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NEW YORK (AP) — New York is suing an anti-abortion group and almost a dozen pregnancy counseling centers for allegedly promoting an unproven method…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate…

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Court records say a Kansas City-area man who’s charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn’t take…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. authorities have arrested a Florida man in connection with the disappearance of…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Home health care provider Elara Caring is being sued by the husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a 2021 ruling that NBA star Zion Williamson’s contract with a marketing agent was void…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and TOM MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after The Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jayne Anne Phillips’ “Night Watch,” a mother-daughter saga set in a West Virginia asylum after the Civil War, has won the…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rapper and media personality Snoop Dogg is putting his name on the Arizona Bowl for what will be the first partnership between…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That’s…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors say they have opened an investigation after a Polish judge fled to the…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit alleges that child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A cookbook author, actor and producer will be the Lifetime Achievement honorees at the Daytime Emmys in June. Lidia Bastianich…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans. Jackson was…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press Friends, family and law enforcement officers gathered in Charlotte to remember the life of Deputy U.S. Marshal…

PARIS (AP) — How do you smooth over trade tensions with the all-powerful leader of economic powerhouse China? Charm him with a bottle of Cognac or…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Kentucky’s Republican secretary of state, Michael Adams, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Met Gala has inspired pajama-clad New Yorkers to fundraise for medical debt relief at an…

By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers The inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League has set one attendance record…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press A Virginia judge has signed off on a prosecutor’s request to withdraw charges against five more people in…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state’s lax…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Jordan has stationed two helicopters in Cyprus to help the Mediterranean island nation combat potential forest fires until…

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Authorities say two suspects arrested in a fatal shooting on the Delaware State University campus are not students at the…

NEW YORK (AP) — The summer performance lineup at the amphitheater on Manhattan’s Little Island park will open June 6 with Twyla Tharp’s…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri panel found that fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials…

By SAM MEDNICK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group battling Myanmar’s army in the country’s west claims it…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has recognized the United States Military Academy with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy for besting other…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s attorney general says city officials in Savannah overstepped their authority…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press A new fashion competition show on E! called “OMG Fashun,” challenges contestants to repurpose materials to…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Yogurt sold in U.S. grocery store may soon have new labels that say the popular food might help reduce the risk of…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says the country has carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee’s election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just…

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say an infant girl who was abducted from a park near Clovis, New Mexico has been found safe, and a suspect is in…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Hospital operator Steward Health Care has filed for bankruptcy protection, but pledged to maintain…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman says Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into several human…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Forecasters say millions of people in the central United States could see powerful storms Monday including…

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for re-election. The 82-year-old from Vermont announced Monday that…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NBC Sports has been without a permanent analyst in the 18th tower all year. That’s not going to change for the…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A building that was under construction has collapsed in South Africa, with…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a man who tried to shoot a pastor during a service at a Pennsylvania church because “God told…

By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and VANESSA GERA Associated Press OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — U.S. university presidents have joined Holocaust survivors and…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Growing up in the streets of east Baltimore surrounded by poverty and gun violence, two kids named…

ROME (AP) — Some journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI are on strike to protest budget streamlining and what they say is an increasingly…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of activists in Bangladesh backed by the ruling party’s student wing have demonstrated in the…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country’s…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is counting down for its first astronaut launch after years of struggle. Two…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque. The move came…

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press SABINA, Ohio (AP) — As climate change drives an increase in spring rains across the Midwest, it can mean more…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Some 155 police officers were injured in fighting involving Dynamo Berlin and Energie Cottbus fans…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democrats have introduced far-reaching legislation that would…

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ITBAYAT, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian journalist’s arrest last week has triggered criticism of worsening press…

By The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry has declared that the military will hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons. It was…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland’s next leader. John…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, she was a royal princess and all. But there’s no way Sleeping Beauty ever had quite…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year has…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prado Museum has confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has recalled its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations in Berlin following an alleged hacker attack on Chancellor…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive has decided to end its 6-year dispute with member state Poland. It says Prime Minister Donald Tusk…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are returning to a strategy they hope could neutralize…

NEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to resume. That will set the stage for an even deeper dive into the…

By EDOUARD TAKADJI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Voters in Chad headed to the polls on Monday to cast their ballot in a long…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from a Russian…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia says a Chinese fighter jet has endangered an Australian navy helicopter with…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s King Frederik X has arrived in Stockholm with his Australian-born wife Queen Mary, as they begin their first…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, the Travis was…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog will travel to Iran where his agency faces…

By The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry says it plans to hold drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The announcement…

By The Associated Press Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling…

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BRETTEVILLE-L’ORGUEILLEUSE, France (AP) — D-Day veteran Charles Shay is about to take…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is set to replace the statues of two obscure figures from its history that…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army has told Palestinians to begin evacuating eastern Rafah, according to an Israeli Defense Force statement on…

By JUSTIN SPIKE and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with the stock market’s best day in…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three months before Tom Brady gets roasted by critics as Fox Sports’ top NFL analyst,…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — José Raúl Mulino said he was practically retired from politics just over six months ago.…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is welcoming China’s Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to…

By JAMIE STENGLE and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters closed some Texas schools on Monday after days of heavy rains…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush…

By ERIC TUCKER, DIDI TANG and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials say foreign countries like China and Iran…

By ERIC TUCKER, DIDI TANG and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Attention all you fashionistas: It’s almost Met Gala time. Yes, the first Monday in…

By COURTNEY SUBRAMANIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are…

By ALAN SUDERMAN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Parscale was the digital guru behind Donald Trump’s…

By GARANCE BURKE and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Text journalism’s biggest day of the year has arrrived with the annual announcement of the…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girls’ rise and subsequent…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is going…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft,…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a…