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Olympia Dukakis, actress of stage and screen and Oscar winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ dies at 89, her agent says.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Olympia Dukakis, actress of stage and screen and Oscar winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ dies at 89, her agent says. Categories: AP National News

AP Week in Pictures: Global

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APRIL 24 – 30, 2021 From priests holding palm fonds during a Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem, to COVID-19 patients receiving oxygen inside a car provided by a Sikh house of worship in India, and a jockey riding his horse back to the barns ahead of the Kentucky Derby, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made…

76,000 California inmates to be released earlier as state trims prison population

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — 76,000 California inmates to be released earlier as state trims prison population. Categories: AP National News

Reports: Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur, has died. He was 87.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reports: Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur, has died. He was 87. Categories: AP National News

The Latest: Canada puts J&J vaccine rollout plans on hold

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OTTAWA, Ontario — Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Canada next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the ingredients in 15 million doses bound for the U.S. market. The Emergent Biosolutions facility in Baltimore was recently cited…

Venezuela frees 6 American oil executives, places them under house arrest in goodwill gesture to Biden

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MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela frees 6 American oil executives, places them under house arrest in goodwill gesture to Biden. Categories: AP National News

Judge orders Columbus police to alter tactics for protests

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A federal judge has ordered police in Ohio’s capital city to stop using nonlethal force such as tear gas on nonviolent protesters who aren’t harming people or destroying property. Lawyers had sued Columbus last year on behalf of people who alleged they were injured in clashes with police in late May and early June. Judge Algenon Marbley on Friday called the case a “sad tale” of police officers running amok. He also ordered police to stop using the infliction of pain to punish or deter nonviolent protestors. The mayor says the circumstances last summer were “extraordinary” but that the ruling tells the city it “fell short” in responding.

White House: On advice of CDC, US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 due to COVID-19 surge

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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: On advice of CDC, US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 due to COVID-19 surge. Categories: AP National News

Consumer spending climbs solid 4.2% in March while incomes soar 21.1%, good signs for future economic growth

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer spending climbs solid 4.2% in March while incomes soar 21.1%, good signs for future economic growth. Categories: AP National News

The Latest: Wash. state alters vaccine system as demand ebbs

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state is changing the way it allocates coronavirus vaccine as demand for the shots declines in some places. Previously the state doled out supplies to counties proportionate to their populations. But Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday that the amounts now will be based on requests from health care providers. Inslee said: “It is a terrible thing…