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By JOHN HANNA and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — It took only a week for the central Kansas police chief who led an August…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s House of Commons has elected a Black Canadian as its new speaker, a first. Liberal lawmaker Greg Fergus is the…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says his office has charged a Las Cruces police officer with voluntary…

SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $1.86 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after a caution note attached to his…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land…

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has denied the city of Phoenix’s legal request seeking extra time to clean up the city’s largest homeless encampment.…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Mike Pence, the former vice president, chastised a group of hard-right…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives has entered uncharted territory after a last-ditch, right-wing…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Automakers posted big increases in new vehicle sales during the summer, despite high prices, rising…

DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit mayor has been indicted on a federal bribery charge for allegedly demanding $50,000 in bribes to facilitate the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The conservation group Sea Shepherd says it has signed an agreement with Mexico to help expand the protection area for the…

SOUTHGATE, Mich. (AP) — Firefighters are trying to control a major fire at an apartment complex for older residents in suburban Detroit. The roof…

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will be testing it’s nationwide emergency alert system. The test…

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — A federal investigator said the small plane crash that killed former NFL tight end Russ Francis and another man at an…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who died in a plane crash along with his wife and two young sons had…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is again making his pitch to reduce the state’s individual…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he’s traveling to Latin America to discourage…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers are dead and 12 others injured after the military transport…

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Family members of a Black man fatally shot outside his home by Alabama police are seeking more information and access to body…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer With a new “player participation policy,” the NBA has made it clear that healthy players should be on the…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for a drug suspect who was repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed by officers in northeast Florida during a…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Trustees of the New College of Florida have voted to stick with a Ron Desantis ally as the school’s president…

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say at least 21 people have been killed when a bus crashed near the city of Venice after falling from an elevated…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has ended its water year with above average rain and snow, making it one of the…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have added another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — New reporting says preliminary findings from a federal investigation found that Liberty University failed to warn its…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit has been filed by a union-affiliated group that challenges North…

By The Associated Press Police in West Virginia say two adoptive parents have been charged with felony neglect after two children were found locked…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator says she’s running to try to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden in next year’s…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to make their…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A homeless Topeka man has been arrested in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old girl. Police said that…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man charged with shooting a New Hampshire couple to death on a hiking trail last year…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African cabinet minister and three other lawmakers from the ruling African National Congress party have been…

By The Associated Press Azerbaijani authorities have arrested several former separatist leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh after reclaiming control of the…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The US is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Foreigners with guns are met with hostility in most countries in the…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A group of five Pennsylvania inmates have sued over the solitary…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court says it will hear the case of a Christian baker who…

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of…

By MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President and GOP candidate Mike Pence will take questions on…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press A group laying the groundwork for a possible third-party presidential ticket is pleading with state Democratic…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Missouri-bred pop superstar of the future Chappell Roan released her glittery debut album…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has railed against unauthorized migrants,…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A school district says a high school football player died after suffering a “medical emergency” on the sidelines of a game…

BERLIN (AP) — Plans for the first “open category” swimming races to accommodate transgender competitors at a World Cup this weekend have been…

DE PERE, Wis. (AP) — John Gordon, an artist who as a young art student helped design the Green Bay Packers’ distinctive “G” team logo,…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says assailants have killed two workers who were conducting internal polling for his Morena party in…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will put a motion on the floor that will…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.N food agency says at least one in five children arriving in South Sudan from Sudan…

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The European Union has pledged assistance worth 650 million euros to Ethiopia, nearly three years after it…

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government has announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country…

MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a fingerprint on a ransom note led police to a kidnapping suspect’s camper where 9-year-old Charlotte Sena was…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has been in touch with U.S. allies and partners to…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior European Union official says Poland must provide answers about allegations that temporary…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has boycotted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s first…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in August, another sign the U.S. labor market remains…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — While not one the major food groups, a bagel and a schmear made of felt might satisfy your…