Asian shares mostly sink on jitters after US bank failure
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Monday, shaken by a Wall Street tumble that set off worries the biggest…
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Ke Huy Quan wins Oscar in an inspiring Hollywood comeback
By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ke Huy Quan has won the supporting actor Oscar to complete an inspiring Hollywood comeback…
Continue ReadingJamie Lee Curtis wins Oscar for best supporting actress
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Lee Curtis made her long-waited first Oscar nomination count. Curtis won…
Continue Reading‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ wins best animated feature
By TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” has had an Oscar wish come true. The director’s…
Continue ReadingNicaragua proposes suspending Vatican ties after comments
By GABRIELA SELSER and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua ’s government says it has proposed suspending…
Continue ReadingFormer student at Wisconsin college charged in threats case
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press Authorities say a former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student emailed threats to kill the children of…
Continue ReadingIllness sidelines Springsteen tour as 3 concerts postponed
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen’s planned performance Tuesday in Albany has become the third…
Continue ReadingMarch Madness: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue the 1 seeds
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The top overall seed, Alabama, has been on a roll despite being entangled in a murder case. Another No. 1 seed,…
Continue ReadingOscars fashion: Fan Bingbing, Angela Bassett regal in 2 ways
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fan Bingbing made a regal entrance in sparkling silver and emerald green as the…
Continue ReadingAs Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — As President Joe Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil…
Continue ReadingPolice: Stalker kills woman, husband in Seattle-area home
Associated Press REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — A longhaul truck driver from Texas who became obsessed with a software engineer in Washington state after…
Continue ReadingUS, South Korea hold drills as North sub test-fires missiles
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean and U.S. militaries have begun their biggest joint military exercises…
Continue ReadingHead of union organization fired after EU donation probe
BRUSSELS (AP) — A major trade union organization has fired its general secretary after he admitted accepting donations from a suspect in a European…
Continue Reading‘Naatu Naatu’ wins Oscar, gets music spotlight back on India
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — M.M. Keeravani has brought the spotlight back to India after a historic Oscar…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Man fatally shoots self after living with corpse
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating what led a man to fatally shoot himself just before deputies entered his home and found he’d…
Continue ReadingHow does Oscars voting work? This is how winners are decided
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The road to an Oscar winds through a long awards season, which finally culminates Sunday at the Academy…
Continue ReadingFederal officials pause plan to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Federal officials are pausing a proposal to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, both names that come from…
Continue ReadingAt least 19 people killed in Congo by suspected extremists
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities say rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a…
Continue ReadingOhio judge to decide on insanity defense in child slayings
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge is set to decide this week on the validity of the insanity defense submitted by a man charged with fatally…
Continue ReadingIsrael to weigh action after Silicon Valley Bank collapse
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the government will assess the Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and determine…
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