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Takeaways: AP investigation reveals Black people bear disproportionate impact of police force

Mar. 29, 2024 06:17 AM EDT

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Black people accounted for a disproportionate number of people who died after being restrained, beaten or shocked with stun guns by police officers in the United States, according to an investigation by The Associated Press. The investigation, led by AP with...

He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

Mar. 29, 2024 06:11 AM EDT

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. He was having a mental breakdown — and needed help. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his...

For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that

Mar. 29, 2024 06:07 AM EDT

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead. As Goodwin swept and dusted the...

Elton John and Bernie Taupin honored with prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

Mar. 21, 2024 12:40 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sir Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin were honored with the prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, making a point to underscore that their musical legacy is in harmony with their philanthropy, especially the Elton John AIDS Foundation. ...

What to stream this week: Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, 'Grey’s Anatomy' and MLB The Show 24

Mar. 15, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

The launch of season 20 of “Grey's Anatomy” and albums from Justin Timberlake and Kacey Musgraves are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’...

PBS tells a winding and forever love story with the series 'Alice & Jack'

Mar. 13, 2024 11:44 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Like most kids, Victor Levin was raised on fairy tales — and still resents it. Those stories in books, movies and TV that inevitably ended up with everyone happily ever after — and they seemed dishonest. “It’s nonsense,” says the writer-producer. “We...

Where to watch this year's Oscar-winning films online

Mar. 11, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

The Oscars are over and the winners are now on the books, but you're still behind on watching? No worries. Here's a guide on where to watch Sunday's triumphant, though nominees that missed out on a statuette are worthy, too. Think “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,”...

'20 Days in Mariupol' wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS' 'Frontline'

Mar. 11, 2024 11:56 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night. A joint production of The Associated Press and PBS' “Frontline,” the...

How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online

Mar. 01, 2024 22:53 PM EST

The winner in the Oscar race this year is “Oppenheimer” with 13 nominations, followed by the otherworldly “Poor Things” with 11 and the period epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10. This year's Oscars race come after a bruising 2023 that was marred by strikes and work...

State Dept. screens AP-PBS Ukraine war film days after 2-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion

Feb. 27, 2024 21:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday hosted a screening of the award-winning Associated Press-PBS “Frontline” Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” days after Ukraine marked the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Elizabeth...