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India's 'RRR' an unlikely underdog in Hollywood awards race

Hollywood’s awards season has found an unlikely underdog in “RRR.” S.S. Rajamouli’s three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India’s most expensive and top-grossing films of all time. It … more

By RYAN PEARSON | 1/14/23

This photo provided by Bloomington Police Department shows Billie Davis. Davis has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian. The victim told investigators she was standing and waiting for the exit doors to open on a Bloomington Transit bus Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 when another passenger began striking her in the head, Bloomington police said in a release. (Bloomington Police Department via AP)

University: Student stabbed on bus because she is Asian

A 56-year-old woman has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian. … more

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Palestinians look at a damaged car following an Israeli raid in the West Bank village of Jaba, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Palestinians inspect a car that was damaged in an Israeli military raid in the West Bank village of Jaba, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Palestinian medics say two Palestinian men were killed in the raid. The Israeli army said it fired at the vehicle after gunmen inside fired at them, and that an automatic weapon was later confiscated from the car. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, say troops were attacked

Palestinian medics say Israeli troops have shot and killed two Palestinian men during a military raid in the occupied West Bank, while a third man has died from wounds sustained in an earlier raid. … more

1/14/23

A billboard along Interstate 95 advertise the Mega Millions jackpot in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot when a ticket purchased in the state matched Friday’s winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize. The largest jackpot ever … more

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A commuter ferry makes its way down the East River on the the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, where woolly mammoth tusks were allegedly dumped in the mid 1900s. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Claim of mammoth bones brings treasure hunters to NYC river

Several groups have flocked to the waterway off Manhattan in search of treasure. That's after hearing a guest on podcast host Joe Rogan’s show make a claim that a boxcar’s worth of prehistoric … more

By DEEPTI HAJELA | 1/14/23

Debris litters a local business that was destroyed by a tornado that passed through downtown Selma Ala., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community

As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly. Text messages and calls from loved ones in Alabama, many of … more

By AARON MORRISON | 1/14/23

People wait in line at "The Lotto Store at Primm" just inside the California border Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, near Primm, Nev. Mega Millions players will have another chance Friday night to end months of losing and finally win a jackpot that has grown to $1.35 billion. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mega Millions drawing offers another chance at giant prize

The numbers for an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot were drawn and now all hopeful players can do is wait until word of a possible winner. The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, … more

1/13/23

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's office shows Lawrence Ray, the ex-convict charged with sex trafficking and extortion for forcing young women into prostitution or forced labor after winning trust by posing as a father-figure. In a submission in Manhattan federal court late Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, prosecutors are seeking a life prison term for Ray. (U.S. Attorney's office via AP, File)

Prosecutors seek life term for man who abused college women

Prosecutors are seeking a life prison term for an ex-convict who extorted and forced into labor or prostitution some women he met at his daughter's on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College. … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 1/13/23

Aram Wedatalla, a Hamline University senior and the president of Muslim Student Association (MSA), speaks during a news conference at CAIR-MN office, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Minneapolis. A Hamline University lecturer showed a painting of the Prophet Muhammad and Wedatalla was one of the students in the class when the image was displayed. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Hamline University under fire for art professor's dismissal

A Minnesota university’s dismissal of a professor for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course has put the small, private school at the center of a debate over how to … more

By KATHLEEN FOODY | 1/13/23

Elizabeth Fleisher talks with her son Sullivan, 6, by the newly unveiled gravestone for recently identified Joseph Augustus Zarelli at the Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Zarelli, who was killed in 1957 and long known as "America's Unknown Child." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly's newly ID'd 'Boy in the Box' gets grave marker at 70

A slain child at the center of one of Philadelphia's oldest cold cases now has his name on a grave marker. Mourners who gathered at the gravesite Friday are marking what would have been the 70th … more

By MARYCLAIRE DALE | 1/13/23

Floodwaters cover South Davis Rd. near Salinas in Monterey County, Calif., as the Salinas River overflows its banks on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Rain-soaked California to see more rounds of stormy weather

State and federal officials are pleading with Californians to stay alert through several more rounds of stormy weather through the weekend and into next week. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell … more

By JANIE HAR and SOPHIE AUSTIN | 1/13/23

FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. Doctors tend to worry that holiday gatherings can spark new surges in infectious diseases like the flu. But new government data suggests that didn't happen this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 reported that flu has continued to wane this month. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Holidays didn't lead to feared bump in flu cases, CDC says

New U.S. government data suggests holiday gatherings didn’t spark surges in respiratory diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that visits to doctors’ offices … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 1/13/23

FILE - This photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, shows the house in Alexandria, La., where a female informant on an undercover drug operation was allegedly raped as her law enforcement handlers left her on her own in January 2021. The police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real time and allowed the attack to “play out” despite concerns over how long she was inside a known stash house. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Woman raped in unmonitored drug sting sues police handlers

A police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor the sting in real time. The suit filed this week … more

By JIM MUSTIAN | 1/13/23

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) catches a 17-yard touchdown pass ahead New York Giants cornerback Jason Pinnock (27) during the second half of an NFL football game, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

2022 NFL All-Pro Team Roster

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By The Associated Press | 1/13/23

FILE - A Tesla sedan gets a charge at a Tesla Supercharging station in Cranberry, Pa, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. With its sales slowing and its stock price tumbling, Tesla Inc. slashed prices dramatically Friday on several versions of its electric vehicles, making some of its models eligible for a new federal tax credit that could help spur buyer interest. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Tesla cuts vehicle prices in bid to boost flagging demand

With its sales slowing and its stock price tumbling, Tesla Inc. slashed prices dramatically on several versions of its electric vehicles, making some of its models eligible for a new federal tax … more

By TOM KRISHER | 1/13/23

FILE - A Mega Millions entry card is displayed at the Cranberry Super Mini Mart in Cranberry, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. On Friday, Jan. 13, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming the IRS would collect nearly $850 million in taxes from a more-than $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: The IRS will not collect nearly $850 million in taxes from the more-than $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mexican … more

By The Associated Press | 1/13/23

Newport News Superintendent of Schools George Parker makes remarks on the safety parameters currently in place at the city's schools during a press conference at the Newport News School Administration Building in Newport News, Va., on Monday Jan. 9, 2023. A Virginia police chief said a 6-year-old student fired the handgun that wounded a Virginia first-grade teacher while she was teaching class on Friday, Jan. 6 at Richneck Elementary School. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Superintendent: Official learned of weapon before shooting

A school superintendent says administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but … more

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Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, speaks during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Sri Lanka’s Catholic church wants the country’s former President Maithripala Sirisena be criminally prosecuted for negligence, a day after the country’s top court ordered him pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church wants the country’s former leader to be criminally prosecuted for negligence. Duthika Perera, an attorney representing Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, … more

COLOMBO | 1/13/23

FILE - Smoke billows during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

As Russian troops wage a ferocious fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin has … more

By The Associated Press | 1/13/23

A dog sits on top of its shelter at a dog yard in Bolterdalen, Norway, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The yard is located half a dozen miles from the main village in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago so close to the North Pole that winter is shrouded in uninterrupted darkness. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Jan 6- Jan. 12, 2023 A week in which Russian strikes continued in Ukraine, and Orthodox Christians celebrated Epiphany in Greece and Lithuania. A boy suffering from cholera receives treatment in … more

By The Associated Press | 1/13/23