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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Godzilla has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Boston, Moscow, London and Hawaii. But before now, he’s never been to the Oscars. When the Academy Awards roll around on March 10, Godzilla will stretch its scaly, reptilian legs down the Oscars red carpet
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Godzilla has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Boston, Moscow, London and Hawaii. But before now, he’s never been to the Oscars. When the Academy Awards roll around on March 10, Godzilla will stretch its scaly, reptilian legs down the Oscars red carpet
Continue ReadingGREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — An Air Force nuclear missile base in central Montana has been put on lockdown following a report of an active shooter. Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls announced the lockdown Thursday in a social media post. Officials were keeping visitors away from a building where a suspected “real world
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Volkswagen Group-backed Scout Motors is celebrating the start of construction on its $2 billion electric SUV plant in South Carolina. But instead of a line of people in suits with shovels, the company gave a symbolic nod to the vehicle’s storied past. A fleet of old
Continue ReadingHORSHAM, Pa. (AP) — A mother who strangled her 11-year-old son at their Pennsylvania home last year and then went to New Jersey where she drove her SUV into the ocean has been convicted of murder. Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, of Horsham, faces a mandatory life term when she’s sentenced Friday. She was found guilty Thursday following
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The conquering heroes had just rolled down Grand Boulevard, waving to a crowd packed more than a dozen deep – a sea of red, gold and white against a clear blue sky, celebrating their Kansas City Chiefs’ second-in-a-row Super Bowl victory. One after another, double-decker buses
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A civil society organization says that at least a dozen people were killed and 16 kidnapped by rebels at a mining site in eastern Congo. Rebels from the CODECO armed group attacked a gold mine Wednesday near Djugu district in Ituri province. Violence has been surging
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner is facing sharp criticism – including from within his own party – as some GOP lawmakers are complaining that a statement the Ohio Republican made Wednesday was alarmist, “constituted poor judgement” and should be investigated. Some of Turner’s colleagues believe he was
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open for a few hours on Sunday if their local governments allow it. Supporters say it is time to get rid of another antiquated rule based on religion that designated Sunday
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration eased some of the restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the bank has sufficiently fixed its toxic culture after years of scandals. The news sent Wells Fargo’s stock up sharply Thursday as investors speculated that the bank, which has been kept
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration eased some of the restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the bank has sufficiently fixed its toxic culture after years of scandals. The news sent Wells Fargo’s stock up sharply Thursday as investors speculated that the bank, which has been kept
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The White House says that U.S. President Joe Biden will host Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk for a meeting in Washington on March 12, which is the 25th anniversary of Poland’s joining the NATO Alliance. A statement Thursday from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the leaders will
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring home from school. But Walter said a recent request from his daughter’s teacher caught him off guard. Earlier this month, Walter was among the parents at Coral Way K-8 Center, a Miami-Dade County public
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking another tragedy as migrants continue to attempt to traverse the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The coast guard also retrieved 45 people from the boat
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden Administration is easing its restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the bank has sufficiently fixed its toxic culture after years of scandals. The news sent Wells Fargo’s stock up sharply in afternoon trading as investors speculated that the bank, which had been
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A burning truck’s fuel tank exploded on Thursday while Los Angeles firefighters were trying to battle the blaze, injuring seven of them, including two critically, authorities said. The explosion of one of the truck’s natural gas tanks occurred shortly before 7 a.m. in the Wilmington neighborhood,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A burning truck’s fuel tank exploded on Thursday while Los Angeles firefighters were trying to battle the blaze, injuring seven of them, including two critically, authorities said. The explosion of one of the truck’s natural gas tanks occurred shortly before 7 a.m. in the Wilmington neighborhood,
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial began Thursday in North Dakota’s nearly five-year-old lawsuit seeking $38 million from the federal government for policing protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017. The state filed the lawsuit in 2019, followed by years of legal wrangling before a judge set
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A hearing that could derail the election subversion case against Donald Trump and others in Georgia is underway as a judge considers whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified. The two-day evidentiary hearing is a pivotal moment for the
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