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Beached sperm whale dies after beaching along Florida’s Gulf Coast
VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a sperm whale that became famous after beaching itself on a sandbar has died. The Florida Fish…
Continue ReadingVENICE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a sperm whale that became famous after beaching itself on a sandbar has died. The Florida Fish…
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY and INGRID LOBET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in…
Continue ReadingJAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed commission says five years after the Islamic State group lost the last…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art:…
Continue ReadingKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet Monday with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica as part of an urgent…
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India says it has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple…
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully reject pro-Israel groups’…
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. commerce secretary says Washington is constantly assessing the need to expand…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s red carpet season failed to disappoint, fashion-wise. There was plenty of…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Georgia leads a slate of four states hosting primary elections Tuesday in the first…
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press On Wednesdays, the support group meets over Zoom. The members talk about their lives, their religious families…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson never seems to run out of ideas. The ultraprolific author is launching a new middle grade series, “The Time…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — An American man has been convicted of murder and other charges for attacking two American women near Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion that took place near a ship in the Red Sea on Monday is suspected to have been an attack by…
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s inconclusive general election results mean weeks of political uncertainty…
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s national flag has been raised at NATO headquarters, cementing the Nordic country’s…
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine awoke to another day of war with Russia but also a bit of good news. A journalist…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The 19-member Cabinet of Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has been sworn in during a brief ceremony.…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet When parents are stressed about finances, they can unintentionally pass on that concern to their children. To…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has apologized for “confusion” caused by her editing of a family photo released by the palace. In a…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear…
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A group of climate activists have blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle…
Continue ReadingBy ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani court has sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and given a…
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer The percentage of Black MLB players has been declining for decades and remains historically low, but there are…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is issuing a budget proposal Monday aimed at getting voters’…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has called for another strike in a long and bitter dispute with the…
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria is importing massive amounts of beef and lamb to ensure it is available to consumers who can’t afford locally…
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy managed to grow in the fourth quarter of last year, averting a recession, according to revised government data…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month…
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer There was talk of war, and pleas for peace. But the Oscars telecast is always a chaotic mix of moods and tones,…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say five cross-country skiers have been found dead after going missing over the weekend near Switzerland’s famed…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Officials say at least 50 people have been injured by what they described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is marking 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday after Wall Street’s huge rally faltered last…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is a whole other show that happens offscreen at the Oscars that the home audience…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BADENDIECK and EMRAH GUREL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — In the heart of Istanbul, on top of the towering minarets that dot the…
Continue ReadingPADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies as waters began to recede after flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rains on…
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power almost 25 years ago and since then he’s…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX BABENKO, HANNA ARHIROVA, SUSIE BLANN and LORI HINNANT Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX BABENKO, HANNA ARHIROVA, SUSIE BLANN and LORI HINNANT Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s national congress is wrapping up its annual session Monday with…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press Pranay Karkale is spending years of savings and $60,000 in student loans to pursue a master’s…
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifteen youth activist groups have announced that they are jointly endorsing President Joe…
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press Disney is seeking approval from local officials to expand its California theme park offerings over the next four…
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An “uncommitted” campaign protesting President Joe Biden’s handling of the…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida are raking in millions of dollars…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Justin Timberlake and Kacey Musgraves, the launch of…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule by the National Labor Relations Board that would have made it easier…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emma Stone has won the best actress Oscar for “Poor Things,” her second career victory in…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cillian Murphy came away from the Academy Awards with his first Oscar, the best…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christopher Nolan has won his first Oscar for directing “Oppenheimer.” The 53-year-old Brit…
Continue ReadingBy AHMED AL-HAJ and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is dead. The militant group made…
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made for? Winning awards. The sibling…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Welcome to the 96th Oscars. The Associated Press is bringing you the most memorable moments and notable quotes from Sunday’s…
Continue ReadingBY LINDSEY BAHR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s…
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police say a small private jet has crashed in a rural Virginia community, killing all five people aboard. The Federal Aviation…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Godzilla finally made it to the Oscars this year — and slayed. The movie “Godzilla Minus One,” set in…
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. has won his first Oscar. It comes three decades after his first Academy Award…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The harrowing Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest,” which explores questions of…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Hudgens opened the Oscars red carpet pre-show with news of her own: She’s expecting. The 35-year-old actor-singer…
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The legendary Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki made a historic and golden return to the…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer Da’Vine Joy Randolph has claimed her first Oscar for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s…
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police say they are investigating the killings of multiple people at a home. In postings on social media on Sunday, police…
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — MiLaysia Fulwiley scored a career-high 24 points including four 3-pointers as No. 1…
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina forward Kamilla Cardoso was one of six players ejected from the SEC…
Continue ReadingMOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff says a suspect in a weekend shooting that killed two people and injured another at a North Carolina home died in…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — And away we go. The Oscars red carpet opened Sunday in Los Angeles with some stunning…
Continue ReadingWOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — An infant was killed and the child’s parents injured in an apparent attack by a dog at a New Jersey home over the…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say the theft of an inexpensive gold-chain necklace may have led to the fatal beating of a teenage boy during a…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, TIA GOLDENBERG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Just before an opera-ballet set in conflict, La Scala’s principal dancer Roberto Bolle, general…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press Former U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman…
Continue ReadingLA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — A National Guard soldier from New York who was seriously injured in the crash of a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico…
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A record-setting rain storm has flooded parts of Charleston, South Carolina, requiring emergency responders to help some…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The wail of the shofar was mournful, loud and lasted nearly two minutes as dozens of Jews in London blew on rams’ horns to wake up…
Continue ReadingTHESSAOLONIKI, Greece (AP) — Nine people have been jailed and will be tried Monday over accusations of harassing and threatening two 21-year-old…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with “Oppenheimer,” the…
Continue ReadingBy EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A religious procession in downtown Barcelona has celebrated the appearance of…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say an 83-year-old driver in Berlin drove into a woman visiting from Belgium and her 4-year-old son, killing them both.…
Continue ReadingOLIVETTE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been charged with shooting and killing his mother as she tried to enter the back door of their home. Jaylen…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — London police say they have arrested a driver who plowed into the gates of Buckingham Palace. Metropolitan police say the crash is…
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. military has flown forces in to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti…
Continue ReadingVENICE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities were working to assist a beached whale that is stranded on a sandbar off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The Venice Police…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials have seen the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA AND COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Muslims around the world are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, intense prayer, charity and…
Continue ReadingJONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Police in Arkansas say at least three people were killed and several others injured in an early morning shooting. Officers…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made abortion and reproductive rights a central theme of his State of…
Continue ReadingBy FRANCISCO SECO Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — For AP Photographer Francisco Seco, taking photos of daily life in cities around the world is…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and allied officials have criticized Pope Francis for saying that Kyiv should have…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say that rescue authorities have launched a search for six cross-country skiers missing in the Alps in difficult weather…
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before dawn one summer day in Washington, America’s president stripped naked on a…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has signed a trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on Sunday…
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