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By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti…

By MATTHEW CHOI The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The bipartisan panel…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians have expressed gratitude toward their men’s soccer team for qualifying for the European Championship. It’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit and Trump Media are the first notable social media companies to begin trading publicly in the last five years. They’re…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer facing charges after a 2019 deadly drug raid he led prompted a…

By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while the main…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan has been convicted of racketeering, bribery, fraud and giving false statements to…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett’s…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia animal shelter is pleading for help fostering its dogs after a vehicle plowed into its building. The…

By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The city of Alexandria says negotiations to lure the NHL’s Washington…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have advanced proposals to limit the state’s involvement…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s former Controller Betty Yee says she will run for governor in 2026. She announced her candidacy…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a wide-ranging bill that supporters…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Jill Biden has written a children’s book about her White House cat, Willow, that will be published in…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters in Slovakia formed a human chain around the country’s public television and radio building Wednesday…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York is on track to become the first U.S. city with congestion tolls on drivers entering…

By CLAUDIO ESCALÓN Associated Press AZACUALPA, Honduras (AP) — The missing workers from the Baltimore bridge collapse all hailed from Mexico or…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed in the chaos that followed a deadly shooting at the…

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the suspects in the fatal shooting of a New York City police officer has been arrested on weapons charges. Police say…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been arrested for randomly assaulting a young woman who was walking down a New York City street earlier this week. The…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A rural Missouri boarding school at the center of abuse allegations has closed its doors. Meanwhile, a state agency is…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A court plans to order the eviction of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used. But company…

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks have restarted aimed at bringing top Israeli officials to Washington to…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send…

LONDON (AP) — Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to…

By MARIA SHERMAN On Wednesday, Beyoncé shared the track list for her forthcoming album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter.” It arrives Friday, but fans got…

By HELENA ALVES Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s newly-elected Parliament has elected a new house speaker, following a deal…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s military authorities say they have dismissed the Polish commander of the Eurocorps rapid reaction unit. Lt.…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer David Rubenstein’s purchase of the Baltimore Orioles has been approved by Major League Baseball owners. That…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of Myanmar military personnel have held their annual parade of strength even after a recent…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The pregame handshake has become a staple of college basketball during March Madness. Nearly…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An exhibit in the French capital before this summer’s Paris Olympics shows how the games have…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a May 30 execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia minors are facing sexual assault and other charges following an…

By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Activists and opposition leaders in the West African country of Togo have called for protests to…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — He’s gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024. Not long after his 76th…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Donald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order that bars him from commenting…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an online media site called Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa…

By ED WHITE Associated Press The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan.…

By TRISHA AHMED and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press What is it like to survive a bridge collapse? Survivors of past collapses in Minnesota and…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire says she will not seek reelection to…

VIENNA (AP) — Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been spray-prainted on a property owned by the family…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a new location but the same host for the Tony Awards. Ariana DeBose will make it…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer As Tax Day approaches, there are plenty of things small business owners should keep in mind when filing taxes this…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could also be in…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of killing three family members in Pennsylvania has made an initial court appearance on related carjacking and…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Didn’t win the giant Mega Millions jackpot? Don’t fret. There is an $865 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs…

By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, it left the college…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NCAA President Charlie Baker on Wednesday urged lawmakers in states with legal wagering on sporting events…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Looking directly at the sun during a solar eclipse can lead to permanent eye damage. Eye…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play women brought together by letters in the new film “Wicked…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two…

Apple has announced their annual developers conference will take place June 10 through June 14. The big summer event will be live-streamed, but some…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British financial trader described as the ringleader in the manipulation of a key interest rate…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling out China’s excess production in green energy,…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Only a week has passed since the Los Angeles Dodgers abruptly fired Ippei Mizuhara, the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was nice while it lasted. An environmentally themed mural by elusive street artist Banksy that…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has told a newspaper in the country that he would seek asylum in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kia is rolling out a revamped compact car in the U.S. even though sales of the small cars are dropping as the nation continues to…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will share a stage with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in New York as he…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis appears in better health, walking into the Vatican audience hall on his own with a cane for his weekly audience…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland has a memoir coming out in November. The actor reflects on his life of nearly 90 years and his 60-year career in…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are expected in court in Los Angeles, where…

MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll in last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 140 on Wednesday after another victim died in a hospital, Russian…

By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new United Nations report estimates that 19% of the food produced around the world went…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the…

By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee advocates for gun safety are forming a 3-mile human chain…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s nationalist leader Xi Jinping has called for closer trade ties with the U.S. during a meeting with top…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to lift an order that blocks Texas from arresting and deporting migrants suspected of…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced one of his top security officials. Oleksii Danilov, who served as…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds Midsize SUVs with two rows of seating are an excellent option if you want something a little bigger than a small SUV. They…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting ends Saturday in North Dakota’s Democratic presidential primary, with President Joe…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Your home is your sanctuary, but it’s also one of your biggest budget items. And after you retire, it may feel like…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say at least one person has been killed in an accident involving a bus on a highway in eastern Germany and several were…

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators say they are working through hundreds of new tips on the whereabouts of two fugitive suspected ex-members of the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say authorities will perform DNA testing on the remains of the suicide…

By MOHAMMAD ZAATARI and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press HEBBARIYE, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a paramedics center linked to a Lebanese…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A public prosecutor in Tunisia says four people were sentenced to death and two to life in prison for the murder of a…

BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street slipped a bit further from its record…

BEIJING (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is meeting with Chinese leaders for talks that are expected to include the wars in Ukraine and Gaza,…

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — Women play a crucial but underappreciated role in West African farming. One project in…

By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court is hearing appeals against the presidential…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Court papers show a man accused of helping lead a human smuggling ring was warned about…

SYDNEY (AP) — China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation’s…

By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press SEAFORD, N.Y. (AP) — They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and…

By ADAM GELLER Associated Press KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — Months after Hamas attackers killed 1,200 people, a string of Israeli farming…

By ADAM GELLER Associated Press KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — For a few minutes on a recent afternoon, the sun-bathed silence that fills Nadav…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In his bid to retake the White House, few states hold as much promise for Donald…