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Prosecutors say a Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should face life in prison. They said in court papers filed Thursday that the attempted suicide bombing by Akayed Ullah in 2017 was a “premeditated and vicious” terror attack committed on behalf of Islamic State group. The government’s request comes a week after lawyers for Ullah argued in their own papers that he only deserves a mandatory 35-year prison term. Sentencing is set for April 8. 

After publishing a blank front page last week to call attention to its dire financial straits, the Northeast News in Kansas City is learning how it is appreciated. The newspaper has received more than $3,000 in donations and some new advertising. But the community weekly that reports on one of the city's grittier neighborhoods is neither unique nor out of the woods. Financial troubles for the news industry is not a new story, particularly for small newspapers. The Northeast News still must find lasting solutions to survive long-term. But for now, its publisher says “thank God” for the response.

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — One year into the pandemic, just about everyone’s travel experience has changed. So it's not surprising that someone came up with this: Instead of a cabin on a Mediterranean cruise ship where vacationers mill around with…

NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, mayhem and mass destruction is back at the box office. It’s almost like old times. “Godzilla vs. Kong,” one of the few tentpoles to dare release during COVID times, is poised this weekend to…

There are tales of redemption involving this weekend's Final Four matchup between Houston and Baylor. Houston coach Kelvin Sampson was once kicked out of the sport for a time after NCAA issues at Oklahoma and Indiana. Baylor's program was tainted by murder and a cover-up. But Sampson and Baylor coach Scott Drew have picked up the pieces and started over. Their reward is this trip to the Final Four, where they will face each other on Saturday night. The winner will advances to the national championship game.

Five months later, the Masters is back. Dustin Johnson will have to wait only 144 days from the time he slipped into the green jacket until he tees it up April 8 to begin his title defense. In some respects, it's another sign that golf is getting closer to normal. Gone are the autumn hues from when the Masters was postponed to November. Back are the spring colors of pink and purple azaleas and white dogwoods. The fans will be back, too, at least some of them. Augusta National hasn't said how many. Missing will be the injured Tiger Woods.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police brought in a well-known Serbian doctor and other vocal anti-vaccination activists for questioning Thursday, saying they are jeopardizing the Balkan country’s successful coronavirus inoculation drive. Serbian state TV said psychiatrist Jovana Stojkovic, a leading…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted talks Thursday with populist politicians from Italy and Poland in a bid to create a new right-wing nationalist political force on the European stage. The trilateral meeting brought Polish Prime…

Italy’s spy thriller has taken a more mundane turn with indications that the Italian Navy captain accused of passing classified documents to Russia was desperate for extra money. His wife told Corriere della Sera newspaper he was struggling to pay his mortgage and support his four children. Walter Biot, an Italian Navy frigate captain working at the Defense Ministry, was being held at a Rome prison after his arrest Tuesday. During a preliminary interrogation Thursday, he exercised his right to not answer prosecutors’ questions or make a statement. Biot was arrested on espionage charges after he was allegedly caught passing a pen drive of classified documents, including on NATO operations, to a Russian Embassy official for 5,000 euros ($5,900). 

Miguel Cabrera has hit the first home run of the new Major League Baseball season, a drive through the snow in Detroit’s chilly opener against Cleveland. The temperature at game time was 32 degrees, and the snow at Comerica Park was becoming a bit more intense when Cabrera hit a first-inning shot to right field off Cleveland’s Shane Bieber. It wasn’t easy to see through the ball through the snow, but the two-run drive carried just beyond the wall. Cabrera’s 488th career homer was upheld after a review. The 37-year-old Cabrera is five homers shy of tying Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 28th on the career list.

A new study finds that American farmers are using smaller amounts of pesticides, but those chemicals are more toxic and much more harmful to pollinators, aquatic bugs and some plants. Thursday's study shows that the newer generation of pesticides is not harming birds and mammals nearly as much as in the past because they are aimed more at insects. That means insects near pests farmers want to eradicate are getting hurt more. The study used federal data to show toxicity levels in pollinators and other bugs and plants have more than doubled since 2005.

The Biden administration is unveiling a coalition of community, religious and celebrity partners to promote COVID-19 shots as it seeks to overcome vaccine hesitancy. The Department of Health and Human Services’ new “We Can Do This” campaign features television and social media ads. But it also relies on a community corps of public health, athletic, faith and other groups to spread the word about the safety and efficacy of the three approved coronavirus vaccines. Vice President Kamala Harris and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy met Thursday with more than 275 inaugural members of the community corps to kick off the effort.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Views of the nation’s economy are the rosiest they’ve been since the pandemic began more than a year ago, buoyed by Democrats feeling increasingly optimistic as President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package is distributed across the…

The man behind the effort to remove California Gov. Gavin Newsom from office is a retired county sheriff's sergeant who grew frustrated in 2019 with the governor's policies. Orrin Heatlie is now in the center of California's political world as his effort appears poised to qualify for the ballot later this year, a remarkable feat for a political amateur. The 52-year-old Heatlie says he first decided to pursue a recall after hearing Newsom speak about immigration. That's prompted Newsom and other Democrats to paint his effort as an attack on California values driven by Trump adherents and extremists. 

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked citizens Thursday to consider the strain that nurses and doctors are under as they care for a rising number of COVID-19 patients and help them by respecting social distancing and other rules…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization called Thursday for expanded capability in developing countries to manufacture vaccines, saying the gaping imbalance in access to coronavirus vaccines that mostly favors rich, developed countries was unacceptable. WTO Director-General…