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'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' is a box office smash

By Lindsey Bahr - AP Film Writer Audiences said let's go to the movie theater for " The Super Mario Bros. Movie " this weekend. The animated offering from Universal and Illumination powered up with $204.6 million in its first…

Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps,…

Court backs teacher firing over transgender students' names

By Kathleen Foody - The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana school district did not violate a former music teacher's rights by pushing him to resign after the man refused to use transgender students' names and gender pronouns, a…

US deploys guided-missile submarine amid tensions with Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward…

Police: 6 people wounded in shooting on South Carolina beach

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (AP) — Gunfire erupted on a South Carolina beach during a "senior skip day" event involving numerous teenagers Friday, wounding six people and prompting charges against two for unlawful possession of guns, police in South Carolina…

Officer Cottontail? Bunny joins police force. Fur real.

YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Meet Percy, the police rabbit. Yes, that's fur real. Some bunny — also known as Officer Ashley Carson — found a lost rabbit last year in the middle of Percy Avenue in Yuba City, California.…

US adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed's rate hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March, suggesting that the economy remains on solid footing despite the nine interest rate hikes the Federal Reserve has imposed over the past year in its drive to tame…

US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example,…

Was your home damaged in a tornado? Here's what to do next

Deadly storms in the past two weeks have unleashed dozens of tornadoes in the United States, mainly in the South and Midwest, killing at least 63 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes. This year's early severe weather, especially…