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New Orleans Police Chief Shaun Ferguson, center, updates the media on the investigation of a shooting at George Washington Carver High School where a law enforcement officer was fatally shot as a basketball game was being played in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Officer fatally shot outside New Orleans high school game

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Lady Gaga's dogs recovered safely after theft, shooting

Officer fatally shot outside New Orleans high school game

House nears relief bill passage; Dems mull wage hike rescue

Myanmar's UN envoy dramatically opposes coup in his country

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

This image released by Amazon Studios shows Maria Bakalova, left, and Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from

Breakout 'Borat' star Maria Bakalova conquers Hollywood

A member of the International Organization for Migration takes a child's temperature before crossing the border into El Paso, Texas at the Leona Vicario shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country as they wait for courts to decide on their cases, unwinding one of the Trump administration's signature immigration policies that President Joe Biden vowed to end. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border

From left, fire Truck Captain Jeane Barrett, firefighter paramedic Sally Ortega, engine probationary firefighter Cole Gomoll, Battalion Chief Dean Douty, and Engine Captain Joe Pe�a, all first responders from Los Angeles County Fire Department - Station 106, pose for a photo at their station Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif, a suburb of Los Angeles. The crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash involving golfer Tiger Woods on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LA firefighters rely on ax, luck to free Woods from crash

A man holds a portrait of late Vichar Ratanapakdee, left, a 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand, who was violently shoved to the ground in a deadly attack in San Francisco, during a community rally to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence and racist attitudes, in response to the string of violent racist attacks against Asians during the pandemic, held at Los Angeles Historic Park near the Chinatown district in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In latest attack on Asians, woman dragged by car in robbery

A firefighter battles a fire at a commercial yard in Compton, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in a commercial yard and parked buses early Friday. The inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed what appeared to be stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Fire visible across Los Angeles burns commercial yard, buses

FILE - This file booking photo provided by the El Paso County, Colo., Sheriff's Office shows Richard Holzer, who was arrested on Nov. 1, 2019. Holzer, now 28, was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, for plotting to bomb the Colorado synagogue last year, by a judge who described the case as

Man gets nearly 20 years for Colorado synagogue bomb plot

Europe

An elderly woman receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a sports hall in Ricany, Czech Republic, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. With new infections soaring due to a highly contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit countries in the European Union is facing inevitable: a tighter lockdown. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs impose the tightest lockdown amid UK variant surge

Armenia's political tensions still high after PM's coup talk

Opposition demonstrators warm themselves at a fire as they rally to pressure Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign in the center of Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Armenia has been gripped by a political crisis with the opposition demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and some opposition activists put up tents outside the government headquarters to raise pressure on Pashinyan. (Hrant Khachatryan/PAN Photo via AP)

WFP: Security protocols, leaks a focus of Congo probe

United Nations peacekeepers recover bodies from an area near the site where a U.N. convoy was attacked in Nyiragongo, North Kivu province, Congo, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Luca Attanasio, Italian ambassador to the Congo, an Italian Carabineri bodyguard and a Congolese driver were killed in the area that is home to myriad rebel groups, according to the Foreign Ministry and local people. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)

Ex-Scottish leader testifies as sex case tears party apart

Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond makes his opening statement to a committee of the Scottish parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh, Friday Feb. 26, 2021. Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond will lay out his belief that his successor tried to damage his reputation through an unfair probe of sexual harassment allegations when he appears before lawmakers Friday in a case that is tearing apart the country's biggest political party. (Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP

Russian diplomats hand-push trolley over North Korea border

In this image taken from a video released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, a group of Russian diplomats push hand-pushed rail trolley with their children and suitcases to the border with Russia. A group of Russian diplomats and their family members returned to Russia from North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley on Thursday because of COVID-19 restrictions in the country, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a Facebook post. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

North Macedonia: Clashes at protest over terror convictions

A protestor throws a stone at the police during a protest in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Several hundred people, including relatives of convicted in a recent court verdict on the fishermen murder, have clashed with strong police forces on Friday, with reports of injured police officers. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Dutch poet declines assignment to translate Gorman's works

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Thousands protest opposition leader's arrest in Georgia

Georgian opposition activists attend a rally in support of the United National Movement party leader Nika Melia in center Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. The rally came after police stormed on Tuesday the headquarters of the United National Movement and arrested its chairman, lawmaker Nika Melia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 file photo, a sign in the interior of the NHS vaccination centre in Robertson House, Stevenage, England. An Italian man living in Berlin has on Friday Feb. 26, 2021 been convicted of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds ($13.2 million) in crypto currency. Defendant Emil A., whose last name wasn't given in line with German privacy laws, was sentenced to three years in prison.(Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Middle East

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden meet with troops at a FEMA COVID-19 mass vaccination site at NRG Stadium, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden: Strikes in Syria sent warning to Iran to 'be careful'

Report questions claim Palestinian was shot in self-defense

FILE - In this June 23, 2020, file photo, Israeli policemen stand around the body of a Palestinian at a checkpoint near Jerusalem. Israeli police previously said that Ahmed Erekat, a 27-year-old print shop owner, rammed his car into a checkpoint in a terrorist attack and later died of wounds following gunfire from police. Earlier this week, Forensic Architecture, a London-based group that investigates state violence, and Palestinian human rights group Al Haq said its analysis raises major questions in the Israeli army's claim about Ahmad's killing and calls for further investigation. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. A U.S. airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria appears to be a message to Tehran delivered by a new American administration still figuring out its approach to the Middle East. Kirby said the operation in Boukamal, Syria, sends an unambiguous message:

