- "Anora,” a strip-club Cinderalla story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize. Also: Firefighters battle wildfires in the Carolinas; Pope Francis continues to recover; a fundraiser is held for figure skating; the Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP.
- How to watch the first joint address to Congress of President Donald Trump's second term.
- The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts.
- Crowds protest near Vermont ski resort where JD Vance planned vacation with family.
- Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth.
- Trump cutoff of humanitarian parole for immigrants from Ukraine, 6 other countries challenged.
- Ukraine's Zelenskyy voices thanks for US support, hope for 'strong relations' after Oval Office blowout with Trump.
- Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo launches political comeback with a run for New York City mayor.
- For Gene Hackman, Santa Fe was a refuge from the limelight.
- Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash.
- Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code.
- Stock market today: Wall Street rallies, and Dow jumps 600 to make a dreary February not so bad.
- A close contest in a battle of two recent NBA champions, a basketball star is fined for chucking a ball into the stands, a pair of big trades in the NFL and NHL over the weekend and a comeback winner on the PGA Tour.
- QB Matthew Stafford gets a restructured contract and agrees to stay with the Los Angeles Rams.
- Yankees pitcher Luis Gil to have MRI after AL Rookie of the Year feels shoulder tightness.
- Joel Embiid's left knee latest in long line of ailments of 76ers' All-Star center.
- 84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrive home.
- UK's Starmer says Europe is at crossroads in history as world leaders discuss ending war in Ukraine.
- Russia's foreign minister is slamming the idea of Europe sending peacekeepers to Ukraine.
- Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal.
- On this week's AP Religion Roundup, a new report shows a religious decline leveling off, and Ramadan begins for the world's Muslims.
—The Associated Press
About this program
Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.
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