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Police officers gather outside the Kyoto District Court in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, ahead of the sentencing hearing for Shinji Aoba, who has confessed to a deadly arson attack in July 2019 on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio. Aoba was convicted of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out the shocking arson attack on the anime studio that killed 36 people and drew an outpouring of grief from anime fans worldwide. (Miki Matsuzaki/Kyodo News via AP)

Death sentence for man convicted of fatal Japanese anime studio fire

36 people died after Shinji Aoba set Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio ablaze in 2019

Police officers gather outside the Kyoto District Court in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, ahead of the sentencing hearing for Shinji Aoba, who has confessed to a deadly arson attack in July 2019 on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio. Aoba was convicted of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out the shocking arson attack on the anime studio that killed 36 people and drew an outpouring of grief from anime fans worldwide. (Miki Matsuzaki/Kyodo News via AP)
FILE - Diane Warren arrives at the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Beyond the nominees: a look at some of the less obvious Oscar stories

Jodie Foster’s back, ‘Barbie’ brings novel numbers and other Oscar nomination facts and figures

FILE - Diane Warren arrives at the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Police walk as heavy snow falls on the 21st day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Judge calls Emergencies Act use in Freedom Convoy protests unreasonable

Federal court rules invocation of the act led to the infringement of constitutional rights

Police walk as heavy snow falls on the 21st day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A replica of the Academy Awards statuette on display prior to the 96th Academy Awards nominations announcement on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 96th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

‘Oppenheimer’ tops list of Oscar hopefuls with 13 nominations

‘Barbie’ nominated 8 times, but no best director nod for Gerwig

A replica of the Academy Awards statuette on display prior to the 96th Academy Awards nominations announcement on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 96th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
FILE - Actor and former WWE Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson participates in a Wrestlemania XXVII press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 in New York. It is a name that has become almost synonymous with professional wrestling but its bearer, Dwayne Johnson, has never legally owned “The Rock.” That will change under a new agreement with the WWE under whichJohnson will also join the board of TKO Group, the sports and entertainment company that houses WWE and UFC.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Dwayne Johnson is ‘The Rock’ — gets legal rights to his synonymous nickname

Actor gets rights as part of a struck a deal to join the board of WWE/UFC organization

FILE - Actor and former WWE Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson participates in a Wrestlemania XXVII press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 in New York. It is a name that has become almost synonymous with professional wrestling but its bearer, Dwayne Johnson, has never legally owned “The Rock.” That will change under a new agreement with the WWE under whichJohnson will also join the board of TKO Group, the sports and entertainment company that houses WWE and UFC.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
Trevor Noah, winner of the award for outstanding variety talk series for “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” poses in the press room during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

SZA leads with 9 nominations for this year’s Grammy awards

Here are the liner notes annual music industry awards gala looms on the calendar

Trevor Noah, winner of the award for outstanding variety talk series for “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” poses in the press room during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘America does not do coronations’: Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march

New Hampshire primary nears with U.S. Republican nomination choices whittled to two

Former President Donald Trump leaves his apartment building in New York, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A man holds a sign calling for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas militants to Gaza during the Oct. 7th attack, during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 25,000 as the war divides Israelis

The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has…

A man holds a sign calling for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas militants to Gaza during the Oct. 7th attack, during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Migrants pick up clothes as mutual aid groups distribute food and clothes under cold weather near the Migrant Assistance Center at St. Brigid Elementary School, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Brutally cold weather reaches deep into lower U.S., causing dozens of deaths

Temperatures dropping below zero as far south as Texas and Florida

Migrants pick up clothes as mutual aid groups distribute food and clothes under cold weather near the Migrant Assistance Center at St. Brigid Elementary School, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Ashton Colby holds a box that contains two vials of Testosterone Cypionate Injection in his apartment bathroom in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. Colby, 31, fears the clinic where he gets the testosterone he has taken since age 19 would no longer offer it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ohio poised to become 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults

The policies focused on care for adults come in draft administrative rules released this month

