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BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two airports in 2008…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign minister is meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, who is visiting to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s election commission has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma is not…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in three Arkansas state House districts are returning to the polls to complete some…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin and three Northeastern states will weigh in on…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected…

By MIKE CATALINI, MITCH WEISS, AARON MORRISON and REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Black people accounted for a…

By AARON MORRISON, MITCH WEISS, MIKE CATALINI and REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of…

By MITCH WEISS and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer N.C. State’s Jannah Eissa and UC Irvine’s Diaba Konate are leaving a big impact off the court, bringing…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s armed forces say Moscow launched a large-scale attack on energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. The country’s soccer…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday in quiet holiday trading, with markets closed in Hong…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union aims to fast-track up to $1.1 billion in financial aid to Egypt, using a funding…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. There…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear…

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school…

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill that aims to require local jailers to work with immigration authorities is headed to the governor’s desk for…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press International Transgender Day of Visibility aims to show “trans joy.” Buildings will be lit pink, white and…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country’s…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — U.S. citizens jailed in Russia include a Wall Street Journal reporter,…

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Political dignitaries, friends and family were expected to gather to honor the late, former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of…

By KATHLEEN FOODY and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks.…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press As authorities begin removing twisted wreckage from the the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, they’re…

By BEN FINLEY and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take…

By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard was being transported to Baltimore so…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News’ messy hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel…

By The Associated Press The Moscow concert hall attack a week ago that left more than 140 people dead was a major blunder for Russia’s law…

By REBECCA SANTANA and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more worried about legal immigrants committing…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia House of Representatives has approved new rules for challenging voters…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are agreeing on pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, although…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager says he has signed up to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities allege that a former employee of Caltrain and a former contractor for the mass transit system connecting Silicon…

BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a southern Oregon city can’t limit a local church’s homeless meal services. KGW…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry has died a day after after experiencing a medical emergency related to his stomach cancer. He…

MADRID (AP) — Emergency services in Spain say four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker is imploring the Legislature’s Executive Board to hold…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo have killed and wounded several people and caused material…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron’s just-ended trip to…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press The expert pilots who navigate massive ships in and out of Baltimore’s port must often maneuver with just 2 feet…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A local official in a rural Northern California county has survived a recall effort. Kevin…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Southern California man convicted of killing his mother as a teenager was captured in Mexico a week…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has accused the major banking industry groups and the U.S. Chamber of…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor has named a whole new board of trustees to the state’s only…

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Simmering spats between Latin American populist leaders have intensified in the past days, with Argentina’s…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on the repeal of Memphis police traffic stop…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College has announced Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer will deliver the…

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A fourth person has been charged in connection with an ambush that allowed a white supremacist…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities.…

By JILL COLVIN and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is aiming to take in $33 million at a Florida fundraiser next week.…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has determined that a death row inmate is not competent to be executed for…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A lawyer for Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small says law enforcement officers have visited the mayor’s home to execute…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in illnesses caused by a bacteria that can cause…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Top Massachusetts officials joined with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government has survived a motion of no-confidence brought by opposition parties over its handling of…

By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press TAXCO, Mexico (AP) — A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman they suspected of…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered an end to government subsidies for many…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Orlando city commissioner has been arrested on charges of elderly exploitation, identity fraud and mortgage fraud following…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida police are seeking the public’s help in finding a car stolen from an older couple who were found shot to…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new proposal from California regulators would change how power companies calculate their…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Critics say the patchwork system of safety regulations governing massive cargo ships like the one that toppled a…

By SALLEE ANN HARRISON Associated Press Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress as part of their…

By The Associated Press A media freedom organization says that Russian authorities have detained six journalists across the country. Reporters…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have wrapped up work on a sweeping criminal justice bill…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh want to release to the public statements he…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has decided not to appeal a judge’s ruling on…

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Several central and Eastern European countries have begun marking the 20th anniversary…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker in Michigan made claims on social media Wednesday…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Flo Milli always felt different from her peers growing up, believing she was destined for…

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration to block a…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Day will headline a United Nations Human Rights-backed global climate concert on Tuesday…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil.…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says that the Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan and his…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dash camera video released by a Texas school district shows the moment a cement truck…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s unemployed people will need to do more to prove they are searching…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have announced a pilot program to deploy portable gun scanners in the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that will recognize civil rights icon Malcolm X…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A judge has rejected an attempt by four former Connecticut police officers to have…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court has ruled that congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Oscar-nominated documentary “Food, Inc” helped change the way many consumers think about the systems behind…

DENVER (AP) — A Denver truck driver has been convicted of five counts of vehicular homicide for crashing a semi tractor-trailer into a sport…

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023. That’s according to a new…

By SALLEE ANN HARRISON Digital Engagement Editor Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX was sentenced to 25 years in…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A new study in Hungary shows that dogs, beyond being able to respond to commands like…