Month: February 2022

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To combat slumping ratings, the Academy Awards are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight awards to be presented off-air during next month’s telecast. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President David Rubin wrote in a letter sent to members Tuesday about the change.

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press A top Southern Baptist committee has publicly apologized and agreed to a confidential financial settlement with a sexual abuse survivor. The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee chair made the announcement Tuesday during a meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. He says the committee “acknowledges its failure to adequately listen, protect and care

By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the Supreme Court. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition on anonymity. The White House on Tuesday reiterated that Biden remains on track to make a final

By ASHRAF KHALIL and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as the city prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week. The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the request from