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The preparations are done and the arrivals have begun for a most unusual Oscars. Paul Raci, up for best supporting actor Sunday, and Diane Warren, up for best original song, were among the early arriving nominees. Raci, a 73-year-old first-time nominee for “Sound of Metal,” and Warren, a 12-time nominee who has never won, walked a red carpet that was heavily scaled back for the pandemic outside Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, where the ceremony is being held for the first time. Actor Colman Domingo of multiple nominee “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” made the day’s first big fashion splash with a shockingly pink tuxedo.  

Colton Herta has won on the street course at St. Petersburg for his fourth career IndyCar victory. That ties him with his father, Bryan, on IndyCar's win list. It took Bryan Herta 12 years to win his four races but his son has done it in just 34 starts. The father and son have been paired on the radio this season. Colton Herta is considered a rising IndyCar star and legitimate title favorite. His win was the 66th for Andretti Autosport, which struggled through 2020 with only one victory. Josef Newgarden finished second and Simon Pagenaud was third.

Manchester City has won the League Cup for a fourth successive season by beating Tottenham 1-0. Aymeric Laporte's header in the 82nd minute sealed the victory over a Tottenham side being managed by 29-year-old interim rookie Ryan Mason after Jose Mourinho's firing on Monday. Victory at Wembley in front of 7,773 fans completed the first part of a potential treble for Pep Guardiola's Premier League leaders with an upcoming Champions League semifinal against Paris Saint-Germain. 

Oakland’s 13-game winning streak ended as Austin Hays hit a pair of home runs, starter John Means had another stellar performance and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Athletics 8-1. The A’s, who opened the season with six straight losses, put together their third-longest winning string since moving to Oakland in 1968. The Athletics won 14 in a row in 1988 and a then-American League record of 20 consecutive wins in 2002. Cleveland broke that mark with 22 straight in 2017 — Oakland’s string had been the longest in the majors since that run by the Indians. Means allowed just one run on two hits over 6 1/3 innings, lowering his ERA to 1.50.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Gunfire erupted in Somalia’s capital on Sunday between soldiers loyal to the government and others angry at the country’s leader as tensions spiked over President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s extended stay in power. The gunfire heard across…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An exit poll for Albania's parliamentary election on Sunday suggests that the ruling Socialist Party is in a tight race with the opposition Democratic Party. The exit poll run for Euronews Albania from the MRB, part…

In state legislatures across the country, lawmakers of color are seizing on the nation’s reckoning with racial injustice. They're insisting equity be considered in a wide range of legislation, from marijuana legalization to antidiscrimination protections related to people’s hairstyles. And in many states, they have gained the numbers and political clout to move ambitious legislation forward. In Connecticut, there are more racial minorities in legislative leadership positions than anytime in recent memory. The chairman of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus says his group's mantra this year is no bill will pass if it’s not equitable to communities of color.

The Milwaukee Brewers are moving along with their plan for Christian Yelich after an MRI on the slugger’s strained lower back showed no major issues. Yelich hasn’t played since April 11. He was eligible to come off the injured list this weekend, but the 2018 NL MVP was sent back to Milwaukee because manager Craig Counsell said the outfielder had hit a “plateau” in his recovery. Counsell says the team "basically just ruled out anything significant structurally that would show up on the MRI.”

The Kentucky Derby is back on the first Saturday in May, slowly bringing with it the sights, sounds and rituals familiar to Louisville. And local officials and business owners are hopeful that translates into better cash flow after the coronavirus pandemic upended the Derby’s schedule last year. Some Derby activities have returned, and attendance capacity at Churchill Downs could approach 60% in certain areas. This year’s economic impact on the region is estimated at $34.6 million, less than a tenth of the normal revenue that the event generates. But the Derby buzz is once again humming around Louisville.

French authorities are questioning a fifth person in an anti-terrorism investigation seeking to identify potential accomplices and motives after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris. French police killed the 37-year-old Tunisian attacker shortly after the Friday slaying of an unarmed administrative employee at the entrance of her police station in the town of Rambouillet. Police have detained a cousin of the attacker and are also questioning the attacker's father, another cousin and a couple who provided him with an address for mail. This week, France's interior minister plans to present a new counterterrorism and intelligence bill.

Competing claims to the holy city of Jerusalem have long fueled fighting between Israel and the Palestinians. But a new mix of players have made the latest round of violence particularly combustible. The unrest has been characterized by clashes between young Palestinian men and Israeli police in east Jerusalem. Anti-Arab Israeli extremists, emboldened by the election of their allies to parliament, and Gaza militants have joined the fray in recent days. Political posturing by Israeli and Palestinian leaders have added to the tense atmosphere. 

More action, less talk and something for the history books. That's been the story of President Joe Biden's first 100 days. Legislatively, President Donald Trump had little to show for his 100-day debut. There's no question Biden has been faster out of the gate with consequential actions, achieved without the drama of his predecessor. Most notably he's won a sweeping pandemic relief package that not only sent hefty checks to most Americans but set the stage for a big reduction in child poverty and boosted the affordability of the Obama-era health law. But it's not all been smooth. Biden has struggled to change course on Trump-era immigration practices, earning rebukes from some Democrats.

Crowds have gathered in Paris and other French cities to denounce a ruling by France’s highest court that the killer of Jewish woman was not criminally responsible and therefore could not go on trial. The decision sparked outrage among the French and international Jewish community. Sarah Halimi, 65, died in 2017 after being pushed out of the window of her Paris apartment by her neighbor Kobili Traoré, who allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great” in Arabic). Traoré admitted pushing her. The ruling from the Court of Cassation said there was enough evidence to show the act had antisemitic motives but that Traoré had been “delirious” at the time. He is now in a secure psychiatric hospital.

Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss multiple games while going through the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Assistant coach Tyrone Corbin will take over during Clifford's absence. Clifford originally tested positive Thursday night. He returned two negative tests Friday, giving hope that the first positive was a false result, then learned Saturday afternoon that a test he took that morning came back positive. Subsequent testing led to the determination that he must enter the protocols and miss games.

ROME (AP) — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments that central Mediterranean nations are choosing not to dispatch vessels to save them. Aid group…

Pope Francis has decried that 130 migrants died in the Mediterranean after begging in vain for help for two days last week. Addressing the public on Sunday in St. Peter's Square, Francis called the latest sea tragedy “a moment of shame” since help didn't arrive in time. He also asked for silent prayers for “those who could help but prefer to look the other way.” When a charity rescue ship and a mercantile vessel in the waters off Libya arrived at the scene on Thursday, they found several bodies floating in the rough waters, no survivors and the migrants' deflating dinghy. The migrants had called for help a day earlier.