Ashton Colby holds a box that contains two vials of Testosterone Cypionate Injection in his apartment bathroom in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. Colby, 31, fears the clinic where he gets the testosterone he has taken since age 19 would no longer offer it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
FILE - This aerial photo shows part of the Bonanza Creek Ranch film set in Santa Fe, N.M., Oct. 23, 2021. A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Grand jury indicts Baldwin in fatal shooting on movie set in New Mexico

Defense attorneys for Baldwin indicated they’ll fight the charge

FILE - This aerial photo shows part of the Bonanza Creek Ranch film set in Santa Fe, N.M., Oct. 23, 2021. A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

2 British warships collide in Middle East port; no injuries reported

The 2 minehunters have been based in the Middle East to help protect merchant vessels

This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)
FILE - A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a send off for the team, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Va. The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly all — of the outlet’s staff after its license to use the iconic brand’s name in print and digital was revoked. In an email to employees Friday morning, Jan. 19, 2024, the Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated and related properties, said that Authentic Brands Group has revoked its marketing license. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Sports Illustrated to lay off most or all its staff

News revealed in letter to employees after license to use its iconic brand name was revoked

FILE - A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a send off for the team, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Va. The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly all — of the outlet’s staff after its license to use the iconic brand’s name in print and digital was revoked. In an email to employees Friday morning, Jan. 19, 2024, the Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated and related properties, said that Authentic Brands Group has revoked its marketing license. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2022. But later in April 2023, the spacecraft from a Japanese company apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon. Japan now hopes to make the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in the Cold War-era space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Japan aiming for precision as it is about to land on the moon

Country looks to make pinpoint touchdown early Saturday to become the 5th nation on the moon

FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2022. But later in April 2023, the spacecraft from a Japanese company apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon. Japan now hopes to make the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in the Cold War-era space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Majiah Washington speaks to members of the media before a news conference at the Portland Fire & Rescue headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm. Washington, who saw the incident unfold through her window, rushed outside to grab the baby from one of the people lying in the street to save its life. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

U.S. teen braves slick street, live wire to rescue baby from electrocution

Baby survives Oregon ice storm tragedy after power line falls on SUV

Majiah Washington speaks to members of the media before a news conference at the Portland Fire & Rescue headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm. Washington, who saw the incident unfold through her window, rushed outside to grab the baby from one of the people lying in the street to save its life. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
This image released by Universal Pictures shows, clockwise from left, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Nathalie Emmanuel, Vin Diesel, Leo Abelo Perry, Rita Morena, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson in a scene from “Fast X.” (Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures via AP)

What to stream: Mamoa goes travelling, ‘Fast’ franchise gets even louder

A look at what’s new for your entertainment pleasure this week

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, clockwise from left, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Nathalie Emmanuel, Vin Diesel, Leo Abelo Perry, Rita Morena, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson in a scene from “Fast X.” (Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures via AP)
A worker from PG&E works on restoring power to the area after a storm on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

3 dead, baby injured after power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm

It is believed the victims were electrocuted after they got out of the vehicle

A worker from PG&E works on restoring power to the area after a storm on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Justin Brooks works on clearing trees that fell around his home on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

People told to stay of roads as ice storm grips American Pacific Northwest

Parts of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon remain under warning

Justin Brooks works on clearing trees that fell around his home on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Toronto Raptors' Pascal Siakam (43) drives at Cleveland Cavaliers' Max Strus during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. The Raptors traded Siakam to the Indiana Pacers Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Siakam Indiana-bound as the Raptors make big deal with the Pacers

Trio of first round picks headed Toronto’s way in NBA deal

Toronto Raptors' Pascal Siakam (43) drives at Cleveland Cavaliers' Max Strus during first half NBA basketball action in Toronto, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. The Raptors traded Siakam to the Indiana Pacers Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A worker carries a bucketfull of disinfectant at a cholera treatment centre, in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Jan 12, 2024. The country is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. (AP Photo)

More than 400 dead as Zambia reels under cholera outbreak

Nation of about 20 million people has been recording more than 400 cases a day

A worker carries a bucketfull of disinfectant at a cholera treatment centre, in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Jan 12, 2024. The country is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. (AP Photo)