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TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Japan on Wednesday widened COVID-19 curbs to the capital Tokyo and a dozen regions covering half the population as the Omicron variant of coronavirus drove record new infections.Already in effect…

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Britney Spears is demanding sister Jamie Lynn Spears leave her out of her book tour for her new memoir, “Things I Should Have Said.”  Asking her high-powered attorney Mathew S. Rosengart to enter the fray,…

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It was pretty jarring earlier this month when the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court took the bench for the first time since the omicron surge over the holidays. All were now wearing masks. All,…