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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The U.S. military has launched its secret space plane on another mission that’s expected to last at least a…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The U.S. military has launched its secret space plane on another mission that’s expected to last at least a…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a charge of making threatening online comments toward law enforcement days after…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who authorities say fatally shot his mother near his childhood home two days…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Deutsche Bank has pledged nearly $5 million in funding to help combat human trafficking in New Mexico. The bank made the…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay his bribery trial…
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer The Washington Huskies are applying lessons from Olympic rowing in 1936 to their quest for a college football…
Continue ReadingTUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Donald Wildmon, the founder of the American Family Association, a conservative Christian advocacy group, has died. An obituary…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former…
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school leaders announced…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cher has asked a court to make her a temporary conservator overseeing her son’s…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects…
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A hard-hit Israeli kibbutz on Thursday announced the death of Judith Weinstein — an…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One person wanted to get past anger issues. Others sought to turn the page on medical bills,…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller has disputed the allegations of him assaulting the mother of his children, who…
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit…
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro has ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A court in Moscow has given a 7-year prison sentence to a poet for reciting verses against Russia’s war in Ukraine. It…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at…
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco failed to show up Thursday for a meeting with a…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf is rolling onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Workers in several New England states are looking forward to a bump up in the minimum wage in 2024…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Court documents unsealed this week say that a Pennsylvania man who was sentenced in secret for his role in…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of…
Continue ReadingBy MARK N. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Authorities in Liberia say a leaking fuel tanker exploded as people gathered to…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Hit-Boy walks the Grammy red carpet, he expects to proudly strut into next…
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that regents fired him because they were…
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader has attended a meeting with children from…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen to Turkey…
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest…
Continue ReadingBlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries,…
Continue ReadingBy NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media…
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Stocks edged higher on Wall Street in what’s expected to be another quiet day between the…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in central Mexico say a drug cartel has kidnapped 14 local residents in apparent retaliation for an uprising by angry…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The list of security challenges keeps growing for election officials preparing for the 2024…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria and Romania have received permission to join Europe’s passport- and visa-free Schengen Area starting in March.…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but not enough to raise concern about the labor market or…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The nightlife of Russia’s elite has long been famously rakish but a recent party crossed an invisible line and provoked a…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Parts of northern and central Europe continued to grapple with flooding as rivers remain swollen after heavy rain. A barrier near the…
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has held a funeral for a high-ranking general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli…
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say a civilian cargo ship has struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea near…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Kendall Coyne Schofield is relishing her return to hockey, and doing so as a first-time mother. She will be bringing…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy says it forcibly pushed a boat packed with…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says Qatar’s Court of Appeal reduced the death sentence handed…
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — There were times when Jo Overstreet felt all alone as a standout flag football player on boys teams…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A storm that battered the U.K. with high winds and heavy snow has damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of people…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across…
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema said…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares powered higher on Thursday, with Chinese benchmarks up more than 1%, after Wall…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say a chain-reaction crash Thursday involving seven vehicles on a motorway in northwest Turkey has killed…
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism…
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a…
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn…
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities…
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Gypsy Rose Blanchard is set to be paroled years after she persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her abusive…
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly…
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania saw a tenfold increase in deaths of older adults following an abuse or neglect…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press The house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year was set to be demolished Thursday, marking an…
Continue ReadingBY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — As casinos start to pop up on Virginia’s southern border, some lawmakers are ready to…
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The legendary Paris restaurant Le Tour d’Argent already boasts a wine cellar with 320,000…
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, is a long way…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — The number of Israeli soldiers wounded in the war with Hamas is growing. They are yet…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, PAUL WISEMAN and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s been no shortage of tough news for China’s…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War,…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Police say that a bus caught fire after colliding head-on with a truck on a highway in central India, killing at least 13 people.…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Acting Foreign Minister Mark Dreyfus says two Australian citizens…
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is shifting congressional districts to a more…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for bolstered war readiness to repel what he…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Republican Party is appealing that state supreme court’s ruling banning…
Continue ReadingWHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman accused of stabbing two girls ages 4 and 1 while babysitting them has been denied pretrial release by…
Continue ReadingCHANNELVIEW, Texas (AP) — Texas police ripped apart the cab of a tractor trailer and pulled the truck’s driver out after pursuing him in a slow…
Continue ReadingLAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a 76-year-old Alabama man accused of the 1988 killing of an 11-year-old girl in Massachusetts has ended with a…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND and FREDERIC J. FROMMER Associated Press Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the…
Continue ReadingSTONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A man wanted in a 2022 shooting had a pistol as he attempted to flee from Connecticut State Police troopers and other…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday announced what officials say could be the final package of military…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver renewed pleas Wednesday for more federal help and…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state cabinet secretary and former economist to the Legislature has been selected to oversee New Mexico’s $49 billion…
Continue ReadingDELANO, Calif. (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape…
Continue ReadingNAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — A juvenile sperm whale that appeared to be in poor health has been euthanized after stranding on a North Carolina beach. The…
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of a 16-year-old who was killed by Des Moines police in December 2022 has filed a lawsuit arguing that the teen…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month. Prime will include ads…
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Pop star Shakira has been immortalized in her Colombian hometown of Barranquilla, where…
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Five Boardwalk casinos and a hospital want a judge to prevent Atlantic City from…
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Thank you, next! Ariana Grande will release a new album in 2024. On Wednesday, the two-time Grammy award winner…
Continue ReadingBy ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of union members and activists are taking to the streets of…
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The reputed last member of the famed World War II American jungle fighting unit nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders has…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Emergency workers in South Florida rescued two people from a canal after their helicopter crashed. The helicopter was carrying two…
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican does not immediately plan to resign following a DUI traffic stop in…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press wo higher end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los…
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Crews removed a Confederate monument from a Jacksonville, Florida, park following years of public controversy. Work began…
Continue ReadingBERLIN Gaston Glock, the Austrian developer of the handgun that bears his name, has died. He was 94. The Austria Press Agency reports that the Glock…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued high surf warnings for much of the West Coast and parts of Hawaii.…
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