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By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood is gearing up for the 95th Academy Awards, where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in the lead nominee and the film industry will hope to move past “the slap” of last year’s ceremony. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 Oscars, including when

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO earnestly apologized before Congress on Thursday for last month’s fiery hazardous materials train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and pledged millions of dollars to help the local town recover. But he stopped short of fully endorsing tougher safety regulations or specific

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters could decide whether to restore abortion rights if proposed constitutional amendments make it on the 2024 ballot. Several proposals to amend Missouri’s Constitution to protect abortion rights and pregnant women, as well as access to birth control, became public Thursday. Democratic strategists are

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former executive assistant to President Joe Biden is set to testify about Biden’s handling of classified documents. Kathy Chung has agreed to sit for an interview with the House Oversight Committee on April 4. Chung is one of the staffers who packed Biden’s belongings at the

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s governing party says it will withdraw a bill that opponents warned would stifle dissent and curtail media freedoms, ushering in Russian-style repression. Thursday’s announcement comes as tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the proposal. They were met with tear gas and

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former state House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy

By NASSER NASSER and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JABA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian attacker has shot and wounded three people in central Tel Aviv. Police say the attacker was shot. Israeli media say the attacker was killed. Medical workers said one of the wounded in the Thursday night attack was

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus has signed a bill introducing capital punishment for state officials and military personnel convicted of high treason. The amendments to the country’s criminal code endorsed by President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday envisage death sentences for actions by officials and servicemen who

By LISA MASCARO and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers have broken into a Washington, D.C. health insurance marketplace and stolen sensitive personal data including Social Security numbers and home addresses of members of Congress, their employees and family members. The House leadership says the size and scope of the impact “could be

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The fallout from an explosive Polish TV report alleging that St. John Paul II covered up clergy sex abuses cases is escalating. Poland’s Catholic Church and lawmakers have strongly defended the late pope as one of the greatest Poles. And the Polish government invited the U.S.

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s always fun when an Oscars category is filled with first-time nominees at varying stages of their careers. Best actor is another three-way race, between Austin Butler, Colin Farrell and Brendan Fraser, with each having scored notable wins from guilds and critics groups. The Associated Press’ film

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs banker has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian development fund. The stolen money paid for billions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks that were used to finance lavish parties, a superyacht, premium real

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Republicans in control of the House, there’s no chance that President Joe Biden’s new budget plan will become law as it stands. Instead, the financial blueprint that he announced Thursday in Philadelphia will serve as a political talking point for a president preparing to run for

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives have gathered for the final meeting of a potentially groundbreaking reform assembly that has been marked by tensions between liberalizers and conservatives. It’s also drawing increasingly open opposition from the Vatican. The German process, dubbed the “Synodal Path,” was launched in

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is requesting more than $2.8 billion in the federal budget proposal he’s sending to Congress to help advance his cancer-fighting goals. That’s according to White House officials, who shared details with The Associated Press before Biden unveils the proposal Thursday in Philadelphia. More than

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As political gridlock puts the government at risk of defaulting, President Joe Biden on Thursday is making an opening offer with a budget plan that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade — a proposal that Republicans already intend to reject. It’s part of

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the fifth straight week to its highest level since breaching 7% in November, just as the spring buying season gets ready to kick off. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate climbed to 6.73%

By JOHN HANNA and TOM DAVIES Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses. In both Kansas and Indiana bankers associations

MOSCOW (AP) — The chairman of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s investigative foundation has resigned over a letter he wrote seeking the lifting of European Union sanctions against top officials of a group that includes one of Russia’s largest banks. Leonid Volkov said he was resigning Thursday. On Wednesday, a Russian journalist posted what

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose modestly on Wall Street Thursday as markets remain anxious about the prospect of more aggressive action by the Federal Reserve to fight inflation. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 11:43 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 37 points, or