don't always recognize the part texture plays in their cravings for crispier takeout, frothier...

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Emily St. John Mandel's new novel 'Exit Party' builds on favorite themes in her 'Mandelverse'

NEW YORK (AP) — After seven novels that span centuries, continents and even planets, Emily St. John Mandel has not only created a substantial body of work, but a universe unto herself — what admirers like to call the Mandelverse.“It means that the novels, although they can be read entirely alone...

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