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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Catholic priest who married a teenager after leaving the country with her this summer has been removed from the priesthood.…
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Catholic priest who married a teenager after leaving the country with her this summer has been removed from the priesthood.…
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical…
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced support for a plan to build a floating swimming…
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By MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be…
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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Families of the 12 people killed in a Philadelphia row house fire that began in a Christmas tree two years ago are…
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CUMMING, Iowa (AP) — The shooting in Perry, Iowa, has cast a shadow over the state’s upcoming…
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor says the state’s five…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio state lawmaker has been sentenced to two years of probation for domestic violence and must perform 250 hours of…
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HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam are vowing to bring to justice those who fatally shot a Korean visitor in a tourist…
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INVERNESS, Calif. (AP) — Time is apparently running out for California’s “Inverness Shipwreck,” an old wooden boat that became an Instagram…
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By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top budget official is warning in stark terms about how lawmakers are…
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has declined to give Cher an immediate court conservatorship over…
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STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Vatican has concluded a lengthy investigation into allegations of misconduct by Archbishop…
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By The Associated Press Health officials say at least two dozen people in 14 states were sickened by salmonella poisoning tied to recalled meat snack…
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut military veteran has been arrested on allegations he threatened government officials, including showing up at…
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Associated Press LEEDS, Alabama (AP) — Police in Alabama say a man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his…
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WARRENSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — New York state police say multiple people were injured when a tour bus carrying passengers rolled over on a highway in the…
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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Five voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge former President Donald…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A light but widely felt earthquake shook Southern California on Friday. There were no immediate reports of damage to buildings,…
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse with 38 states reporting high or very high levels for…
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By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new federal study finds that people taking popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk…
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his…
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A petition initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution has…
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s former energy minister is quitting the Conservative Party and stepping down as a lawmaker over the government’s…
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named a former Colombian foreign…
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The former teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom said she still worries about the other…
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HOUSTON (AP) — A pair of strays have landed in the doghouse after being caught on video causing more than a quarter-million dollars’ worth of…
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Associated Press The northeast is preparing for a weekend winter storm that threatens to dump a messy mix of snow, rain and ice. It also raises the…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines say U.S. actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday that more than 500 gun purchases have been…
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in…
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By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new online application designed to make applying for federal student aid easier went live this…
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump and New York state are launching a final effort to make their case in…
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Actor Shia LeBeouf has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year’s Eve at a Mass presided…
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DALLAS (AP) — More details are coming out about a man accused of punching a flight attendant on an American Airlines plane this week. When he was…
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By BASSEM MROUE, WAFAA SHURAFA and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah says his group must…
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By SIBI ARASU Associated Press Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year.…
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man involved in a fight at a Philadelphia train station was killed when he fell onto the tracks and was…
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia is still missing three weeks after the St. Louis nursing home…
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By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An advisory council says California Gov. Gavin Newsom should slash by at least a third…
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.S. fugitive known as Nicholas Rossi, who is accused of faking his own death to avoid a rape…
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer will not seek reelection, though his departure in what is considered…
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Flooding from heavy rains has swamped parts of England, France and the Netherlands, and officials…
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By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City subway service was disrupted for a second day as transit workers labored to remove…
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ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Over 100 firefighters battled a blaze Friday at a New Jersey industrial park that was home to the Singer Sewing Machine…
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Hunter Biden in contempt of…
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By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco…
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By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol against rioters on Jan. 6 has announced…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have cleared the way for Florida to begin importing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. It’s the first…
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Top one-and-done NBA prospects are making a big impact in their college team’s AP Top 25 standing. Roughly…
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ROME (AP) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from…
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is docking more than $2 million in payments to student loan…
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LONDON (AP) — The actor who earned fame as blond half of crime-fighting duo “Starsky and Hutch” in a popular 1970s television series, has died.…
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lawyer representing the woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Brazilian…
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes with his…
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian officials say they have postponed for the second time the reintroduction of requirements to obtain tourist visas…
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By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister says the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence…
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Commentators who joked on a Polish right-wing television station that migrants should be…
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By GISELA SALOMON and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) — Migrants are arriving in the U.S. under the Biden administration’s…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s minister of digital affairs has suggested that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social…
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By KRUTIKA PATHI The Associated Press DHAKA (AP) — In the months leading to Bangladesh’s national election on Sunday, thousands of opposition…
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are three years into their unlikely…
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A list of the major moments in the life of Oscar Pistorius, the South African…
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By The Associated Press Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said, as…
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By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For his first campaign speech of the year, President Joe Biden is heading to…
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has declared a moratorium on foreign research ships entering its waters for…
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SUNDERLAND, England (AP) — Sunderland has scored a spectacular own-goal off the field well before its FA Cup showdown with archrival Newcastle. The…
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PARIS (AP) — Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price…
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By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of ethnic armed groups in northeastern Myanmar has reportedly achieved one of the main…
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BEIJING (AP) — A competitor in Chinese chess says he has sued the national association in China for mental distress after he was stripped of a…
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By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader has suffered a major setback in his presidential bid…
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says President Joe Biden must make frequent visits to…
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s national elections commission on Friday registered the first two candidates who will compete with President Vladimir Putin…
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is on the rebound in Europe. The European Union’s statistics agency…
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BERLIN (AP) — Police say four people have died after a fire broke out at a hospital in northern Germany and spread to several patients’ rooms.…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares retreated on Friday although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost as the dollar…
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party is calling for general strikes on the weekend of the…
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has banned citizens from going to Russia and Ukraine for employment, saying many have been recruited…
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BEIJING (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million Model S, X, 3 and Y electric vehicles imported to China to fix problems with their…
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Associated Press BEAUMONT, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say a sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a suspect…
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BERLIN (AP) — A group of farmers prevented Germany’s vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry hours after the government partially climbed down…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Transport safety officials are searching for the voice recorder from a Japan Airlines airliner that caught fire…
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By AMIR VAHDAT, VAHID SALEMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KERMAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Friday mourned those slain in an Islamic State…
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — India’s foreign minister has concluded a two-day trip to Nepal during which he signed an agreement to increase the amount…
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian navy says it has deployed a ship and a patrol aircraft in the Arabian Sea following a hijacking attempt onboard a…
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By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A woman was pulled carefully from the rubble 72 hours after a…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Friday, after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related…
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 74-year-old woman died alone in the hospital last year. It’s the job of investigators…
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By GERALD IMRAY and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is due to be released…
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By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade. The 20%…
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer convicted of killing Elijah McClain, a young Black man walking home from…
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press PERRY, Iowa (AP) — A teen armed with a shotgun and a handgun unleashed terror at an Iowa…
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By ALANNNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An…
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since an arson fire damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the…
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By MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad…
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bringing resurgent inflation down was never expected to be so relatively pain-free. Federal…
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By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says a B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota crashed…
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WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The mayor of the Hawaiian island of Maui says a site selected to hold debris from last year’s wildfires that…
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Adam Sandler got in a little pickup game at Arizona’s McKale Center before the 10th-ranked Wildcats played Colorado. Wearing…
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