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By ALEX BABENKO, HANNA ARHIROVA, SUSIE BLANN and LORI HINNANT Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s national congress is wrapping up its annual session Monday with…

By 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…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifteen youth activist groups have announced that they are jointly endorsing President Joe…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Disney is seeking approval from local officials to expand its California theme park offerings over the next four…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An “uncommitted” campaign protesting President Joe Biden’s handling of the…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida are raking in millions of dollars…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Justin Timberlake and Kacey Musgraves, the launch of…

By 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…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emma Stone has won the best actress Oscar for “Poor Things,” her second career victory in…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cillian Murphy came away from the Academy Awards with his first Oscar, the best…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christopher Nolan has won his first Oscar for directing “Oppenheimer.” The 53-year-old Brit…

By 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…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made for? Winning awards. The sibling…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Welcome to the 96th Oscars. The Associated Press is bringing you the most memorable moments and notable quotes from Sunday’s…

BY LINDSEY BAHR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police say a small private jet has crashed in a rural Virginia community, killing all five people aboard. The Federal Aviation…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Godzilla finally made it to the Oscars this year — and slayed. The movie “Godzilla Minus One,” set in…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. has won his first Oscar. It comes three decades after his first Academy Award…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The harrowing Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest,” which explores questions of…

LOS 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…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The legendary Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki made a historic and golden return to the…

By 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…

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police say they are investigating the killings of multiple people at a home. In postings on social media on Sunday, police…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — MiLaysia Fulwiley scored a career-high 24 points including four 3-pointers as No. 1…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina forward Kamilla Cardoso was one of six players ejected from the SEC…

MOORESVILLE, 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…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — And away we go. The Oscars red carpet opened Sunday in Los Angeles with some stunning…

WOODBRIDGE, 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…

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say the theft of an inexpensive gold-chain necklace may have led to the fatal beating of a teenage boy during a…

By AAMER MADHANI, TIA GOLDENBERG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Just before an opera-ballet set in conflict, La Scala’s principal dancer Roberto Bolle, general…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press Former U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman…

LA 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…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A record-setting rain storm has flooded parts of Charleston, South Carolina, requiring emergency responders to help some…

LONDON (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…

THESSAOLONIKI, Greece (AP) — Nine people have been jailed and will be tried Monday over accusations of harassing and threatening two 21-year-old…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with “Oppenheimer,” the…

By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A religious procession in downtown Barcelona has celebrated the appearance of…

BERLIN (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.…

OLIVETTE, 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…

LONDON (AP) — London police say they have arrested a driver who plowed into the gates of Buckingham Palace. Metropolitan police say the crash is…

By 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…

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities were working to assist a beached whale that is stranded on a sandbar off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The Venice Police…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials have seen the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest…

By ADRIANA MORGA AND COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S.…

By The Associated Press Muslims around the world are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, intense prayer, charity and…

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Police in Arkansas say at least three people were killed and several others injured in an early morning shooting. Officers…

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made abortion and reproductive rights a central theme of his State of…

By FRANCISCO SECO Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — For AP Photographer Francisco Seco, taking photos of daily life in cities around the world is…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and allied officials have criticized Pope Francis for saying that Kyiv should have…

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say that rescue authorities have launched a search for six cross-country skiers missing in the Alps in difficult weather…

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before dawn one summer day in Washington, America’s president stripped naked on a…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has signed a trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on Sunday…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Katie Porter faces an uncertain future after being trounced in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Oscars. The 96th edition is Sunday, with a few new elements. The biggest switch from previous…

By STEPHEN McGRATH and AUREL OBREJA Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s foreign minister says the past two years for his…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago…

By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetans in exile have held a protest march in New Delhi to commemorate the 65th…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a motorcycle packed with explosives has detonated in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing two…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands’s National Holocaust Museum is opening in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king. Israeli President Isaac…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In Hollywood, the night before the Oscars isn’t a time to rest. For quite a few…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated state Legislature has concluded a session…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya says police have detained 33 people suspected of ties to the Islamic State group who were…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco has reported a $121 billion profit last year, down from…

By JOSH KELETY/AP, ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS and CARSON GERBER/CNHI NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A 100-year-old American World War II veteran plans to marry his 96-year-old fiancee in…

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press It’s easy to blame the latest spasm of violence in Haiti on longstanding poverty, the legacy of…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is holding a general election Sunday against a backdrop of corruption scandals…

JOSH KELETY/AP HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hi, “Oppenheimer.” When Hollywood gathers for the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the…