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This image released by Neon shows director Ava DuVernay, center, on the set of “Origin.” (Atsushi Nishijima/Neon via AP)

REVIEW: Origin surprising, powerful and anything but obvious

Keynote work of American non-fiction reworked into bold narrative film

This image released by Neon shows director Ava DuVernay, center, on the set of “Origin.” (Atsushi Nishijima/Neon via AP)
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, William, the Prince of Wales, Prince Louis and Mia Tindall arrive to attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Kate hospitalized for surgery, King Charles III to have prostate treatment

Palace confirms Kate’s condition is non-cancerous, Charles’ condition benign

Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, William, the Prince of Wales, Prince Louis and Mia Tindall arrive to attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Jeremy Allen White arrives at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

‘The Bear’, ‘Succession’ emerge as big winners during 75th anniversary Emmys

Quinta Brunson first Black woman to win best comedy actress award in more than 40 years

Jeremy Allen White arrives at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Columbus Blue Jackets’ Jake Bean, left, tries to clear the puck as Vancouver Canucks’ Conor Garland defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Marchenko nets shootout winner, Blue Jackets edge Canucks 4-3

Vancouver sees 5-game winning streak end

Columbus Blue Jackets’ Jake Bean, left, tries to clear the puck as Vancouver Canucks’ Conor Garland defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Anthony Anderson appears during a press preview day for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. The awards show honoring excellence in American television programming will be held on Monday. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

‘Succession’ and ‘Last of Us’ vie for top awards in unusual Emmys

Actor Martin Short, producer Susan Coyne among Canadians up for Emmy awards

Anthony Anderson appears during a press preview day for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. The awards show honoring excellence in American television programming will be held on Monday. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Missile hits U.S.-owned vessel vessel of Yemen coast

Suspicion falls on Iranian-backed Houthis in wake of ongoing attacks on shipping

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Much of the US struggles under severe winter weather

Parts of the country could see temperatures drop 25 to 40 degrees below normal

A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024. A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall on the region over a 24- plus hour period. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump tells Iowa Republicans their votes can help him punish his enemies

Former president hoping to represent Republican Party once again in 2024 election

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, center, and Palestinian assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi, right, address the media outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The United Nations’ top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Genocide case against Israel: Where does the world stand on the allegations?

No Western country has declared support for South Africa’s claim, but about 50 other nations have

South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, center, and Palestinian assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi, right, address the media outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The United Nations’ top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
People attend a 24 hour rally calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Sunday marks 100 days of war between Israel and Hamas, after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 others hostage. In the Gaza Strip, health authorities say the death toll already has eclipsed 23,000 people. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Fire from Lebanon kills 2 Israelis as Israel-Hamas war marks 100th day

Two civilians were killed in northern Israel on Sunday after an anti-tank…

People attend a 24 hour rally calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Sunday marks 100 days of war between Israel and Hamas, after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 others hostage. In the Gaza Strip, health authorities say the death toll already has eclipsed 23,000 people. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in its first missile launch this year, as the North is expected to further raise regional animosities in an election year for its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea launches suspected missile that can reach distant U.S. bases

Experts say North Korea could use such tests to influence outcomes of elections in South Korea and U.S.

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, in its first missile launch this year, as the North is expected to further raise regional animosities in an election year for its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Buffalo Sabres right wing Tage Thompson (72) and Vancouver Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes (43) battle for position in front of the net during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Demko makes 26 saves as red-hot Canucks blank Sabres 1-0 in Buffalo

Vancouver has won five consecutive road games

Buffalo Sabres right wing Tage Thompson (72) and Vancouver Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes (43) battle for position in front of the net during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
FILE -The Beatles from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon (with Ringo Starr on drums) perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. The Television Academy, which presents the Emmy Awards, announced on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, what it calls the top 75 moments in television history ahead of the ceremony’s 75th edition, being held on Monday, Jan. 15. (AP Photo/File)

Emmys celebrate top 75 moments in TV history in 75th anniversary show

Annual TV awards show is being broadcast live from Los Angeles on Monday

FILE -The Beatles from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon (with Ringo Starr on drums) perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. The Television Academy, which presents the Emmy Awards, announced on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, what it calls the top 75 moments in television history ahead of the ceremony’s 75th edition, being held on Monday, Jan. 15. (AP Photo/File)
Vancouver Canucks’ Ilya Mikheyev (65) collides with Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jake Guentzel (59) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Mikheyev was called for interference. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Elias Pettersson’s OT winner lifts Canucks to 4-3 win over Penguins

Vancouver has won four straight games on road trip

Vancouver Canucks’ Ilya Mikheyev (65) collides with Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jake Guentzel (59) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Mikheyev was called for interference. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Cillian Murphy in a scene from “Oppenheimer.” (Universal Pictures via AP)

SAG Awards nominate ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ snub DiCaprio

Barbra Streisand will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Cillian Murphy in a scene from “Oppenheimer.” (Universal Pictures via AP)
Shark deaths due to fishing have increased in recent years despite an international effort to reduce the harvesting of their fins, according to a new study that included contributions from Canadian researchers. A white shark swims across a sandbar, off the Massachusetts’s coast of Cape Cod, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Phil Marcelo

Shark deaths tied to fishing still climbing despite shark-fin crackdown

Global fishing-related shark deaths rose to 80 million per year from 76 million from 2012 to 2019

Shark deaths due to fishing have increased in recent years despite an international effort to reduce the harvesting of their fins, according to a new study that included contributions from Canadian researchers. A white shark swims across a sandbar, off the Massachusetts’s coast of Cape Cod, on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Phil Marcelo
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

Afghan arrests of women for dress code violations drawing UN attention

‘Detentions carry an enormous stigma that put Afghan women at even greater risk’

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
Inmates stand on the top of Turi jail during a prisoner riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. On Monday, President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in places like prisons. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)

Ecuador comes to standstill after gunmen take over live TV broadcast

President designates 20 drug-trafficking gangs as terrorist groups, calls for military response

Inmates stand on the top of Turi jail during a prisoner riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. On Monday, President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in places like prisons. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick watches from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Patriots, Belichick going their separate ways after 24 years, 6 Super Bowls

Belichick just the 3rd coach in NFL history to reach 300 career regular-season wins

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick watches from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Alabama head coach Nick Saban reacts after running back Jase McClellan (2) scored a touchdown during the second half of the Rose Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game against Michigan Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Nick Saban steps down in Alabama after 7 national college titles

Coach retiring after 17 seasons of making the Crimson Tide a college football powerhouse

Alabama head coach Nick Saban reacts after running back Jase McClellan (2) scored a touchdown during the second half of the Rose Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game against Michigan Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)