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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A power substation fire temporarily caused outages at the Oakland International Airport and left 50,000 customers around the east San Francisco Bay Area without electricity Sunday, Oakland fire officials said. The Oakland Fire Department responded to a fire on Pacific Gas & Electric property in the early afternoon and found a

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has had a rollercoaster career in which he had to fight to keep a job, lost his seat at a NASCAR powerhouse team and opened his 14th season mired in a five-year losing streak. To say this Daytona 500 was

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired a pair of short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, two days after the North resumed testing activities with an intercontinental ballistic missile launch.South Korea’s military says it has detected the two launches from a western coastal town, just north of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital,

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made on Monday morning but gave no further details such as how far the weapon flew. Two days ago, North Korea resumed weapons testing activities with an

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning the CEO of Norfolk Southern that the freight rail company must “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine, Ohio, and surrounding areas. A fiery train derailment led to the release of chemicals and has residents expressing concerns about their

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One person is dead and 10 are injured after a shooting in Tennessee. According to a news release from the Memphis Police Department posted on Twitter, officers are looking for three men they say are persons of interest. One may be injured. Police were first called to a Memphis nightclub at

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Antiwar German movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, building the somber drama’s momentum as awards season rolls toward its climax at next month’s Oscars. Irish tragicomedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and rock

LONDON (AP) — “All Quiet on the Western Front” is the big winner at the 2023 British Academy Film Awards. The antiwar German drama took seven prizes including best picture and best director. Other winners include “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which was named best British film. Austin Butler took the best actor prize for “Elvis,”

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Biden administration has averted a potential diplomatic crisis over Israeli settlements at the United Nations. The issue had threatened to overshadow Western efforts for the U.N. to spotlight Russia’s war with Ukraine during its one-year anniversary. Multiple diplomats familiar with the

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz is still haunted by what he witnessed last Monday night, when a gunman entered his classroom in Berkey Hall, killing two of his students in what he describes as “12 minutes of terror.” “Those images haunt me. The images

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Antiwar German drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” has won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. Irish tragicomedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” took four trophies, including best British film, while rock biopic “Elvis” also won four on Sunday night in London.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews says he is dealing with symptoms of long COVID-19 and chronic immune response syndrome. Toews hasn’t played since Jan. 28. The Blackhawks placed the 34-year-old center on injured reserve on Wednesday with what they said was a non-COVID-19-related illness. Toews missed the 2020-21 season with what he

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Meta is testing a new subscription service that would let Facebook and Instagram users pay for a verified account. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Verified on his social media accounts Sunday. Testing will begin in New Zealand and Australia this week and will roll out to other countries

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78. Belzer died Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, in southern France, his

By JEFF MARTIN and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta, as prayers and memories of former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy were offered up at his small Baptist church in Plains, Georgia, a day after he entered hospice care. Among those paying

By LYNN BERRY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia. He says such an involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort would be a “serious problem.” Blinken says he shared his concerns with China’s most senior foreign policy official when

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Police searching for a woman who vanished three weeks ago in northwest England have found a body in a river close to where she was last seen. The search for the Nicola Bulley, 45, has riveted Britain since she went missing on Jan. 27 while walking her

By STEFANIE DAZIO and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Catholic bishop in Southern California was shot and killed Saturday just blocks from a church, a slaying of a longtime priest hailed as a “peacemaker” that’s stunned the Los Angeles religious community, authorities said. Detectives are investigating the death of Bishop David

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from works such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” to make them more acceptable to modern readers. A review of new editions of Dahl’s books now