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Pedestrian crash closes portion of Hershberger Rd. NW, police say

We are told one person is hospitalized following car vs. pedestrian crash in Roanoke.

A wind advisory in effect for Eastern Highland and Western Highland Regions

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BREAKING NEWS

Pedestrian crash closes portion of Hershberger Rd. NW, police say

A wind advisory in effect for Eastern Highland and Western Highland Regions

ALEX GIBNEY


Boris Becker returns to limelight after months in prison

Fresh out of prison for bankruptcy offenses, tennis great Boris Becker is heading for the limelight again. The three-time Wimbledon champion was deported to his native Germany last week after serving eight months of a 2 1/2-year sentence in Britain. German broadcaster SAT.1 was due Tuesday evening to air the first interview with Becker since his release.

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The Latest: Taiwan tracing new cases, restricts gatherings

Taiwan reported seven domestic COVID-19 cases with the source of six of the infections still under investigation, its Central Epidemic Command Center said Tuesday. Five cases were discovered in a gaming cafe in Yilan county on Taiwan’s eastern coast. None of the cases had any history of international travel.

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Big Pharma said there's 'no dose too high' to fight pain. But the costs keep mounting

"The Crime of the Century," a gripping new HBO docuseries from Alex Gibney, shows how corporate greed, marketing muscle and lax regulation created the opioid crisis.

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Japan is losing support to host the Olympics from athletes and citizens as COVID-19 ravages the country

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach canceled his trip to Japan this week as COVID-19 cases surge in the country.

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A hacker group linked to the pipeline attack that knocked out much of the East Coat's fuel supply claims to have a code of conduct forbidding attacks on some targets

The Colonial Pipeline, which transports 45% of the East Coast's supply of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel, shut on May 7 because of a ransomware attack.

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Opioid Crisis: Filmmaker Details The Medical System's 'Crime Of The Century'

Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney investigated the opioid crisis. He says it was created by pharmaceutical companies, distributors, pharmacists and doctors, all looking to profit.

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Attorney General Bill Barr threatened to quit last year over Trump's attempts to fire FBI Director Chris Wray

Wray's remarks about antifa, voter fraud, and Russian election interference often put him at odds with Trump, who publicly voiced his frustration.

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Prehistoric fish reeled in on Tennessee river after 30-minute battle, officials say

The fish towed their boat for more than half a mile.

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Fauci says there's 'no doubt we have been undercounting' the number of people who died from COVID-19

A new study estimates that more than 900,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, nearly double the amount recorded by health officials and trackers.

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To filmmaker Gibney, opioid crisis is 'Crime of the Century'

Documentary maker Alex Gibney considers the opioid crisis no accident.

In '76 Days,' a documentary portrait of lockdown in Wuhan

An elderly woman with COVID-19, center, is escorted by two nurses after being admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China in a scene from the documentary "76 Days." The film, shot in four Wuhan hospitals, captures a local horror before it became a global nightmare. (MTV Documentary Films via AP)NEW YORK – “Papa!” screams a hospital worker, covered from head to toe in a Hazmat suit and PPE, in the opening moments of the documentary “76 Days." Her colleagues restrain her as she sobs, moaning, “Papa, you'll stay forever in my heart.”“76 Days," shot in four Wuhan hospitals, captures a local horror before it became a global nightmare. “I feel like right now there is such a toxic background to a lot of the discussions around the virus,” Wu says.

Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentaries

This combination photo shows poster art for political documentaries, from left, "All In: The Fight for Democracy," "Boys State," "537 Votes," "Slay the Dragon," and "The Fight." The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day. (Amazon, from left, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max, Magnolia Pictures, Magnolia Pictures via AP)NEW YORK – The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day, to try to inform, sway and entertain the electorate.

Venice Film Festival unveils selections for September fete

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, actress Cate Blanchett poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'A Star Is Born' at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. The lineup for the Venice Film Festival will be announced on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, and will be the first major film event since the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Barbera noted that almost half of the competition film selections this year are directed by women. The decision to hold the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival is experienced like a sign of confidence in dnd concrete support of the world of film and the audiovisual industry, Barbera said. Cannes and Telluride were cancelled and others like Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival have had to get creative and scale back where possible in order to proceed.

Steve Jobs documentary shows darker side of Apple co-founder

In a new documentary "Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine," director Alex Gibney explores the side of Jobs most have never seen. Jeff Bakalar spoke with Gibney ahead of the film's release.

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