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FILE - A grill-roasted brined turkey is presented on a table in Concord, N.H. Turkey is the center of most Thanksgiving meals, but it’s important to handle raw poultry properly to avoid spreading bacteria that can send your guests home with an unwanted side of food poisoning. (AP Photo/Larry Crowe, File)

Gathering again? Tips for a safe and healthy Thanksgiving

After two years of a pandemic lull, more friends and families will be gathering again this Thanksgiving. The American Automobile Association predicts that travel in the U.S. will be nearly back to … more

By JONEL ALECCIA | 11/22/22

This image released by A24 Films shows, from left, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in a scene from, "Everything Everywhere All At Once." (Allyson Riggs/A24 Films via AP)

'Everything Everywhere All At Once' leads Spirit Award noms

The multiverse hopping adventure film “Everything Everywhere All At Once” led the nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The film received nods for best feature, best director, best … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 11/22/22

In this photo provided by Shanti Bhavan Children's Project, "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, center, is greeted by students at the boarding school Shanti Bhavan in Tamil Nadu, India, on a visit in 2012. (Courtesy of Shanti Bhavan Children's Project via AP)

Q&A: Padma Lakshmi donates to provide equal opportunities

Padma Lakshmi’s career is filled with highlights, from creating the Hulu series “Taste the Nation” to hosting “Top Chef” to writing a best-selling memoir and numerous cookbooks. But one of … more

By GLENN GAMBOA | 11/22/22

A once-abandoned cotton gin factory that is being renovated into apartments stands beside Autauga Creek in Prattville, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The factory's history is tied up in slavery, and the project demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S. history. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

A construction project in Alabama demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S. history in 2022. What was once the world's largest cotton gin factory is being renovated into apartments. … more

By JAY REEVES | 11/22/22

A worker secures a damaged SUV to a flatbed tow truck outside an Apple store, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Hingham, Mass. At least one person was killed and multiple others were injured Monday when the SUV crashed into the store, authorities said. The crash left a large hole in the glass front of the building. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Man charged with reckless homicide in Apple store crash

Authorities say a man is being charged with reckless homicide after crashing his SUV through the front window of an Apple store in Massachusetts. Monday's crash in Hingham, southeast of Boston, … more

11/22/22

People walk by monitors showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index, left, and the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Hobbled by high interest rates, punishing inflation and Russia's war against Ukraine, the world economy is expected to eke out only modest growth this year and to expand even more tepidly in 2023. That was the sobering forecast issued Tuesday Nov. 22, 2023 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In the OECD's estimation, the world economy will grow just 3.1% this year, down sharply from a robust 5.9% in 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

OECD forecast: High rates, inflation to slow world growth

Hobbled by high interest rates, punishing inflation and Russia’s war against Ukraine, the world economy is expected to eke out only modest growth this year and to expand even more tepidly in 2023. … more

By PAUL WISEMAN | 11/22/22

Robert McRuer, and Santy Rodelo, right, both of Washington, embrace during a candlelight vigil held in Dupont Circle, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Washington, in memory of the victims of a gunman who opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle inside a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving 25 injured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrested by police. "I teach LGBTQ studies at George Washington University," says McRuer, "and there are more LGBTQ students each year, it's important that we save those lives." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Veteran among those thanked for stopping gunman at gay club

Colorado Springs police is crediting two men for subduing a gunman at a gay club on Saturday night and saving lives in the process. Police Chief Adrian Vasquez on Monday identified Richard Fierro and … more

By SAM METZ | 11/21/22

Musician Ryan Cassata reads the name of 28-year-old victim Daniel Davis Aston, a bartender killed at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the Transgender Day of Remembrance event in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday night, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mother, friends, performers among dead at Colorado gay club

The five people who were killed at a gay club in Colorado are being remembered as loving parents, enthusiastic performers and longtime patrons who cherished Club Q as a safe haven for members of the … more

By SAM METZ, JAMIE STENGLE and STEPHEN GROVES | 11/21/22

FILE - Lainie Kazan attends the premiere of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" in New York on March 15, 2016. Kazan appears in the 1982 film "My Favorite Year," which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

'My Favorite Year,' comic salute to TV's golden age, hits 40

A movie that takes a fond look back at the original golden age of TV has reached a milestone. “My Favorite Year" is marking its 40th anniversary. Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker star in the … more