2 US Navy warships in Mideast hit by coronavirus outbreaks

In this Feb. 15, 2014, photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea leaves Naval Station Mayport in Mayport, Florida. Two U.S. Navy warships operating in the Mideast have been affected by the coronavirus, authorities said Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, with one already at port in Bahrain and another heading to port. The Philippine Sea will head to a port that the Navy declined to name over

Libya's new PM delays naming Cabinet as deadline looms

Prime Minister designate Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 in Tripoli, Libya. Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah was set to announce his Cabinet and send it to Libya's House of Representatives for approval. Instead, Dbeibah told reporters he only shared with Libyan lawmakers proposed guidelines for the selection of Cabinet members and an outline of his priorities in the coming period. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Israeli plan to share vaccines frozen by legal questions

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks to the media during a visit to the Fitness gym ahead of the re-opening of the branch in Petah Tikva, Israel. Israel's attorney general says a plan by Netanyahu to ship surplus coronavirus vaccines to diplomatic allies has been frozen. In a statement, Thursday, Feb. 25, the attorney general says he's conducting a legal review in response to queries from various officials. (AP Photo/Tal Shahar, Yediot Ahronot, Pool, File)

Qatar to pour $60 million into new Israel-Gaza gas pipeline

FILE - This Dec. 18, 2020 file photo shows an empty main road in Gaza City. Qatar pledged $60 million on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, to help construct a natural gas pipeline running from Israel into the Gaza Strip, the Qatari government said, a project that aims to ease the energy crisis that long has afflicted the impoverished Palestinian enclave. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Bahrain becomes 1st nation to grant J&J shot emergency use

FILE - This Dec. 2, 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration's scientists confirmed that overall, it's about 66% effective and also said J&J's shot, one that could help speed vaccinations by requiring just one dose instead of two, is safe to use. (Johnson & Johnson via AP)

Bahrain: Crown prince calls Israel PM on Iran nuclear talks

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attends an event in Manama, Bahrain. The crown prince spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, about the return to nuclear talks with Iran, Bahrain's state-run news agency reported, as the U.S. administration tries to revive the tattered 2015 nuclear accord. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Asia

A nurse fills a syringe with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the National Medical Center vaccination center in Seoul Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (Song Kyung-Seok/Pool Photo via AP)

Asia Today: S. Korea allows workers to squeeze extra doses

People walk by a SoftBank shop in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Japanese telecommunications and technology conglomerate Softbank Group Corp. reported Monday a whopping 1.17 trillion yen ($11 billion) profit for the October-December quarter as its investments rose in value(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

SoftBank says deal reached with WeWork founder, directors

Demonstrators clash with police as they protest the death in prison of a writer who was arrested on charges of violating the sweeping digital security, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, was arrested in Dhaka in May last year for making comments on social media that criticized the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He had been denied bail at least six times. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladeshis protest prison death of commentator

A man wearing a face mask pushes a wheel barrow past parked trucks in Navi Mumbai, India, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's economy expands 0.4% in Oct.-Dec., ending recession

Afghans attend funeral of the family members of journalist Bismillah Adil Aimaq, who was shot dead in an unclaimed attack nearby Ghor on Jan. 1, in in Ghor, western Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Gunmen stormed the family home late Thursday and killed three and wounded at least five more of the family. (AP Photo)

Officials: Attack targets Afghan reporter's family, kills 3

An injured protester is escorted as police tried to disperse a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo)

Myanmar protesters injured as police escalate use of force

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House nears relief bill passage; Dems mull wage hike rescue

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Pelosi is flanked by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., left, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 file photo, the morning sun is seen through a blanket of smog on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. A United Nations report released on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, finds the countries of the world are not promising to do enough carbon-cutting to keep global warming from hitting dangerous levels. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Water near Arizona Air Force base is tainted in latest case

FILE - In this April 14, 1999, file photo, F-16 Fighting Falcons sit on the tarmac at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz. The U.S. Air Force says it will be distributing bottled water until at least April to thousands of residents and business owners near Luke Air Force Base in suburban Phoenix in the latest case of fire firefighting foam from a military base contaminating a nearby community's water supply. (AP Photo/Ken Levine, File)

COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, left, works beside Vice President Mike Pence during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Shortly afterward, the Capitol was stormed by rioters determined to disrupt the certification. MacDonough has guided the Senate through two impeachment trials, vexed Democrats and Republicans alike with parliamentary opinions and helped rescue Electoral College certificates from a pro-Trump mob ransacking the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

European court: governments must prove climate change effort

Pairs of shoes with messages about environment protection are placed by activists evenly spaced over a square in Lisbon during a global climate protest, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

At divided time, Ohio unites behind statue of John Glenn

FILE- In this June 18, 1963 file photo astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, posing before a Project Mercury tracking station at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A panel is scheduled to vote Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, on bringing a statue of the late astronaut and U.S. senator to the Ohio Statehouse to mark major future milestones, such as his birthday and the anniversary of his famous space flight. Glenn died in 2016 at age 95. (AP Photo, File)

Technology

Nevada governor proposes giving tech firms power to govern

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SoftBank says deal reached with WeWork founder, directors

People walk by a SoftBank shop in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Japanese telecommunications and technology conglomerate Softbank Group Corp. reported Monday a whopping 1.17 trillion yen ($11 billion) profit for the October-December quarter as its investments rose in value(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus

A man carries his empty oxygen tank to be filled after arriving at the head of the line, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima, early Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021. A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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FILE- This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. Spotify-owned Gimlet's popular

Twitter to let users charge followers to see premium posts

FILE- This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money - both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people. In an investor presentation Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, the social media company announced a new feature called