The Mix

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destroying disease.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed out another strong week on a positive note. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Friday, its fifth gain in a row and bringing its gain for the week to 5.3%. It was the third week of solid gains in the last four.

TORONTO — When Christie Garofalo's husband asked her about a mole on her abdomen, she thought she'd always had it.

CANNES, France (AP) — You can get nostalgic about almost anything at the Cannes Film Festival , even Jerry Seinfeld on a zip line in a bumblebee costume.

OTTAWA — The Alberta separatist movement presents a danger to the federal Conservative party, said former Tory member of Parliament Stockwell Day.

NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Wallen says he's the problem. And soon, he'll be yours.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front of a stunned audience in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.

NORTH VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man has been banned from hunting sheep in the province for three years after he illegally killed a bighorn ram and lied to authorities about where the hunt took place. B.C.

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is introducing a new people's choice award for international films.