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Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech…

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature will ask voters in November to relinquish some of their rights to…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Judges and magistrates in Mexico have joined forces with other federal court employees in a strike meant to…

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — Investigators have solved the disappearance of a Michigan woman more than three years after she was reported missing. State…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief has referred for possible prosecution 597 apparent noncitizens who either…

Associated Press A Marine Corps veteran who tried to fake his own death after a falling out with a Virginia-based militia group has pleaded guilty to…

Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land…

AP Film Writer Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “ Megalopolis ” Wednesday amid revelations that critics’…

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers say Kentucky has met the financial conditions to set in motion another cut in the…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a deputy in South Carolina has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and assault after he…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Justice Department watchdog found one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors flouted ethics…

AP Media Writer The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge: how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its…

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police arrested a suspect Wednesday who they say carjacked a beloved 80-year-old dog walker who died after…

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Kentucky man went to great lengths to avoid paying his child support obligations. They say 39-year-old…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech with a sense of gratitude for President Joe Biden, even after her doubts…

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A rehabilitated sea turtle was released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach Wednesday morning. Willow, a…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors say a parks worker accused of fatally shooting a man at a migrant encampment in Brooklyn has been…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jurors in a suburban court have heard from a security guard who was working at a Detroit-area mall in 2014 when…

Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri death row inmate has dropped his innocence claim and entered a no-contest plea in an agreement that…

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A college town in Mississippi temporarily closed a street Wednesday after a delivery truck dropped dozens of cases of beer.…

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals…

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — An independent committee says a breakdown in communication, a lack of training, inconsistent protocols and an…

CAIRO (AP) — The governor of Egypt’s coastal province of Alexandria says a train has crashed into traffic, killing two people and injuring…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign to expand his conservative education agenda in Florida…

Associated Press The traditional roll call at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago became a boisterous dance party, with each state’s…

Associated Press Alicia Silverstone worried fans this week when she posted a TikTok clip of herself nibbling a poisonous berry she found while…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Attorneys for a teenager who was ordered into jail clothes and handcuffs during a field trip to a Detroit court…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is extending its suspension of flights between the U.S. and Israel through late March of next year.…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Key West, Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for…

SHREWSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A Canada lynx, an endangered species in Vermont, has been confirmed in the state for the first time since 2018, and farther…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off…

Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are seeking to remove the judge overseeing the protracted…

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — It was a rare diplomatic gamble when the three leaders of Latin America’s largest democracies inserted themselves…

AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with…

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have indicted 23 people, most of them current and former inmates, in what authorities said Wednesday…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Democratic politician has told a Nevada jury that he didn’t kill a Las Vegas investigative…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators’ calls to give counselors at Wisconsin’s…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia counties are asking the state’s Election Board to stop changing the rules ahead of the November election.…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will face a national audience when he headlines the…

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say they referred 43 cases of unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution in the last year. The…

AP Business Writer Online fast-fashion giant Shein is suing its competitor Temu once again, accusing the China-founded shopping platform of stealing…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of the Taliban’s ambassador to the oil-rich Gulf Arab country.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs from April 2023 through March this year than were originally reported, the government…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal police says it has carried out search warrants against the governor of Tocantins state as…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gilma is the second hurricane of this year’s eastern Pacific Ocean season and was forecast to strengthen into a major…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish and Swedish justice ministers vowed Wednesday to go after organized crime leaders abroad, whom they say have…

Associated Press A man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges has been taken into custody after a 15-hour standoff with police at a Chicago…

LONDON (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly setting a house fire that killed a mother and three children in…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Macao leader Ho Iat Seng has announced that he will not seek another term due to health reasons, less than two…

BEIJING (AP) — European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China. The Chinese Commerce Ministry…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has called for more international backing for Taiwan and a…

Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan have arrested and charged a man with cyber terrorism for his alleged role in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden has started with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would…

Associated Press A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say a school employee has shot and killed three people in a town in northwestern Bosnia. Police…

AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grocery aisle deals for cash-strapped customers and an emphasis on affordable but stylish clothes has helped…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has accepted his party’s nomination for vice president. He used his Democratic National…

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A mountaineering official says after six days of being stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two…

Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a…

MIAMI (AP) — Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has cruised to a reelection victory, avoiding a potential runoff by winning nearly 60% of…

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — A wildfire has forced the suspension of rail service in northern Nevada and left about several thousand rural residents…

Associated Press The Democratic National Convention transformed what should have been the driest part of the evening — the roll call — into a…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — School board candidates in Florida  backed by Gov. Ron Desantis were defeated in…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on…