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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Battery-powered vehicles will get top billing at the Los Angeles Auto Show opening this week after a year’s hiatus due to the…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have issued a subpoena to the former head of the state agency at…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s governor says he will posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, whose 1892 arrest  for refusing to leave a…

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s district attorney announced Wednesday that he would ask a court to vacate the convictions of two…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quentin Tarantino’s attorney says he has every right to create and sell a series of…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government has rolled out a new welfare program, temporarily ensuring much…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A 31-year-old western Montana man who responded to a plume of diesel exhaust with a murderous rage has been sentenced to…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A licensed cannabis grower, a vineyard owner and a sheriff were among witnesses who testified…

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS and BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Latin Grammy for best new artist is often one of the most coveted…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court says district administrators overreached when they…

By ADRIAN SAINZ and RYAN PEARSON Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed at a cookie shop in…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Pressss ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An unusual alert was issued by volcano scientists Wednesday, warning that an ash cloud…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury has cleared four former coal company officials who were accused of skirting…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for setting fire to a car in what authorities say was an attempt to intimidate a…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned the approval…

BOSTON (AP) — Pandemic-weary workers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts are holding a one-day strike over stalled contract negotiations with…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal health authorities have confirmed the discovery of some frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” in a freezer at a…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Contrary to popular belief, there has been no great migration in the U.S. during the pandemic. New figures…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Apple is letting some iPhone users fix their own phones, a sharp turnaround for a company that has long…

BOSTON (AP) — An airman from Massachusetts who was shot down over Romania during World War II has been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three members of the Sikh community affected by a mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility in April are seeking…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament has voted to restrict lawmakers’ ability to hold second jobs, in an attempt to stem a slew of damaging…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of an American humanitarian worker who was kidnapped in Niger five years ago says her…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S.-sponsored show of alliance with Japan and South Korea has stumbled…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Somalia is urging the country’s political leaders to…

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will increase housing payments for troops in key areas and…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has voted to recommend clemency for a death row inmate…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute between the Oklahoma governor and the Pentagon over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a pilot who crashed while fighting a wildfire near…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is selling more Tesla shares than he needs to pay current tax obligations. Experts say…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke says he raised more than $2 million after announcing this week that he is running for Texas governor.…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite Bruce Springsteen’s long-time aversion to having his concerts filmed — he says it…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The son of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 has settled…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Jan. 6 rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk has built a well-funded and growing organization…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the latest chic hotel to open in New York’s theater district can easily walk…

KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — No charges will be filed against an 82-year-old driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in western Michigan. Why? The man…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are asking the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s red-hot sports betting industry smashed its own national record in…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has extended the use of facemasks and mandatory remote work in an attempt to contain a new…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Congressman Larry Hopkins has died. He was 88. Hopkins served as a state lawmaker before representing central…

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago mayor has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking a cash bribe from a representative of a red-light camera…

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A law enforcement task force has conducted searches of four western Colorado locations, including the home of an…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than two weeks since the Supreme Court’s extraordinarily rushed arguments…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. Catholic bishops have overwhelmingly approved a document on Communion that stops short of…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A new Republican plan for Georgia’s congressional map pushes Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath into…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Julius Jones’ execution has been halted, four hours before he was scheduled to receive a…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are to be cleared after…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Reneé Rapp, former star in Broadway’s “Mean Girls” as Regina George, makes her TV debut…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge has ordered former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III to appear in court…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s panel of vaccine experts has approved the use of a booster shot for people between 60-69 years old and for health workers,…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have been able to get a rare glimpse into a crucial, early stage of human development by analyzing an…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALAN SUDERMAN and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An advisory issued by officials in the United States, United…

By JIM MORRIS and ROB GILLIES Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Canadian Pacific coast province of British Columbia has…

PRAGUE (AP) — The president of the Czech Republic is set to swear in the country’s new prime minister on Nov 26. The candidate for the post, Petr…

By JOSH FUNK and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Deere workers approved a new contract Wednesday that will deliver 10% raises…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The recent story that a German shepherd is selling a Miami mansion once owned by…

MADRID (AP) — A spokesman for Spain’s government says that leading Cuban activist Yunior García has flown to Madrid with his wife. His…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sculpture sponsored by Amazon Web Services that uses artificial intelligence to integrate…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — More than 1,000 manatees have died in Florida so far this year, eclipsing a previous…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian teen has been fatally shot after stabbing two Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem’s Old…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden nominated Saule Omarova to be the nation’s next comptroller of the currency…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press Americans may soon get a better glimpse into a future of green-friendly transportation by visiting a U.S. national park.…

LONDON (AP) — A British court has sentenced nine members from the climate action group Insulate Britain to up to six months in prison for breaching…

LONDON (AP) — An F35 jet from a British aircraft carrier has crashed in an undisclosed location in the Mediterranean Sea. The Ministry of Defense…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will deploy a battalion of National Guard troops to its Mayan Riviera in the wake of a spate of shootings that have put…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A study on calls to crisis helplines in 19 countries shows a striking similarity in the pandemic’s toll on…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top Brexit official has lowered the temperature in the U.K.’s trade feud with the…

BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A pilot who was among four people who died after a plane crash on a Michigan island has been identified as a history…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is introducing a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for public gatherings and events with more than 100…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a ban on lobster harvesting in hundreds of miles of…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year.…

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen Group is recalling more than 240,000 Audi vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because an electric cable problem can cause a…

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it received an application from Novavax to authorize the American biotechnology…

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A new lawsuit contends that construction of a luxury building next door triggered the collapse of an already…

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to five years in prison for his conviction on charges that rights…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban foreign ministry is urging the U.S. Congress to release Afghanistan’s assets. The militant group’s acting…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial have accused prosecutors of…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says a data simulation of its…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose 5% in the last week, making it the only region in the world…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of new homes in the U.S. fell 0.7% in October, a sign that builders are still…

By AMY FORLITI, GENE JOHNSON and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has played out, moments of…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a moderately-strong earthquake has shaken the northwestern Turkish province of…

NEW YORK (AP) — An emerging young filmmaker is also very much in demand in the book world. Nick Brooks has reached a seven-figure deal for his…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery has testified at his murder trial that the 25-year-old…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe says the long-running beauty pageant being held in Israel next month…

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press With concern about climate change growing, this holiday season is a chance to try celebrating in more…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of airline passengers traveling for Thanksgiving this year is expected to rebound to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels,…

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling more than 240,000 diesel heavy-duty trucks mainly in North America to fix fuel pumps that can fail and cause…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s central bank governor says he asked an auditing firm to look into transactions and investments and that contrary to media…

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is acquiring a new drilling ship to search for natural gas in the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India’s startup Akasa Air has announced it’s choosing CFM International’s LEAP-1B turbofan engines to…

By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says it believes Iran has further increased its…

Thousands of Sikh pilgrims have arrived in Pakistan for an annual commemoration of the birth of their religion’s founder, officials said on…