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The Krewe of Orpheus rolls through New Orleans the night before Mardi Gras, known as Lundi Gras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray)

Mardi Gras brings joy – but also worry over violent crime in New Orleans

Tuesday morning revelers were undeterred by violence that marred a glitzy weekend parade

The Krewe of Orpheus rolls through New Orleans the night before Mardi Gras, known as Lundi Gras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray)
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Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury

Brittney Griner will be back in the WNBA this season, once again…

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A man sits in the rubble of collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Petros Giannakouris

3 dead, more than 200 hurt as new quake hits Turkey, Syria

6.4-magnitude earthquake followed by 5.8-magnitude tremor Monday

A man sits in the rubble of collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Petros Giannakouris
An Emirati tries a Javelin anti-tank weapon simulator at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Just outside of Abu Dhabi’s biennial arms fair in a large tent, Russia offered weapons for sale Monday ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Russia sells weapons at Abu Dhabi arms fair amid Ukraine war

Friday marks the 1-year anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine

An Emirati tries a Javelin anti-tank weapon simulator at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Just outside of Abu Dhabi’s biennial arms fair in a large tent, Russia offered weapons for sale Monday ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)

Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination

If passed Tuesday, the law will become a first in the U.S.

In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)
People wait for their belongings at the Transportation Security Administration security area at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Toiletries, clothes…pistol? Record number of guns caught at U.S. airports in 2022

Average of 18 guns a day intercepted throughout the year

People wait for their belongings at the Transportation Security Administration security area at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
IOC (International Olympic Committee) President Thomas Bach, right, stands in the finish area of the alpine ski, men’s World Championship downhill, in Courchevel, France, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
IOC (International Olympic Committee) President Thomas Bach, right, stands in the finish area of the alpine ski, men’s World Championship downhill, in Courchevel, France, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter reacts as his wife Rosalynn Carter speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. The Carter Center said Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care. The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.” (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home

Carter was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his bid for the presidency around 1976

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter reacts as his wife Rosalynn Carter speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. The Carter Center said Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care. The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.” (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)
Revelers participate in the “Gigantes da Lira” street block party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Merrymakers are taking to the streets for the open-air block parties, leading up to Carnival’s official Feb. 17th opening. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Carnival finally reborn in full form after pandemic

Officials expect 46 million people to join the festivities that officially began Friday

Revelers participate in the “Gigantes da Lira” street block party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Merrymakers are taking to the streets for the open-air block parties, leading up to Carnival’s official Feb. 17th opening. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Hanks in a scene from “A Man Called Otto.” (Niko Tavernise/Sony Pictures via AP)

New this week: Hanks, Lambert, ‘Bruiser’ and ‘Snowfall’

What’s upcoing for your movie, TV, music and gaming entertainment

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Hanks in a scene from “A Man Called Otto.” (Niko Tavernise/Sony Pictures via AP)
RBC financial planner Aba Quarshie is pictured in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Spousal RRSPs can offer tax benefits, but experts say it might not work for everyone

Financial planner says there can be advantages if there is an age difference with the couple

RBC financial planner Aba Quarshie is pictured in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ukrainian military officers carry the coffin of Kasich during his funeral procession in Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Kasich Kostiantyn, 42, a senior lieutenant of 93rd Ukrainian brigade was killed on Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the fightings in Bakhmut area. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Zelenskyy pushes for speedy support to avoid more deaths

‘There is no alternative to speed, because it’s speed that life depends on’

Ukrainian military officers carry the coffin of Kasich during his funeral procession in Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Kasich Kostiantyn, 42, a senior lieutenant of 93rd Ukrainian brigade was killed on Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the fightings in Bakhmut area. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Higgins is asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to formally object to Canada’s federal tax on underused foreign-owned housing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Andrew Harnik, Pool

Oppose Canada’s ‘xenophobic’ foreign property tax, U.S. critics urge Biden admin

‘Certainly not the type of act that becomes people in countries who consider themselves best friends’

Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Higgins is asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to formally object to Canada’s federal tax on underused foreign-owned housing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Andrew Harnik, Pool
President Joe Biden says the three unknown flying objects he ordered shot down over the U.S. and Canada earlier this month were likely no danger to national security. Biden speaks about the Chinese surveillance balloon and other unidentified objects shot down by the U.S. military, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci

Downed objects most likely benign, Biden says, vowing new rules for U.S. skies

‘Nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program’

President Joe Biden says the three unknown flying objects he ordered shot down over the U.S. and Canada earlier this month were likely no danger to national security. Biden speaks about the Chinese surveillance balloon and other unidentified objects shot down by the U.S. military, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci
FILE - Bruce Willis attends a movie premiere in New York on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced that he would step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family says his “condition has progressed.” In a statement posted Thursday, the 67-year-old actor’s family said Willis has a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, condition worsens

Willis’ movies had earned more than $5 billion at the worldwide box office

FILE - Bruce Willis attends a movie premiere in New York on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced that he would step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family says his “condition has progressed.” In a statement posted Thursday, the 67-year-old actor’s family said Willis has a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
A TV cameraman films the State Opera in Hanover, Germany, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face by a ballet director in the city of Hannover after he apparently accused her of driving away ticket holders. The Hannover state theater apologized for the incident on Saturday and said Monday that it was suspending ballet director Marco Goecke with immediate effect. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

German ballet director fired over feces attack on critic

Attack and Goecke’s tepid apology were widely criticized

A TV cameraman films the State Opera in Hanover, Germany, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face by a ballet director in the city of Hannover after he apparently accused her of driving away ticket holders. The Hannover state theater apologized for the incident on Saturday and said Monday that it was suspending ballet director Marco Goecke with immediate effect. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)
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Ryan Seacrest leaving ‘Live,’ will be replaced by Kelly Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos

Ryan Seacrest plans to leave ABC’s “Live with Kelly and Ryan” this…

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Turkish rescue workers stand by a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Rescuers in Turkey miraculously continued to pull earthquake survivors out of the rubble on Saturday. The unlikely rescues, coming over four days after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria, offered fleeting moments of joy amid a catastrophe that has killed nearly 24,000 people, injured at least 80,000 others and left millions homeless.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K

About 130 people accused of poor construction methods

Turkish rescue workers stand by a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Rescuers in Turkey miraculously continued to pull earthquake survivors out of the rubble on Saturday. The unlikely rescues, coming over four days after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria, offered fleeting moments of joy amid a catastrophe that has killed nearly 24,000 people, injured at least 80,000 others and left millions homeless.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A Kansas City Chiefs fan wears a headdress during the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory celebration in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday in the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

Native Americans grapple with Chiefs Super Bowl celebrations

‘I don’t really fully understand it, but it is almost like a mockery’

A Kansas City Chiefs fan wears a headdress during the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory celebration in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday in the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
FILE - Raquel Welch appears at the Los Angeles premiere of “How to Be a Latin Lover” on April 26, 2017. Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, died early Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, after a brief illness. She was 82. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch dies at 82

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness

FILE - Raquel Welch appears at the Los Angeles premiere of “How to Be a Latin Lover” on April 26, 2017. Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, died early Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, after a brief illness. She was 82. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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