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By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to develop more powerful means of attack,…

By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press For 30 seconds, the Oscars went silent for Ukraine. A tribute that started with words from the Ukrainian-born Mila…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Troy Kotsur, the first deaf male actor nominated for an Oscar, won best supporting honors for…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Japan’s “Drive My Car” has won the Oscar for best international feature.  Based…

By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press At the Oscars, they said gay. The first political salvo of Sunday night’s Academy Awards came in the opening…

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says she has tested positive for COVID-19 after having returned from Europe with…

BEIJING (AP) — China has begun its most extensive lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai.…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ariana DeBose lived up to Oscar predictions and followed the path of her “West Side…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The story of Lusia Harris only gets better: It’s now won an Oscar. And now just like his longtime Los Angeles…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation, is on track for its…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Chastain hit the Oscars red carpet in a purple and copper sparkle gown Sunday. She…

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollywood amusement park in Tennessee says it has temporarily closed a ride developed by the same maker of a free-fall…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stirred some of the first public cracks in transatlantic…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum led the action-adventure comedy throwback “The Lost City” to…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Formula One defending champion Max Verstappen overtook Charles Leclerc three…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A driver crashed their car into a homeless encampment in Salem, Oregon, killing four people and injuring three others, including…

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Two men have been sentenced to life in prison and a third to a shorter term in the grisly deaths of an Ohio man and his…

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — People donate items to classrooms and teachers all the time. But an Alabama school is turning around the theme by donating a…