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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky spokeswoman says the school is “distressed to hear disturbing allegations” of sexual assault by former…

DETROIT (AP) — A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall.…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The question of holding the Paris Games opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large as…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Attorney General has declined to file criminal charges against a Los Angeles…

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIT MERI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Interior Minister says Israeli agents were most…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Security officers are conducting a door-to-door sweep at a North Dakota Air Force base after a report of a gunshot…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Workers who help bring Disneyland’s beloved characters to life have filed a petition to form…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is being remembered as a politician…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A law that will enable Britain to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda has…

By JOSH CORNFIELD Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish has been performing to thousands of dedicated fans for decades and prides itself on never…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home. The Sundance Institute has started to explore…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Charges have been dismissed against a suspect in the 2016 cold case slaying of a 25-year-old Tulane University graduate who was…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico is saying it did not…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop has…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members’ jobs in North Carolina’s public…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The ride-hailing company Uber says it’s banned an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel to break the world record…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarusian parliament has voted to suspend the country’s participation in the…

Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders are telling Congress that Ukraine and Israel both desperately need the…

By AMY BETH HANSON The Associated Press The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte,…

GUYMON, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has denied bond for the four people charged with kidnapping and killing two Kansas women. Tifany Adams, her…

By ED WHITE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The board overseeing higher education in Kansas is considering banning state universities…

By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says the world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern…

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A makeshift burial ground for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos has been cleaned up and redesigned after years of…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A man has been charged in federal court in Illinois in the transport of millions of dollars worth of Masters golf…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner of the container ship Dali has initiated a process requiring owners of the cargo on board to share salvage costs after…

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines briefly grounded all flights Wednesday due to a technical issue. The Seattle-based airline says it requested a…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA banned Toronto two-way player Jontay Porter on Wednesday, after a league probe found he disclosed…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A National Public Radio editor who wrote a critical essay saying that his company had become…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing a choice between potentially losing his job and advancing aid for Ukraine, forged ahead…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The lower house of Swiss parliament is following in the footsteps of the Senate, or upper house, and…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Three court rulings across the U.S. this week delved into laws restricting the rights of transgender kids,…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s environment and energy minister says his country will be able to create…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Let no one say “Suffs” lacks timing. Shaina Taub’s buzzy musical about the…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Golden State guard Stephen Curry knew he was running out of chances to play in what would be his first Olympics,…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota toddler has died after falling from a third-floor window at a hotel in South Dakota. The parents of 1-year-old…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Orlando Bloom wanted to test himself for his latest adventure project. Not by eating…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of people have attended a vigil in central London to commemorate the life of a police officer…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another…

ROME (AP) — Milan’s La Scala, one of the world’s most prestigious and historic opera houses, has named Fortunato Ortombina as its new director.…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 456,000 Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles due to a…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Days after Tunisia’s president insisted that he remains unwilling to let Europe…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The 2024 Latin Grammys will return home to Miami — where the organization is headquartered. The 25th annual event…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has announced new steps to improve a program…

The Swedish parliament passed a law Wednesday lowering the age required for people to legally change their gender from 18 to 16. Young people under…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Noah Eagle is broadcasting his second Olympics this summer. He’s going to his first. NBC Sports announced…

The Associated Press Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix comedy will be featured during this weekend’s IndyCar race at Long…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001…

LONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant received “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone,…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major show of Caspar David Friedrich’s iconic landscapes that marks the 250th anniversary of his…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of…

By JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds Sometimes you need to buy a car you’ve never seen. And there may be powerful reasons to do so. Buying a vehicle online and…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, Kate Hudson took on the role of one of the most celebrated music fans…

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman on Wednesday said Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region,…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a proposed law that would require media and non-commercial…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate the compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a judge in Delaware…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The police chief in Albany, New York, says an officer was “ambushed” by a driver who shot him the leg as he approached a…

By RONITA CHOUDHURI-WADE of NerdWallet Renters can personalize their living spaces for greater comfort and style without jeopardizing their security…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Disney has received a key approval to expand its theme park offerings in California as it…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and New Zealand have vowed to boost economic cooperation with an aim to triple two-way trade by 2045, as the New Zealand…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish firefighters were still at work extinguishing the last pockets of a fire that…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of European Union citizens’ minds, with…

By JULIA FRANKEL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says Israel “is making a decision to…

By RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to “consider…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to triple U.S. tariffs on steel from China. The…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Dozens of Russian athletes will likely be allowed to compete at the Paris…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union have halted ferries and public transport services in Athens and other…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms have lashed the United Arab Emirates, dumping the heaviest…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait, a day…

By The Associated Press Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as…

BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 police officers have searched dozens of homes, stores and lawyers’ offices across western and southern Germany in a…

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Muslim community leader in Australia says the father of a boy accused of stabbing…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A gathering of far-right politicians and supporters has resumed, a day after police shut the event down citing concerns about…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine top…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in two and a half years in March after a further easing in food prices. The Office for…

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ivory Coast’s largest city are demolishing homes in…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia is voting in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centered on a…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday, as expectations resurfaced that U.S. interest rates may…

By EDNA TARIGAN and ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” manufacturing…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America and its allies are discussing…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the resort island of Capri. Soaring tensions in the…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of…