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WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a man suspected of stealing a car with a 17-month-old child in the back seat and then robbing a…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN AND TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is facing scrutiny over the purchase of a $19,000…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to authorize the Department of Revenue to go after the lottery winnings and…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have announced an arrest in the case of a motorcyclist seen smashing in the back of a woman’s car while her two…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota county has agreed to pay a $12.2 million settlement to a man who was jailed on…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors have charged rapper YNW Melly with witness tampering i of his…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an adult entertainment group’s lawsuit against a Louisiana…

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has approved the release of a teenager who opened fire at a central Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The future of additional U.S. aid to Ukraine is in doubt now that Kevin…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles may be Big Shots this year, but they’ll try to stay out of the Piano Man’s way this weekend. Baltimore announced…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors who filed firearms charges against Hunter Biden moved Wednesday to formally…

NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers will soon be able to choose an “X” gender option when applying for food stamps, Medicaid and other public…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The first leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru are climbing trees and greeting visitors as they make their debut at a local…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — A booming Texas residential development is pushing back after being put…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators have rejected a request from environmental groups to immediately shut…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Simone Biles and her teammates were far from perfect, and yet nothing could stand in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for something to add to your Costco cart along with the 30 rolls of toilet paper? How about a bar of gold? While not a…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials have identified the victims who lost their lives after a…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker says her office has been contacted by families who have reported some…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the top Republican candidates running for president in 2024 reacted grimly to the…

Associated Press The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island plan to procure offshore wind energy together. Officials said Wednesday…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The teenage suspect in a mass shooting that killed five and injured…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” is ready to make its return, five months after ending its season early due to the writers strike. NBC…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations between the striking United Auto Workers union…

By MORGAN LEE and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State election officials and privacy advocates are raising alarms about…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson raised $1.3 million for a 2024 U.S.…

APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — A judge in Florida has decided to keep an 11-year-old in custody two days after he was accused of taking a gun from his…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California county has filed lawsuits alleging that the negligence of a power company caused two wildfires that…

By DEEPTI HAJELA and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing disgraced movie…

DUDLEY, Mass. (AP) — A former Coast Guard Academy professor whose tenure coincided with a sexual harassment scandal has resigned as president of…

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital…

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Police in Holyoke, Massachusetts, say multiple people were reportedly shot Wednesday afternoon in the downtown area of…

By GARY FIELDS The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press and theGrio have come together for a candid conversation about issues…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued 12 people who abandoned a large cargo ship that ran aground near the U.S.…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Daniel Cameron has expressed sympathy for a woman who discussed the trauma of…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google on Wednesday unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more with…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has long turned to Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine. Now Ukrainian forces will be using…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Texas politician who accidentally shot his grandson during a wedding he was officiating in Nebraska could be…

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white COVID-19 vaccination cards…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A cellphone video of the 2020 fatal arrest of Manny Ellis shows the Black man on the…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and ALICIA FERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leading a U.S.…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The stunning removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker left the House…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the top two leaders of state police will be retiring. The…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The most prestigious and secretive prize in science ran headfirst into the digital era Wednesday…

THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — A man has been arrested on forgery and fraud charges after authorities say he cast a ballot in Florida for his deceased…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide…

CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of a 19-year-old Chicago woman who was found dead in 2017 in a freezer at a suburban hotel where she had attended a party…

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican president of the Wisconsin Senate is calling on the…

By RAF CASERT and RENATA BRITO Associated Press GRANADA, Spain (AP) — European leaders will gather at a summit in Spain in an attempt to fix their…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say the bodies of six newborns have been found discarded at the…

By ERIK VERDUZCO and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot will again be up for grabs Wednesday night after an 11-week…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Armless archer Matt Stutzman is reshaping thinking about people with disabilities one arrow at a…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2023 class of fellows who are often known as…

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a Taliban guard opened fire at civilians at a border crossing…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2023 class of fellows, often known as recipients…

By The Associated Press Three decades ago, the world held its breath as tanks blasted the Russian parliament building in central Moscow while the…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it is working to fix an error that caused an unknown number of eligible Virginians…

NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC host Ali Velshi is drawing upon the personal past for an upcoming book about democracy. St. Martin’s Press announced…

WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — An animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has received a suspended two-year sentence after…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that far more people are in harm’s way as they move into high flood zones around the…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A unique 2030 World Cup is set to be played in Europe and Africa with the surprising addition of…

By Christina Larson AP Science Writer The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble. A new global assessment…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank lowered its key interest rate Wednesday, pointing to a drop in inflation despite a still-high rate of…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean…

NEW YORK (AP) — The final stages of jury selection have resumed at the fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in New York City. Opening…