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It was like a tale of two birth control pills.At a hearing Tuesday to consider whether the Food and Drug Administration should authorize the country’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, a panel of independent medical experts advising the agency was left to reckon with two contradictory analyses of the medication called Opill.On Wednesday, the panel will take a nonbinding vote on whether the risks of an over-the-counter pill would outweigh its benefits. The F.D.A. is expected to make a final decision this summer.During the eight-hour session on Tuesday, the manufacturer of the pill, HRA Pharma, which is owned by Perrigo,…

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making the biggest moves midday:Roblox — Shares added 7.41% after the video game company reported bookings, or revenue, of $774 million, topping the $766 million expected from analysts polled by Refinitiv. Average daily active users reached 66 million, a 22% year-over-year increase. However, Roblox reported a loss of 44 cents per share, larger than the 40 cents loss per share expected by analysts.Icahn Enterprises — Carl Icahn’s conglomerate saw its stock drop 15.14% after a regulatory filing revealed the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York contacted…

Wedding season is here, and an etiquette expert shared her best tips for being a great wedding guest – one that the newlyweds are happy to celebrate alongside.Jackie Vernon-Thompson, a 53-year-old etiquette expert from Sunrise, Florida, has been in the industry for over two decades, news agency SWNS reported. The etiquette expert revealed tips for how to be a great wedding attendee ahead of your next special occasion. WHAT’S THE SECRET TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE? ONE SIMPLE WORDFirst and foremost, you should always respect the bride and groom — no matter what the circumstance, Vernon-Thompson told the news agency. The expert recommended…

Pop icon Debbie Gibson, who took the music world by storm in the 1980s at the age of 16, is gearing up for her encore tour starting later this month for her album, “The Body Remembers.”As a singer, songwriter and producer, Gibson produced massive hits such as “Foolish Beat,” “Lost in Your Eyes” and “Electric Youth,” becoming a pop princess who topped the charts decades before today’s music royalty. With her mother by her side fighting to protect her voice, Gibson broke through the barriers of being young and female, producing and recording her own songs and albums with creative control.…

The Cleveland Browns now have a stud opposite Myles Garrett on their defensive line.The Browns reportedly traded for three-time Pro Bowler Za’Darius Smith Friday, acquiring him from the Minnesota Vikings.Smith spent his first four NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, who drafted him in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft, but he didn’t become a legitimate force until his time with the Green Bay Packers. Za’Darius Smith of the Minnesota Vikings anticipates a play during a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field Jan. 1, 2023, in Green Bay, Wis. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)After signing a four-year…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg bagged gold and silver medals this weekend at his first jiu-jitsu tournament.A series of six photos, posted to Facebook and Instagram, shows the Meta founder grappling with two different opponents at the Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition, which was held Saturday at Woodside High School in Woodside, California, just north of Silicon Valley. Other images show a referee declaring Zuckerberg victorious after the two matches. “Competed in my first jiu jitsu tournament and won some medals for the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu team,” Zuckerberg wrote beneath the photos, which racked up more than 400,000 likes on Instagram and 300,000 likes…

A traveller walks in the Terminal 2 corridors of the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with Air France airplanes in the background, in the northeastern outskirts of Paris, on September 16, 2022, amid a strike of air traffic controllers.Julien De Rosa | AFP | Getty ImagesFlights to Europe will be plentiful this summer. Cheap airfare? Not as much.Airlines scheduled a near-record 51,000 flights from June through August from the U.S. to Europe, according to airline data firm Cirium. The number of scheduled seats is the highest since 2018.Despite that increase in capacity across the Atlantic, fares are up sharply as airlines…

A Texas man who was against his girlfriend having an abortion shot and killed her during an argument in a Dallas parking lot after she returned from receiving the procedure, according to police.Harold Thompson, 22, is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a murder charge without bond.According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Thompson and his girlfriend, 26-year-old Gabriella Gonzalez, were together on Wednesday when he attempted to put her in a chokehold.”It is believed that the suspect was the father of the child,” the affidavit said. “The suspect did not want [Gonzalez] to get an abortion.”NEVADA ADVANCES MEASURE…

Time is of the essence for patients battling cancer. A new trial in Kingston, Ont., is improving the outcomes for Stage 4 breast cancer patients using blood tests to cut down the time it takes to monitor the effectiveness of treatment.MDetect, a company started out of the Queen’s University Cancer Research Institute, has developed a blood test to accurately measure if a metastatic tumour is shrinking or continuing to grow, indicating whether or not the current therapy is working.“We are hoping that this would help extend (patients’) lives but also to help improve their quality of life,” said Irsa Wiginton,…

The quarter of a percentage point rise to 4.5 was expected, but the 12th increase in a row brings concerns.The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the United Kingdom. The decision on Thursday by the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee to lift its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 percent was widely anticipated in financial markets. The increase was its 12th in a row. Just two members of the bank’s nine-member panel voted to keep interest rates…