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“ Monster,” a courtroom drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Ehle that's premiering Friday on Netflix isn’t actually new at all. Yes, it’s adapted from an acclaimed book by the trailblazing author Walter Dean Myers…

More than 45,000 people have applied for one of a dozen spots to help thin a herd of bison at Grand Canyon National Park. The odds aren't as good as drawing a tag to hunt the massive animals on land adjacent to the park, but they're far better than getting struck by lightning or winning the Powerball. The National Park Service opened a rare opportunity for skilled shooters to kill bison at the park's North Rim. Park officials say the massive animals have been trampling resources and spoiling the water. The opportunity drew applicants from around the country. Volunteers who are selected will be notified in mid-May.

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian health officials said Wednesday they have become the first to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for ages as young as 12. Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, confirmed the decision for ages 12 to…

The top U.S. general says the military must do more to improve career opportunities for Black Americans. They remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among Air Force pilots and in the top ranks of the military. Army Gen. Mark Milley is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told a Howard University ROTC commissioning ceremony on Wednesday that diversity is an important strength of the military. But, he added, "We must get better.” He said only two of 41 four-star generals are Black, even though the overall military is 20 percent Black.

Legal experts say the revelation that a juror who helped convict Derek Chauvin had participated in a march in Washington, D.C., months before the trial is unlikely to affect that guilty verdict. But that’s not always the case. Though rare, there have been cases in which convictions have been tossed out or reexamined after new information about a juror is discovered. Brandon Mitchell is one of 12 jurors who convicted Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd. He says the march he attended last summer in Washington was not about Floyd and was to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr's “I have a Dream” speech. 

NEW YORK (AP) — Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's two-part documentary “The Crime of the Century” opens with a body bag. It contained a man from San Diego — his remains carried away in the predawn hours after…

A giant sequoia has been found smoldering and smoking in a part of Sequoia National Park that burned in one of California’s huge wildfires last year. The National Park Service said Wednesday that the cause appears to be the 2020 Castle Fire, which burned more than 270 square miles in the Sierra Nevada. Officials say the fact that areas are still smoldering and smoking from last year's fire demonstrates how dry the park is. They say that with such little snow and rain this year, there could be additional discoveries as spring transitions into summer. Much of California and the U.S. West is deep in drought, which could mean another difficult fire season.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico City elevated subway line that collapsed this week, killing 25 people, was problem-plagued and poorly designed from the day of its inauguration in 2012. Passengers and authorities alike came to fear that the screeching…

The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the government’s position in a Wednesday statement, amid World Trade Organization talks over easing global trade rules to enable more countries to produce more of the life-saving vaccines. Tai says, “The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines.” But she cautions that it will take time to reach the required global “consensus” to waive the protections under WTO rules.

LONDON (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations on Wednesday accused China of human rights abuses and economic mischief, but offered little concrete action to deal with an increasingly forceful Beijing. The top G-7 diplomats…

A sleepy and aimless stab at something earnestly “feel-good," “Here Today" is a wasted pairing of Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish that juggles dementia, grief and family squabbles about as adeptly as a daytime soap. “Here Today,” which opens in…

Rory McIlroy is back at Quail Hollow, the course where he won his first PGA Tour event. And he says his legacy is worth a lot more than whatever Saudi-backed money is available from a proposed super league. The concept has resurfaced ahead of the Wells Fargo Championship. A British newspaper reports that the Super League Golf is prepared to offer fees of up to $50 million to key players to join. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan told players in a previously schedule meeting they can't play both. That's the same message he had for them last year. No one is known to have signed up for the super league.

Mali’s Ministry of Health says a Malian woman has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven. It appeared to be the first time on record that a woman gave birth to nine surviving babies at once. The 25-year-old mother gave birth by cesarean section on Tuesday in Morocco. Mali’s health minister confirmed that the five girls, four boys and the mother are all doing well. Associated Press reporters saw the babies in incubators in the neonatal ward, some wiggling their hands and feet. The Guinness Book of World Records said in an email to The AP that its current record for most living births at once is eight, and that it is verifying the Morocco birth.

Willie Mays is turning 90, and no mistaking that number. The great Giants center fielder played in a sport measured by milestones. And now here’s one more. On Thursday, baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer will be serenaded with renditions of “Happy Birthday to You.” But it might be time to expand the playlist. A player of infinite variety deserves as much. There’s plenty to choose from. Musical references to Mays cut across the years and genres —rock, pop, folk, rap, hip hop. Just about everyone saw something in Mays. Maybe it was the way he dashed around the bases, his cap flying. Or the slashing hits to all fields.

The Yankees and Mets can increase capacity from 20% to 100% at their ballparks for home games starting May 19 — as along as fans are vaccinated against COVID-19. And both teams will be giving away free tickets along with vaccinations. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement at a news conference with Yankees president Randy Levine and Mets president Sandy Alderson. While full capacity will be allowed in vaccinated sections, attendance in unvaccinated sections will be capped at 33%. Masks will continue to be required. Cuomo also said Broadway theaters will reopen Sept. 14.

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron, in an unusual gesture on Wednesday, marked the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon, the warrior-emperor who famously bequeathed France its civil code, among other major reforms, but whose legacy remains tarnished in the…