Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan’s modern underground theater, dies at 84
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully…
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Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and…
Continue ReadingJury foreperson in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial ‘devastated’ that award could be slashed
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Attorneys for a New Hampshire man who prevailed in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at a…
Continue ReadingOrthodox Russians mark Easter with nighttime service in Moscow cathedral
MOSCOW (AP) — Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin have packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter…
Continue ReadingGeorgian protesters against ‘Russia-style’ media law mark Orthodox Easter with candlelight vigil
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Several thousand Georgians marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament on Saturday evening as daily…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett’s company rejects proposals, but it faces lawsuit over how it handled one last year
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholder proposals are usually uneventful at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, but…
Continue ReadingDick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing…
Continue ReadingKentucky Derby fans pack the track for the 150th Run for the Roses
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Lori Hennesy imagined her outfit for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, she…
Continue ReadingIn Botswana, 44 victims of an Easter bus crash in South Africa are laid to rest
By SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana (AP) — At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South…
Continue ReadingBodies recovered likely those of 2 Australians, 1 American who went missing, Mexican prosecutors say
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be…
Continue ReadingAngel Reese, Cardoso debuts watched widely on fan’s livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast
By The Associated Press The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man indicted for allegedly making threats to Georgia prosecutor in Trump election case
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for sending threats to the…
Continue ReadingI-95 overpass in Connecticut scorched during a fuel truck inferno has been demolished
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday and Friday has been demolished. A…
Continue ReadingJapan and India reject Biden’s comments describing them as xenophobic countries
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and India on Saturday decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as…
Continue ReadingBerkshire’s profit plunges 64% on portfolio holdings as Buffett sells Apple
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway says its first quarter profit plummeted on the paper value of its…
Continue ReadingEscaped zebra captured near Seattle after gallivanting around Cascade mountain foothills for days
SEATTLE (AP) — A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening, nearly a week…
Continue ReadingMadonna’s biggest-ever concert transforms Rio’s Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de…
Continue ReadingInvestigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had…
Continue Reading25 arrested at University of Virginia after police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters
By PHILIP MARCELO and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Twenty-five people were arrested Saturday for trespassing at the University of Virginia after…
Continue ReadingA look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war
The Associated Press Commencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U.S. As many campuses have been roiled by…
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