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Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?

Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?

Ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic.
Queen enters 'twilight' of reign after farewell to Philip

Queen enters 'twilight' of reign after farewell to Philip

LONDON — Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday on Wednesday and, in coming months, the celebrations marking her 70 years on the throne.
Amy Coney Barrett has book deal with conservative imprint

Amy Coney Barrett has book deal with conservative imprint

NEW YORK — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book deal with a Penguin Random House imprint, The Associated Press has learned.
Rapper Black Rob, known for hit ‘Whoa!,' dead at 52

Rapper Black Rob, known for hit ‘Whoa!,' dead at 52

NEW YORK — Rapper Black Rob, known for his hit “Whoa!” and key contributions to Diddy's dominant Bad Boy Records in the 1990s and early 2000s, has died. He was 52.
Latino groups want DOJ probe of shooting by Chicago police

Latino groups want DOJ probe of shooting by Chicago police

CHICAGO — Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer.
Byron Bay locals protest planned Netflix reality series

Byron Bay locals protest planned Netflix reality series

CANBERRA, Australia — Angry Byron Bay locals are protesting the filming of a reality television series that some fear will damage the reputation of their trendy Australian tourist town.
Walter Mondale, Carter's vice-president, dies at 93

Walter Mondale, Carter's vice-president, dies at 93

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice-President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.
Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn't have 'red flag' hearing

Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn't have 'red flag' hearing

INDIANAPOLIS — A former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana's “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commi
Threats of expulsion as UEFA confronts Super League rebel 12

Threats of expulsion as UEFA confronts Super League rebel 12

MONTREUX, Switzerland — The deceptions, distrust and divisions in European soccer erupted in public on Monday between teams and even within the clubs breaking away to form a Super League that could leave them and their players outcasts in the global
Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd's death goes to the jury

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd's death goes to the jury

MINNEAPOLIS — The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the harrowing video of Chauvin with his