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Entertainment & Media
Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82...

Entertainment & Media
A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy’s M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch

A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy's M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch

It might not have seemed likely early in the pandemic, but the 55th Super Bowl Sunday is upon us yet again. Each year advertisers pull...

Science & Technology
Cable trouble dogs spacewalkers in European lab upgrades

Cable trouble dogs spacewalkers in European lab upgrades

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts encountered cable trouble Wednesday while attempting to make improvements to the International Space Station’s European lab. Only one...

Science & Technology
A look at COVID-19 vaccines already in use, or getting close

A look at COVID-19 vaccines already in use, or getting close

While a few have already hit the market, there are still dozens of coronavirus vaccines in development around the globe. Some use tried-and-true technologies, other...

Science & Technology
Empty seas: Oceanic shark populations dropped 71% since 1970

Empty seas: Oceanic shark populations dropped 71% since 1970

WASHINGTON (AP) — When marine biologist Stuart Sandin talks about sharks, it sounds like he’s describing Jedis of the ocean. “They are terrific predators, fast...

Science & Technology
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035

General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035

General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral,...

Science & Technology
Biden seen likely to keep Space Force, a Trump favorite

Biden seen likely to keep Space Force, a Trump favorite

WASHINGTON (AP) — To the last moments of his presidency, Donald Trump trumpeted Space Force as a creation for the ages. And while President Joe...

Science & Technology
By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque

By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque

TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque — believed to date to the earliest decades...

Science & Technology
2 killed, 1 injured in avalanche on Norwegian Arctic island

2 killed, 1 injured in avalanche on Norwegian Arctic island

HELSINKI (AP) — Two civilian employees of the Norwegian military were killed and a third one injured in an avalanche on a remote Arctic Ocean...

Science & Technology
Tropical cyclones are nearing land more, except in Atlantic

Tropical cyclones are nearing land more, except in Atlantic

Tropical cyclones across the globe, except Atlantic hurricanes, are moving closer to land in recent decades, a new study found. Also called typhoons, tropical cyclones...

Science & Technology
35 years since Challenger launch disaster: ‘Never forgotten’

35 years since Challenger launch disaster: 'Never forgotten'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA leaders, retired launch directors, families of fallen astronauts and space fans marked the 35th anniversary of the Challenger disaster...

Science & Technology
EU regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults

EU regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults

BERLIN (AP) — Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving...

Science & Technology
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America

Fighting climate change in America means changes to America

Climate isn’t the only thing changing. What comes next in the nation’s struggle to combat global warming will probably transform how Americans drive, where they...

Sports
AP source: Cavs trading Porter to Rockets for future pick

AP source: Cavs trading Porter to Rockets for future pick

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Porter Jr. is no longer a problem for the Cavaliers. Cleveland has agreed to trade the troubled forward to the Houston...

Sports
Bama hires ex-Texans coach O’Brien as offensive coordinator

Bama hires ex-Texans coach O'Brien as offensive coordinator

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — National champion Alabama has hired former Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Crimson Tide coach...

Sports
Late entry Brandon Hagy opens with 64 at American Express

Late entry Brandon Hagy opens with 64 at American Express

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Hagy didn’t find out he was in the field at The American Express until three days before it started....

Sports
Indiana shuts down No. 4 Iowa for 81-69 road upset

Indiana shuts down No. 4 Iowa for 81-69 road upset

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Perhaps, coach Fran McCaffery said, his Iowa team got too comfortable. The fourth-ranked Hawkeyes came into Thursday night’s game against...

Sports
More NBA games called off as contact tracing probes continue

More NBA games called off as contact tracing probes continue

COVID-19 didn’t keep Miami center Bam Adebayo out of any games last season, even though he tested positive for the virus not long before the...

Sports
AP sources: Eagles plan to hire Colts OC Nick Sirianni

AP sources: Eagles plan to hire Colts OC Nick Sirianni

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Sirianni’s success working with various quarterbacks with different styles comes in handy in his new job. The Philadelphia Eagles are nearing...

Sports
All eyes on QBs as Packers host Bucs for NFC championship

All eyes on QBs as Packers host Bucs for NFC championship

For as much as Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers have accomplished in their Hall of Fame-caliber careers, they’ve rarely faced off on the field. Never...

Sports
Chiefs’ Mahomes takes most of snaps in Thursday practice

Chiefs' Mahomes takes most of snaps in Thursday practice

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes took the majority of first-team reps in practice Thursday, even though he remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol,...

Sports
Mitchell helps Jazz beat Pelicans for 7th straight win

Mitchell helps Jazz beat Pelicans for 7th straight win

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz got off to a tough start. Then Donovan Mitchell and company pushed their way right past the...

Sports
James, Lakers open long trip by beating Bucks 113-106

James, Lakers open long trip by beating Bucks 113-106

MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James says the results of last season’s NBA awards voting didn’t provide extra motivation as his Los Angeles Lakers prepared to...

Sports
Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting’

Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting'

TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled. Now set...

Entertainment & Media
New books with buzz? Dozens excerpted in free e-preview

New books with buzz? Dozens excerpted in free e-preview

NEW YORK (AP) — Excerpts from upcoming works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen and crime writer Lisa Scottoline are among 46 books previewed in...

Entertainment & Media
NASCAR to hold pre-race Daytona 500 concert with Luke Combs

NASCAR to hold pre-race Daytona 500 concert with Luke Combs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR will attempt some normalcy at the season-opening Daytona 500 with a live pre-race concert — the first big performance at...

Entertainment & Media
Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest

Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest

NEW YORK (AP) — Hallie Knight, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Florida, has some well formed ideas about where the country is and how...

Entertainment & Media
Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico border win UK design prize

Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico border win UK design prize

LONDON (AP) — A collection of teeter-totters that briefly allowed children on both sides of the US-Mexico border wall to play together has won a...

Entertainment & Media
Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl

Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month’s...

Entertainment & Media
Meghan seeks court ruling over ‘serious breach’ of privacy

Meghan seeks court ruling over 'serious breach' of privacy

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes...

Entertainment & Media
New this week: ‘The White Tiger,’ Salt-N-Pepa movie & Rhye

New this week: 'The White Tiger,' Salt-N-Pepa movie & Rhye

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Diane...

Government & Politics
Interior chief latest official to test positive for virus

Interior chief latest official to test positive for virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has tested positive for the coronavirus, an agency spokesman said. Bernhardt’s test results Wednesday make him the latest...

Government & Politics
Loeffler declines to rule out formal protest of Biden’s win

Loeffler declines to rule out formal protest of Biden's win

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia on Wednesday declined to rule out a formal protest of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory when Congress...

Government & Politics
US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing

US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am...

Government & Politics
Biden picks deal-makers, fighters for climate, energy team

Biden picks deal-makers, fighters for climate, energy team

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is picking deal-makers and fighters to lead a climate team he’ll ask to remake and clean up the nation’s transportation...

Government & Politics
GOP places focus anywhere but Atlanta in Georgia runoffs

GOP places focus anywhere but Atlanta in Georgia runoffs

ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has seemingly been holding rallies everywhere in Georgia lately. Everywhere, that is, except Atlanta and its inner suburbs....

Government & Politics
Family behind Purdue Pharma to face congressional scrutiny

Family behind Purdue Pharma to face congressional scrutiny

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are scheduled to make a rare appearance Thursday in a public forum, answering questions from...

Government & Politics
Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as ‘new voice’

Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has introduced his one-time Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary, saying the 38-year-old...

General
Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout draws wary, mixed response

Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout draws wary, mixed response

MOSCOW (AP) — While excitement and enthusiasm greeted the Western-developed coronavirus vaccine when it was rolled out, the Russian-made version has received a mixed response,...

General
Macron is the latest world leader to catch COVID-19

Macron is the latest world leader to catch COVID-19

French President Emmanuel Macron is the latest world leader to test positive for COVID-19, joining a growing list of others just as inoculation drives against...

General
Will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?

Will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?

Will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines? Not until there’s enough data from studies in different age groups, which will stretch well into next...

General
Moon rocks in hand, China prepares for future moon missions

Moon rocks in hand, China prepares for future moon missions

BEIJING (AP) — Following the successful return of moon rocks by its Chang’e 5 robotic probe, China is preparing for future missions that could set...

General
Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia

Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia

KASSERINE, Tunisia (AP) — In his old life, Hosni Kalaia remembers strolling the streets of his hometown of Kasserine in central Tunisia with confidence. He...

General
Snow continues to fall on Northeast US, with vaccines in tow

Snow continues to fall on Northeast US, with vaccines in tow

NEW YORK (AP) — Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination...

General
Nigerian boy tells of abduction by extremists and his escape

Nigerian boy tells of abduction by extremists and his escape

KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — It was late Friday night when Usama Aminu heard gunshots, at first thinking they had come from the nearby town. As...

General
Close but not yet: Deal near on COVID-19 economic aid bill

Close but not yet: Deal near on COVID-19 economic aid bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package that would deliver additional help to businesses, $300-per-week jobless...

General
US Joint Chiefs chairman meets with Taliban on peace talks

US Joint Chiefs chairman meets with Taliban on peace talks

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. general held unannounced talks with Taliban peace negotiators in the Persian Gulf to urge a reduction in violence...

General
Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics

Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are...

General
French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19

French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, following a week when he has met with numerous European leaders. The French...

Entertainment & Media
Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year

Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last century’s animated charmers. We’ll...

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