By LYNN ELBER | 11/21/22

FILE - A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2010. Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in Florida should once again be listed as an endangered species, environmental groups said in a petition Monday, Nov, 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Endangered status sought for manatees as hundreds starve

Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in Florida should once again be listed as an endangered species. Environmental groups said Monday in a petition filed … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 11/21/22

This illustration provided by Tel Aviv University depicts hominins preparing Luciobarbus longiceps fish on the shores of the ancient lake Lake Hula. A recent study found the oldest evidence of using fire to cook, dating back to 780,000 years ago. (Ella Maru/Tel Aviv University via AP)

How cooking food and gathering for feasts made us human

If you're cooking or eating a special dinner this week, you have something in common with our ancient human ancestors. A recent study found the oldest evidence of using fire to cook, dating back to … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 11/21/22

Cars drive through blowing, drifting snow on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg in Erie County, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Mark Mulville/The Buffalo News via AP)

Biden sending federal aid as NY digs out from huge snowstorm

President Joe Biden is sending federal aid to western New York to help state and local authorities clean up from the massive storm that dumped as much as 6 feet of snow in western and northern New … more

11/21/22

This screengrab from NASA TV shows NASA's Orion capsule, left, nearing the moon, right, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. At center is earth. (NASA via AP)

NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit

NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the back side and passing within about 80 miles. The close approach occurred Monday as the crew capsule and its three test dummies were on … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 11/21/22

This undated photo provided by Jeff Aston, shows his son Daniel Aston. Daniel Aston was one of five people killed when a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Saturday night, Nov. 19, 2022. (Courtesy of Jeff Aston via AP)

‘Master of Silly Business’ among 5 dead in Colorado shooting

Daniel Aston would let loose on a typical night at the Club Q in Colorado Springs as a bartender and entertainer, sliding across the stage on all fours. The venue provided Aston, a 28-year-old … more

By JESSE BEDAYN | 11/21/22

Colorado Springs police, the FBI and others investigate the scene of a shooting at Club Q on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo. An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday night. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

The suspect in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb last year. Yet despite that scare, there’s no record police or relatives tried to … more

By BERNARD CONDON and COLLEEN SLEVIN | 11/20/22

Officers investigate a homicide at an apartment complex south of the University of Idaho campus on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Four people were found dead on King Road near the campus, according to a city of Moscow news release issued Sunday afternoon. (Zach Wilkinson/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

Idaho police seek surveillance video after stabbing deaths

Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept in a house near campus are asking for outside surveillance video. The Moscow Police Department late … more

By KEITH RIDLER | 11/20/22

Law enforcement continue their investigation of a deadly overnight shooting at Coronado Hall on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Police: Shooting involved students from 2 New Mexico schools

Authorities say a New Mexico State University student-athlete was involved in the fatal shooting of a student from the University of New Mexico hours before the scheduled tipoff of a basketball game … more

11/20/22

FILE - Brazil Central Bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn speaks at the forum Flexible Inflation Targeting: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings on April 18, 2018, in Washington. Latin American governments have selected Goldfajn to lead the region's largest development bank in the wake of a misconduct probe that led to the firing of the previous president, a former Trump official accused of carrying on an intimate relationship with his chief of staff. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Brazilian economist will lead regional development bank

Latin American governments have selected Brazilian economist Ilan Goldfajn to lead the region’s largest development bank. It follows a misconduct probe that led to the firing of the previous … more

11/20/22

This image released by Marvel Studios shows, from left, Dorothy Steel as Merchant Tribe Elder, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, and Danai Gurira as Okoye in a scene from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." (Marvel Studios via AP)

'Wakanda Forever' extends reign, 'She Said' struggles

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” extended its box-office reign in its second week of release with $67 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. “She Said,” … more

By JAKE COYLE | 11/20/22

Ahmed Osman shovels his walk on the West Side, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y. Residents of northern New York state are digging out from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped nearly 6 feet of snow in some areas and caused three deaths. The Buffalo metro area was hit hard, with some areas south of the city receiving more than 5 feet by early Saturday. (Libby March /The Buffalo News via AP)

Parts of NY dig out after potentially 'historic' snowfall

Parts of New York are finally catching a break after a storm dumped snow for days on cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Many businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed … more

By MAYSOON KHAN | 11/20/22