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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The resignation letter was short and direct. “I can no longer be…

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Police in Vienna say they have launched a criminal investigation after three women were…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Heads of state across West Africa are meeting on Saturday to discuss the region’s…

By ALICIA LEÓN Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Brazil’s president has alleged that Israel is committing…

BY FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls National Park, home…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Ministry of Defense says a World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in…

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with Hindu devotees has overturned and fallen into a pond in northern India, killing at…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. military says an attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on a Belize-flagged ship earlier this month…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has canceled an audience scheduled as a precaution after suffering a mild flu, the Vatican press office said in a…

By The Associated Press The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has accused President Vladimir Putin of mocking Christianity by trying…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ever since Myanmar’s military announced it is implementing conscription to fill its ranks,…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has opened in an official ceremony its first…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press Olfa Hamrouni doesn’t know much about her granddaughter; not her favorite toy nor food — is it the pasta the…

By JOHN HANNA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is marking two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion with a somber mood hanging over the country. Foreign…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press It’s a showdown that treats evading police and wrestling over beer like they were Olympic sports. The Florida…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Since Netflix launched into original films, the streaming service has been an annual force in Hollywood’s awards…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Plunging into a frozen lake and swimming laps may not be everyone’s good time but it is for…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City area DJ who was killed during a celebration of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory was set to be remembered…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The future looks bleak for war-weary Ukraine. It’s beset by shortages in soldiers and…

By RUTH BROWN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from New York City’s Central Park Zoo and became one of…

By MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is looking to win his fourth straight…

By MATT BROWN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claims his multiple criminal indictments have boosted his…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest in Mexico says churchmen have helped arrange a truce between two…

NEW YORK (AP) — Fire officials say one person was killed and 17 were injured in a fire at an apartment building in New York City on Friday.…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California socialite has been found guilty of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young…

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker says action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with killing an Indianapolis police officer has been found guilty but mentally ill. A jury convicted 31-year-old…

MADERA, Calif. (AP) — Eight men were killed Friday in a head-on crash in Central California near a farming area, police said. The California…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The bronze Jackie Robinson cleats that were left behind when a statue of the first player to break Major…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race —…

MIAMI (AP) — Officials say a seaplane overturned Friday afternoon while trying to land near PortMiami, but no serious injuries were reported.…

By GENE JOHNSON and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. ___ NBC’s “Meet the…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small and nonthreatening balloon spotted flying high over the mountainous Western…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association and its longtime former leader have been found liable in a…

By DENISE LAVOIE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Navy SEALs drowned last month while trying to board a vessel that…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The NCAA Committee on Infractions has outlined potential penalties for rules violators in leadership positions beyond…

BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) — A National Guard helicopter crashed Friday afternoon during a training flight in northeast Mississippi. Prentiss County…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of…

By TY O’NEIL and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Kayakers have been paddling in one of the driest…

NEW YORK (AP) — Lifetime’s “Where is Wendy Williams?” documentary will air this weekend as scheduled after a New York court rejected an…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The link between Atlantic City casinos and the beach, and a walkway in the Jersey Shore…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government has announced an underwater exploration more than 600 meters…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The staggering civil fraud judgment against Donald Trump was finalized by…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undergraduate student workers at California State University have voted to join a union…

WARREN, R.I. (AP) — A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with…

By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press South Dakota’s Legislature has made it easier for the city of Sioux Falls to find new…

By TERRY SPENCER Associate Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an…

By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A federal judge has barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and…

KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators looking to crack down on the number of packages from China that enter the…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Buses dropped off hundreds of migrants at a San Diego bus stop instead of at a reception center…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister is telling skeptics who believe Ukraine can’t win the war…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have downed a Russian early warning and control aircraft in a major win…

By HOLLY RAMER and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Orleans magician says a Democratic consultant who worked for Dean…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press ROME (AP) — A delegation of German bishops is expected in Rome soon after the Vatican insisted…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House has voted for a measure to enable people to buy health insurance through…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at prohibiting universities, schools and public entities from maintaining…

By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told the nation’s governors on Friday that he’s…

By KEN MILLER and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A recently released police search warrant has revealed more details in the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused…

CHICAGO (AP) — Now it’s United Airlines’ turn to raise fees for checking bags. United said Friday it will raise fees beginning with…

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Zoo officials say a grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at a…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Cellphone location data cited in a court filing raises questions about the testimony given by a…

Associated Press Powered by big stadium tours from artists like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, ticket sales are booming and it appears likely that live…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The embattled superintendent overseeing public schools in the Las Vegas area will step down Friday after more…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOSH BOAK and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, United Kingdom and European Union are once…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The explanation given for the source of 13 pages of drafts of lyrics to the Eagles’…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has restored a U.S. legal finding dating back nearly 50 years that…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would “strongly support the availability…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are strong favorites to win the Michigan…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is defending his decision to disclose a reporter’s telephone number, saying a law that prohibits…

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Two children were killed when a hillside collapsed along a Northern California river. The Shasta County Sheriff’s…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A rural Pennsylvania county and its elected officials may have to pay the state’s…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of the open-pit gold mine that killed at least 16 people has…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Ethics Commission is recommending that state prosecutors file felony charges…

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say a group of teenagers believed from the Chicago area broke into a luxury car dealership in Wisconsin and drove off…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A watch melted during the August 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima sold at auction Thursday for more…

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 17-year-old male has been charged in the fatal shooting of a Detroit-area man who had been trying to expose sexual…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A student has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, felony menacing and committing…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Time flies when you’re hosting a late-night show four times a week. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” turns 10…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by North Dakota’s largest city that…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado have arrested a former funeral home owner accused of hiding a…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is writing a letter to the International…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Now, a…

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A 26-year-old Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a shooting at a 2021 graduation party that killed a…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer The Professional Fighters League is set to become the first major MMA promotion to hold a card in Saudi Arabia. Mike…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s newest arrival was said to be “alive and well” a day after making…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is lamenting the partisanship that permeates Capitol Hill and politics writ large, telling governors at the…

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A professional bowler who was arrested by U.S. Marshals while he was competing in an Indiana tournament has been…

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Five people have died during rescue operations of a migrant boat off Malta. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been shot to death in a New York City subway car. The New York Police Department said the man was shot in the…

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Rod Stewart will not be slowed. At 79, he continues full-throttle. Some highlights in 2024…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway…