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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked the Golden Globes broadcast off television for a year, the annual film and television awards are set to announce nominations Monday. Nominations to the 80th Golden Globe Awards will be announced

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Monday executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed shows him stabbing two security force members to death and running away. The public hanging of Majidreza Rahnavard, less than

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian hospital says Israeli forces killed a teenage girl during an army operation in the occupied West Bank. Jana Zakaran was hit with a gunshot in the head and pronounced dead early Monday. Palestinian media report that 16-year-old Zakaran was on her house roof and found dead after the

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Demonstrations over Peru’s political crisis are continuing around the country and in Lima, the capital. The protests turned deadly Sunday as thousands of people took to the streets to demand the resignation of their newest president, Dina Boluarte. At least two deaths were reported in

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Karen Ruth Bass took a ceremonial oath of office as mayor of Los Angeles and will become the first woman and second Black person to hold the job. The former congresswoman and state Assembly speaker formally takes charge Monday amid a homeless

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Todd Field’s symphonic backstage drama “Tár” and the existential comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” tied for top honors with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in awards announced Sunday. The critics group opted to split its best film award between the two acclaimed films. “Tár,” which was also the pick

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say 16 people, including 13 children, are injured after a small church bus overturned near a Houston-area apartment. Harris County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Simon Cheng says no one was seriously injured. Cheng says the bus owned by a Baptist church rolled over and landed on its side after the driver tried

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service employee who was killed recently while he was delivering the mail in Wisconsin is being remembered for his positive and caring attitude. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Chicago confirmed Aundre Cross was the worker who was shot and killed Friday evening on the north side of Milwaukee.

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at Mach 32,

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Several members of a state commission tasked with conducting an independent investigation of a 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, have stepped down in recent months. The panel began with 21 members. A spokesperson for the state office that oversees the panel told The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk that 10

HONOLULU (AP) — The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end. “We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion that killed three people at a San Antonio construction company. The explosion happened at around 11:30 p.m. Friday at K-Bar Services. Authorities initially found one person who died at the scene. Investigators later announced that two more people were killed in the blast.

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — At least 13 bald eagles were likely poisoned by scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were improperly dumped at a Minnesota landfill, and three of the majestic birds have died. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that state and federal wildlife officials are investigating after the eagles were found

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of people killed in an apartment building explosion and fire on the English Channel Island of Jersey has risen to five, and four others are still unaccounted for, police said Sunday. Robin Smith, chief of Jersey Police, said specialist teams were continuing a painstaking search

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada as a winter storm packing powerful winds sent ski lift chairs swinging and closed mountain highways while downpours at lower elevations triggered flood watches across large swaths of California into Nevada. More than 250 miles of the Sierra remained under a winter