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Q: How was the process of making something as offbeat as “Mrs. Davis,” in which a nun battles an artificial intelligence? A: The scripts were so ambitious, everybody pulled together ... not just the cast, but every single department, from the production assistants to the top brass. This was an opportunity, so we just decided to go for broke and see if we could out-weird the show. We aimed for them to tell us, “Oh, that’s too much,” and that rarely happened. Whether it was the color palette of the wardrobe or a detail in the set decoration, I think everybody gravitated ...

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DeSantis’ trip overshadowed by fight with Disney TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hoped his first international trade mission would generate lucrative business deals and boost his foreign policy resume ahead of an expected presidential run. Instead, he faced questions about losing ground to former President Donald Trump and being taken to court by Walt Disney World. The trip reflected the intensifying pressure confronting DeSantis as some of his allies grow increasingly anxious about his White House prospects. Within a few short years, he rose from relatively ...

Russian missile, drone attack in Ukraine kills 23

UMAN, Ukraine — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said. Three children were among the dead. The missile attacks included the first one against Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in nearly two months, although there were no reports of any targets hit. The city government said Ukraine’s air force intercepted 11 cruise missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles over Kyiv. The strikes on the nine-story ...

International

Obrador vows to end transparency agency MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has returned to his morning press briefings after recovering from COVID-19, and he came out swinging. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 69, said he had tested negative after his third bout of the coronavirus. His return came the same day that opposition legislators continued to hold protests in the Senate, after senators from López Obrador’s Morena party refused yet again to approve appointments to the national information-access agency. The transparency agency has been unable to function for ...

National

Montana bans gender-affirming care HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has joined more than a dozen states that are banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s criticism of the bill led the transgender lawmaker to be silenced on the House floor and then removed after she encouraged protesters on Monday. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law on Friday. The ACLU and Lambda Legal have vowed legal challenges to the ban, which is set to take effect on Oct. 1. Supporters say the ban is needed to protect minors from treatments that can ...

Minnesota

Man accused of setting fire to mosques MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis are searching for a man suspected of setting fires that damaged two mosques earlier this week. Jackie Rahm Little was charged with second-degree arson for one of the fires that rattled Minnesota’s Muslim community. The Star Tribune reports that criminal complaint does not mention possible motives, but Muslim leaders on Tuesday said they feared the attacks were motivated by Islamophobia.