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‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Oscar nominations with 13Video
As fresh fires raced across the Los Angeles region, an embattled movie industry lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish language, French-made film, dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations, including best picture and best...
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
SYDNEY — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday where they joined three-hour lines to experience a momentous bloom —- and a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting garbage. Tall, pointed...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship
SEATTLE — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer to ask how he could consider the...
Aerial attack helps firefighters maintain the upper hand on a huge fire north of Los Angeles
CASTAIC, Calif. — Overnight water drops helped stop the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and firefighters battled to increase containment as dangerous winds whipped up again Thursday. The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning and in less than a day had...
Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’
SANTA FE, N.M. — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the...
Trump says he may withhold federal aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state’s approach on its management of water. In a Fox News interview, Trump repeated false claims that the state’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the...
7 police officers wounded in San Antonio shootingVideo
SAN ANTONIO — Seven San Antonio police officers were shot while responding to a “suicide in progress” call and the suspect was later found dead inside an apartment after a standoff, the city’s police chief said. The officers were shot Wednesday night and a SWAT team was called to the...
Patrick Mahomes on whether officials favor the Chiefs: ‘The referees are doing their best’Video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes doesn’t believe NFL officials are doing the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback any favors. Nor do the statistics support that assumption. In last week’s divisional-round win over Houston, the Texans were twice penalized for hits on Mahomes, and one of them came on third down...
Zack Steffen plays 1st U.S. match in nearly 3 years in 3-0 friendly win over Costa RicaVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Goalkeeper Zack Steffen played his first international match in nearly three years, Brian White and Caden Clark scored their first national team goals and the United States beat Costa Rica 3-0 on Wednesday night in the Americans’ second straight friendly without Europe-based players. White scored in the...
Amari Cooper finds satisfaction with Bills, trading personal production for team successVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Amari Cooper has enough catches, yards and touchdowns over his 10-year NFL career to satisfy his ego. What’s missing in the 30-year-old’s career is playoff success, and Cooper wouldn’t trade this run to the AFC championship game he’s enjoying with the Buffalo Bills for anything. “I’m...
Eagles’ Jalen Hurts ready to face Commanders in NFC title game on balky left kneeVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts hobbled back to the Philadelphia Eagles’ huddle after his left knee was twisted on a sack, an injury that forced him after the drive to the sideline medical tent for a quick exam. Hurts got checked out, and backup Kenny Pickett started to warm up in...
Former Arkansas officer arrested, charged with assault in beating of handcuffed inmateVideo
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former Arkansas police officer who was caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate in the back of his patrol car last year has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Former Jonesboro Police Officer Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of...
Al Golden returning to Bengals as defensive coordinator, AP source saysVideo
Zac Taylor and the Cincinnati Bengals will have a familiar face as their next defensive coordinator. Al Golden agreed to return to Cincinnati on Wednesday after three seasons as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the...
Ludvig Aberg cards an opening-round 63 for a 2-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance OpenVideo
SAN DIEGO — Ludvig Aberg shot a 9-under-par 63 on Wednesday in what he calls his favorite place in the world, taking a two-shot lead over Danny Walker and Hayden Springer in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Aberg took a first-round lead on the...
This offseason could be pretty simple for Ravens, but tougher calls loom in a yearVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — As long as Lamar Jackson is healthy and playing at an MVP level, the Baltimore Ravens should have a chance to be good. And if the players around the star quarterback are going to change significantly — that’s more likely to happen in a year than...
Netflix’s bet on live events helped reel in 19 million more subscribers in holiday-season quarterVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix added nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter to help propel its earnings beyond analysts’ projections, capping the video streaming service’s best year yet in a sign that its expansion into live programming is paying off. The numbers released Tuesday covered a October-December period highlighted...
Elon Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project
Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president. Trump on Tuesday had...
Bills fans raise nearly $80,000 for charitable cause of Ravens’ Andrews after dropped 2-point tryVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — After one of his career’s low points, Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews is getting a much-needed pick-me-up from Buffalo Bills fans, of all people. A GoFundMe page launched by 19-year-old Nicholas Howard was approaching $80,000 in donations as of Wednesday evening, with proceeds going toward...
‘Best rookie year of all time?’ Jayden Daniels has the Commanders a win away from the Super BowlVideo
ASHBURN, Va. — Jayden Daniels has the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship game, and his list of admirers around the league continues to grow. Just this week, Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio called Daniels “a young quarterback by birth certificate, not by the tape.” C.J. Stroud of the...
House passes immigrant detention bill that would be Trump’s 1st law to sign
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that President Donald Trump can sign as Congress, with some bipartisan support, swiftly moved in line with his plans to crackdown...
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemencyVideo
WASHINGTON — Stewart Rhodes, the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group founder convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday after he was released from prison as part of the President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency order for the more than 1,500 people charged in...
Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los AngelesVideo
LOS ANGELES — More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, as parched Southern California endured another round of dangerous wind and two major previous blazes continued to smolder. The Hughes Fire broke...
Australian Open semis feature Iga Swiatek-Madison Keys, Jannik Sinner-Ben SheltonVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013. Swiatek’s latest lopsided win came via a 6-1, 6-2 scoreline in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday. The No. 2-seeded Swiatek not...
Jaguars, GM Trent Baalke agree to part ways amid coaching search chaosVideo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — General manager Trent Baalke is out in Jacksonville after the Jaguars failed to land second interviews with three of their top coaching candidates. Team owner Shad Khan made the announcement Wednesday, hours after Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Liam Coen withdrew his name for consideration for the Jaguars...
Pentagon sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration. Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses said the troops...
