NEW YORK (AP) — There's a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protester holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us."

For the third year in a row, Miami Beach finds itself struggling with spring break violence, including two fatal shootings and unruly crowds, despite a massive police presence and activities designed to give people alternatives to drinking and roaming the streets. The party-all-the-time vibe in the South Beach section of the barrier island city has already led officials to ban alcohol sales at larger clubs after 2 a.m. Police are stationed everywhere, including in mobile towers that give officers a birds-eye view of the streets. Art, music, yoga and volleyball tournaments were added this year, but the violence continues at night. The city imposed an overnight curfew that ended Monday morning but the city commission decided against another one this weekend.

MILAN (AP) — Jeremy Scott is stepping down as creative director of Italian luxury house Moschino after 10 years of wild and wacky fashion shows and his elegant dressing of numerous celebrities.

LONDON (AP) — Mae Muller wrote a song. Only a few days later, Eurovision came calling.

Longstanding disagreements about content in school libraries often focus this year on books with LGBTQ themes. Iowa's Republican governor is backing a bill that could result in the removal of books from school libraries in all state districts if they’re successfully challenged in any one of them. School boards and legislatures nationwide also are facing questions about books and considering making it easier to limit access. One transgender parent in Iowa says it's a symptom of a backlash from those who hope limiting discussion will return American society to an era that didn’t acknowledge people with different sexualities.

The Syrian soup shurba w’kibbeh is pure comfort food, a rustic mixture of meatballs and rice in a simple tomatoey broth that’s redolent with warm spices. It’s also a prime example of the complex flavor you can build by drawing on ingredients already in your pantry.

Cities across the United States are celebrating St. Patrick's Day Parades, kicking off a weekend of revelry. New York City's parade bills itself as the largest and oldest drawing tens of thousands to Fifth Avenue to listen to bagpipes, bands and give homage to Ireland’s patron saint. In Savannah, Georgia, people were planting their lawn chairs in prime viewing spots to watch a flow of floats, dancers and marching bands in another huge celebration. In Portland, Oregon, the city’s oldest Irish bar attempted to brew a record-breaking 264-gallon Irish coffee. Some cities, like Boston, will hold parades over the weekend.

Marcus Samuelsson is keen on leading with intention. That focus is seared into the delectable dishes prepared at his popular restaurants, but it is also expressed with his staffing. Samuelsson and fellow chef Jonathan Waxman have launched an effort to honor trailblazing restaurants founded by women and people of color. They host “Seat at the Table,” an eight-part Audible original series. In the series, chefs and others involved in the inception of their restaurants present an oral history of some of America’s most iconic eateries founded by women and people of color. Samuelsson, a multiple James Beard Award-winning chef, says entering a restaurant is “entering a piece of American history.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests.

Stephen Sondheim’s last musical will be given an off-Broadway stage this year. Once known as “Square One,” “Here We Are” will begin performances this September at The Shed’s Griffin Theater with a book by David Ives. Ives is best known for the play “Venus in Fur.” Joe Mantello will direct. The musical is an adaptation of two films by Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel, “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” and “The Exterminating Angel.” It was initially workshopped in 2016 with plans for a production at The Public Theater, which did not happen. Sondheim died in 2021.

For nearly four decades, Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” has largely been presented as genteel, erudite and at times buttoned up. But the Enterprise captain-turned-admiral stepped into a different place a few days ago in the last episode of the streaming drama “Star Trek: Picard.” Now he’s someone who has uttered the F-word for the world to hear. A healthy online conversation followed, with some contending it was out of character. It illustrates the journey that is undertaken when a fictional character voyages from the strictures of network and syndicated television to high-end streaming TV.

A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of a leading abortion medication. The hearing Wednesday comes as a conservative Christian group seeks to reverse federal approval of the drug, mifepristone. A two-pill combination of mifepristone and another drug is the most common form of abortion in the U.S. and the ruling would affect states where abortion is legal as well as those that outlaw it. The case has raised concerns about court transparency and so-called judge shopping because the Texas judge is a Donald Trump appointee who was a former attorney at a Christian law firm and previously wrote critically about Roe v Wade.

For the first time in three decades, the American Kennel Club says the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed. The club announced Wednesday that the French bulldog became the nation’s most prevalent purebred dog last year. Frenchies ousted Labrador retrievers from the top spot after a record 31 years. Owners describe the push-faced, perky-eared, droll little bulldogs as comical, friendly and loving companions. Yet their popularity worries fans and critics alike. Frenchies have been targeted in thefts, and there’s concern that demand is engendering quick-buck breeders and unhealthy dogs. Besides Frenchies and Labs, the AKC's other top 10 breeds are golden retrievers, German shepherds, poodles, bulldogs, Rottweilers, beagles, dachshunds and German shorthaired pointers.

CONTRADA PETRARO, Sicily (AP) — Everywhere you look in Italy, it’s there: It can be hulking and gray but also colorful and fun. Ominous but also beautiful.

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month. Most U.S. nursing home residents have their care covered by Medicaid, and any income they would receive instead goes toward their bills. The personal needs allowance, created in 1972, was meant to cover anything a resident might need that its facility didn't provide, from a phone to clothes to a birthday gift for a grandchild. Though some states have taken action on their own, the allowance remains low in much of the country. Congress has raised the minimum rate only once, to $30, in 1987. It has remained there ever since.

It's the late 1940s. World War II has ended, the Baby Boom is in full swing, and incomes are rising, making first-time homeownership possible for many. Cars are being marketed to the masses, so folks can travel farther to work. The post-war expansion of American suburbia has begun.

HONG KONG (AP) — For people holding a grudge in Hong Kong, one way to release their anger is to take part in the “villain-hitting” ritual.

A simple lamb stew is one of the hallmark dishes of Irish cooking and a hearty centerpiece for a St. Patrick’s Day meal. Rich and brothy, with only a handful of ingredients, this is a lamb stew at its most elemental, though different cooks will embellish it in different ways.

Ke Huy Quan’s comeback story from childhood star of ’80s flicks to win a best supporting actor Oscar, coupled with Michelle Yeoh’s historic win as the first Asian best actress winner ever had viewers of Asian descent shedding happy tears — and grinning. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars, who won Sunday, bring the total number of Asians who earned Oscars for acting to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. For many Asian Americans, it feels like a watershed moment, and that Hollywood is moving past seeing them only in tropes. It represents an opportunity for optimism after three years of anti-Asian hate brought on by the pandemic.

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (AP) — A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement under which the tribe will temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit.

Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating African American and Black. Shalini Parekh wants a way for South Asian people to identify themselves differently than East Asians with roots in places like China or Japan. And Byron Haskins wants the U.S. to toss racial and ethnic labels altogether.

NEW YORK (AP) — Not too long ago, Tamar Adler's husband was tidying up and picked up a tissue that their son had barely used. Adler stopped her husband from throwing it out.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fan Bingbing made a regal entrance in sparkling silver and emerald green on the champagne-colored carpet Sunday at the 95th Academy Awards. Hong Chau wore a high-neck pink Prada column gown with a feathery black train and Malala Yousafzai worked the hood of her silver sparkle…

When you're roasting food, air circulation is everything. That’s why we prefer low-rimmed baking sheets over roasting pans. They accelerate cooking and boost browning in our weeknight traybakes.