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Pfizer profit soars in first quarter, revises 2022 forecast

COVID-19 vaccine and treatment sales helped Pfizer breeze past Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations, as the drugmaker’s profit grew 61%. The coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty, which has been Pfizer’s top seller for about a year, brought in more than $13 billion in sales in the quarter.

Be Kind to your Animals

The grass won the day’s battle. My neighbor was determined to mow the dip between two properties. The grass was thick, lush and inches taller than the rest of their shorn landscape reminiscent of a scruffy desert. The low area usually stays damp and functions as an impromptu rain garden or mini-wetland (an area on occasion flooded by water for weeks). Great for frogs, moisture-loving grasses and seasonal flowering plants.

Review: ‘Incomparable Grace’ succinct, absorbing look at JFK

Historian Mark K. Updegrove takes a look at key moments in John F. Kennedy’s life and presidency in “Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency.” The Associated Press’ Andrew DeMillo says Updegrove’s book offers a succinct but compelling look at Kennedy’s presidency, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Civil Rights movement. DeMillo writes that the book isn’t as sweeping as some of the massive tomes on Kennedy, but it doesn’t feel like anything is given short shrift. DeMillo writes that the book demonstrates why Kennedy remains such an obsession for the public and historians alike.

Kim Kardashian channels Marilyn Monroe

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian went for classic and iconic at the Met Gala, once again breaking the internet by donning one of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous looks. By tracking her whereabouts from paparazzi photos and scanning recent interviews, social media users guessed that Kardashian was going to wear the dress when she and Davidson were recently spotted in Orlando, Florida — the home of Ripley’s Believe It or Not.

Carolyn (Mitchell) Cox

Carolyn (Mitchell) Cox was born on January 27, 1940 in Ardmore, OK and let this earth for her heavenly home on May 1, 2022 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was the middle child born to Olan and Ione Mitchell and grew up in Wilson, OK graduating from Wilson High School in the class of 1958.