JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named the uproarious class satire "Parasite" the year's best picture and its maker, Bong Joon Ho, best director.
The critics group convened Sunday in Los Angeles and announced their awards on Twitter, a few days after their New York counterparts chose "The Irishman" as their best...
JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Almost hidden among the throngs of demonstrators who marched in Hong Kong on Sunday was one woman who crawled, literally on hands and knees on the rough road surface — an apt metaphor for the arduous path traveled by Hong Kong's protest movement in the past six months.
Dragging bricks and empty soda...
TIM SULLIVAN
Associated Press
It's whispered in NATO meeting rooms and celebrated in China's halls of power. It's lamented in the capital cities of key U.S. allies and welcomed in the Kremlin.
Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, America's global influence is waning. In interviews with The Associated Press, diplomats, foreign officials and scholars from numerous countries describe a changing world...
JAMES MacPHERSON
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him to the American Midwest and left him eternally grateful to the country that took him in.
"I am an American citizen, a North Dakotan," said Panchol, a 38-year-old father of four. "And without...
SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral.
Add to that flights to Paris, Rome, Vancouver and elsewhere. All told,...
KELLI KENNEDY
Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — 3D-printed cocktails, a traffic jam sculpture made of hundreds of tons of sand and more celebrity sightings than a Kardashian Christmas party were all part of over-the-top festivities during the week of Art Basel Miami, but it was a banana that stole the show.
The most talked-about artwork of the week was titled "Comedian"...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat said Sunday that congressional leaders have reached a "real breakthrough" deal to give 12 weeks of paid parental leave to millions of federal workers as part of the annual defense policy bill.
Sen. Charles Schumer said the agreement over the National Defense Authorization Act was reached late Friday night and a vote...
MEG KINNARD
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she believes Americans are ready for a presidential ticket with two women at the top, rejecting concerns from some Democrats that a woman can't beat President Donald Trump.
"Sure, why not?" the Democratic presidential candidate told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of a town hall campaign event...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Following an unprecedented series of wildfires across California, overtime costs for firefighters surged by 65% over the past decade, pushing annual wages to nearly $5 billion, according to a newspaper analysis published Sunday.
With overtime, firefighters are among the best-paid workers in California government, in some cases earning sums that rival their commanders, according to state...
HOCKEY
Dube helps Flames beat Kings 4-3 to stay perfect under Ward
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dillon Dube has made a big impact on the Calgary Flames' since being called up from the minors three weeks ago. He's also helped Milan Lucic turn his season around.
Dube and Lucic each had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames beat the...