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The Oscar isn’t the only one celebrating its 93rd trip around the sun at the Academy Awards ceremony this year. The shorts category features two documentaries, “ A Concerto is a Conversation ” and “ Colette,” about fellow nonagenarians who…

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — La Soufriere volcano shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash on Friday as a cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island coated…

The Arizona Coyotes will take the extraordinary step of inducting Leighton Accardo into the team's ring of honor this weekend. The 9-year-old with the bright smile and tenacity of a hockey player became a inspiration to the team during her fight against cancer. She will become the first person in NHL history who is not a former player, coach, general manager or broadcaster to be inducted into a team’s ring of honor. Leighton died in November, but her memory and connection to the organization will live on.

After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has already seen several deadly cases. Police in Indianapolis say eight people were shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday at a…

Khodeir Majid, who covered Iraq’s numerous conflicts as a video producer and cameraman for the Associated Press over 17 years has died at the age of 64. Relatives said the cause of his death on Friday morning was complications due to the coronavirus. Majid had been hospitalized for about three weeks, but his condition rapidly deteriorated in recent days. Majid joined the Associated Press in Baghdad in March 2004, a year after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. He went on to cover the breakdown in security and the sectarian bloodbath that prevailed for many years. Majid is survived by his wife and five children.

Police say a shy podcaster helped them arrest the longtime suspect in the killing of California college student Kristin Smart nearly a quarter-century ago. Chris Lambert detoured from his musical career three years ago to create a podcast about Smart's 1996 disappearance. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson says Lambert's efforts helped bring forward witnesses that led this week to the arrest of Paul Flores and his father. They appeared in court but didn't enter pleas. Lambert says he never expected the results he achieved. The arrests propelled his podcast, “Your Own Backyard,” to No. 2 on podcasting charts. 

West Point officials say most of the 73 West Point cadets accused in the biggest cheating scandal in decades at the U.S. Military Academy are being required to repeat a year and eight were expelled. The cadets were accused of cheating on an online calculus exam in May while cadets were studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instructors had noticed irregularities in answers. All but one were freshmen in a class of 1,200. The academy also said it will end a 6-year-old “willful admission process" designed to protect cadets who promptly admit to wrongdoing from being kicked out. 

The average major league salary dropped nearly 5% to more than $4.1 million on opening day from the start of the previous full season in 2019. That’s according to a study of major league contracts by The Associated Press. The average has fallen more than 6% since the start of the 2017 season. The salary downturn is yet another sign baseball could be headed toward labor strife and a possible work stoppage in 2022. Baseball’s middle class has borne the brunt of the drop. The median salary is less than $1.2 million, down 30% from the record high at the start of 2015. The 50 highest-paid players are drawing more than a third of all salaries. The 100 highest earn a half.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A real-world study of millions of Chileans who had received the Chinese-developed CoronaVac vaccine has found it 67% effective against symptoms and 80% against death from COVID-19, the South American country's Health Ministry said Friday. Ministry…

One after another quarterbacks once believed to be franchise cornerstones after being top five draft picks changed addresses this offseason in staggering succession. Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff switched teams in a swap of former No. 1 overall picks. Carson Wentz and Sam Darnold were traded away by teams that had recently tried to build around those passers. Mitchell Trubisky had to settle for a backup contract deal after flaming out in Chicago. Those were part of a growing pattern teams have never been more willing to use high draft picks on quarterbacks and never been quicker to cut ties when those investments don’t pay off.

Viola Davis has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning actor is being honored April 22 in an online ceremony that will include a roast, a discussion and a speech from Davis as she is presented with her ceremonial pudding pot. Because of the pandemic, the event will not include its traditional parade through Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Hasty Pudding award has been handed out annually since 1951 to people who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment. Previous winners include Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn and Helen Mirren.

The Biden administration says the U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome coronavirus mutations whose spread could trigger another pandemic wave. White House officials Friday unveiled a strategy featuring three components: a major funding boost for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments to ramp up gene-mapping of coronavirus samples; the creation of six “centers of excellence” partnerships with universities to conduct research and develop technologies for gene-based surveillance of pathogens; and building a data system to better share and analyze information on emerging disease threats. The effort relies on money approved by Congress as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief package.

More than 111 million Americans voted before Election Day in 2020. But Republicans are moving to make it harder for that to happen again. The GOP’s campaign to place new restrictions on mail-in and early in-person voting will force millions of voters to contend with new rules limiting what are popular and proven methods of casting ballots. Though it is difficult to forecast how exactly the changes will affect future turnout, critics argue they target a voting method that has had growing appeal for both Democrats and Republicans. The GOP says the changes are needed to ensure there's no fraudulent voting, though last year's election came off without any of the widespread fraud alleged by former President Donald Trump.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media on Friday after days of violent anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous. Sites including Twitter and Facebook were blocked for…