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The San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy went on a journey from "Mr. Irrelevant" to football superstar.

This sci-fi movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once" led the nominations announced this morning for the 95th Academy Awards. Sequels to "Avatar" and "Top Gun" are also up for Best Picture Oscars.

Xi Jinping's allies and loyalists are expected to be installed in other key posts in the coming days, completing a sweeping power grab in China.

Oil giant BP will plead guilty to criminal misconduct related to the 2010 Gulf Oil spill. The settlement deal will also include the largest-ever penalty in a criminal case, $4.5 billion.

The Justice Department and the intelligence community say reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act, which expires at the end of the year, is their top national security priority. But an interesting mix of senators are sounding alarms about whether the government is secretly gathering too much information on innocent Americans, and keeping it for far too long. They cite a newly declassified letter that exposes an incident where even the Obama administration acknowledges it went too far.

University of California graduate students walked off the job this week. The nearly 50,000 striking academic workers are asking for better pay and benefits.

New owner Elon Musk moved swiftly to fire thousands, saying "unfortunately there is no choice" when Twitter is bleeding money. Critics called for an ad boycott.

China is holding its annual "two sessions", which will reshuffle leaders in top government jobs at a time of big challenges.

Environmental protection, gun control and access to abortion topped the list of priorities for the group.

Colombian paramilitary warlord Salvatore Mancuso completed a 12-year cocaine trafficking sentence in 2020 and has been been fighting extradition to Colombia ever since.

Minas, or layered matzo pies, are found in Jewish cuisine from Egypt to Turkey to the Isle of Rhodes. Sheets of stiff matzo crackers are softened with water until pliable, then layered with savory fillings and baked, yielding something akin to a Passover-friendly, Ottoman-inflected take on lasagna.

Americans' favorite way to eat leftover Thanksgiving turkey is in a sandwich the next day. But this time, think outside the bread: Try tucking turkey into quinoa salad, quesadillas or an egg scramble. Cranberries and mashed potatoes get a second life, too.

Taylor Sheesh, the Philippines' top Taylor Swift impersonator, has set out on her own tour across the country in a bid to get the global superstar's attention.

Food writer Susan Russo's mom often served the vegetable to family -- never to visitors who might not be acquainted with it. But times have changed. Broccoli rabe's appeal has grown -- and Russo recommends sharing it with family and friends. Just don't tell her mom.

The end of race-conscious admissions means universities will have to find race-neutral alternatives to diversify their student bodies. California, which already has a ban, has faced those challenges.

Republicans promise that the full Senate will vote on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court by early August. Jeff Sessions, the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Republican, has abandoned calls for a delay in the vote until September.

DC Central Kitchen, a charity organization, got its start 20 years ago this week by collecting leftover food from the inaugural balls of George H. W. Bush and giving it to the homeless. Now, the group's culinary arts students are doing some of the cooking for this year's inaugural festivities.

If you've had a slimy dining experience with this slender green vegetable, have no fear: Food writer Monica Bhide shares her grandmother's slime-busting tips, plus recipes that go beyond the traditional Southern fried fare.

C.S. Pacat's comic about rivalries and relationships in the overheated world of elite high school fencers stars a brash outsider up against a sleek yet surly prodigy at the top of his game.

Russia launched its biggest drone strike since the war began. Ukrainian officials say it mostly targeting the capital Kyiv. Ukraine's top commander hints a long-awaited counteroffensive is imminent.