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By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Riders on an Amtrak train that runs from Maine to Boston can continue…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Voters in Oklahoma have rejected a ballot measure that would have made the state the 22nd in the U.S. to legalize…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A woman born to a severely disabled resident of a New York state facility in 1986 has filed a lawsuit saying her…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. and Israeli officials say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been forced to change the…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has stepped in to defend the good name of St. John Paul II, a “great fellow-countryman,”…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says it has been forced to temporarily close its hospital in Cite Soleil given a sharp rise in…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Over the past 10 years, Czech President Milos Zeman has courted controversy. He sought a referendum…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former executive utility who gave rosy projections on the progress of two nuclear power…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is quitting the Legislature, a week after a union lobbyist…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s center-right Reform Party has started talks with two smaller parties about forming a…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The first meeting of the new board of Walt Disney World’s government —…

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian security forces have fired tear gas canisters and flash grenades at angry Palestinian protesters during a…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Airport police say federal agents confiscated a loaded gun found in the hand luggage of actor and comedian Mike Epps, who was…

By JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The nine-day Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, billed as the…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific. The Associated…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the central bank’s…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s upcoming budget proposal aims to cut deficits by nearly $3 trillion…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is adding more sanctions on Iranian state officials who are accused of violating…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A Tesla that crashed into a firetruck in California last month was operating on one of the company’s…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities said Wednesday they are dropping all investigations into Puerto…

By TERRY TANG The Associated Press Almost every working Asian actor in Hollywood can trace their path back to Bruce Lee and Anna May Wong. The…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 10.8 million job openings in January, indicating the American job…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press A top United Nations official has called for renewed attempts to reach a political solution to the country’s nearly…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — TikTok has unveiled new measures to protect European user data as it takes steps to head off…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The new comedy “Champions” stars Woody Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson, but the veteran actors…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington made it big when rock ‘n’ roll was still a defining…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new British law that aims to bar people from seeking asylum if they arrive in the U.K. in small…

By MARK THIESSEN, ISABELLA O’MALLEY and NATALIA GUTIERREZ Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A social media campaign is urging…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births says it will voluntarily…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Nazanin Boniadi is urging the world to back the protests in her native…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The competitors stand rigidly upright with their hands behind their backs, waiting to absorb a…

MILAN (AP) — Prominent pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has canceled a piano recital at the Opera de Monte-Carlo due to the effects of a…

HELSINKI (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says lawmakers widely support NATO membership for Finland but it’s unclear when they…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press When Richard McKinney was getting married last year, friends stepped in to help. Bibi Bahrami cooked Afghan dishes —…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar just joined Japan’s national team for the World…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady has offered spirited support to her nation’s…

By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly a decade after a brazen diamond heist at Brussels airport, it looks like a…

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a pilot and and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes collided in…

By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are turning up the heat on Tesla, announcing…

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Women’s rights activists in Japan are renewing their demand for the government to allow married…

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine official says the country’s coast guard has launched a strategy of…

By JAMES BROOKS and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark pushed the button Wednesday on an ambitious project that aims…

CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. defense secretary says America’s defense partnership with Egypt is an “essential pillar” of Washington’s commitment…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister voiced caution Wednesday over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Pau Gasol joined the Los Angeles Lakers just over 15 years ago, the Spanish 7-footer…

BEIRUT (AP) — Reports say that an explosion in eastern Syria killed at least three people. A war monitoring group said the blast on Wednesday was…

By CIARÁN GILES and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press MADRID (AP) — From demands for constitutional rights in Islamabad to calls for economic parity…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas’ breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and the inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of…

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are marching in Athens and Greek cities…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor has claimed that his troops have…

By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A government official says three people were killed when an Indian army mortar shell fired…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The sight of a red bloodstain on Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba’s white pantsuit was…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries…

By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons,…

By ERIC TUCKER and DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s support of a Republican resolution to block new District of…

By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women. The first…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the…

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Author and illustrator Ian Woodward Falconer, known for his “Olivia” book series for children, has died. Falconer’s…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A powerful paramilitary commander has slammed Sudan’s ruling generals, saying they oppose stepping…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Legislators in New Mexico are advancing legislation to rein in paramilitary patrols that have…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he plans to meet with President Joe Biden in the United States following…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed’s incarcerated brother could get a reduction in his 44-year manslaughter sentence after a judge ruled he…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four of the candidates running in Kentucky’s Republican…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Houston podcaster Nathan Reeves caught video of the startling moment that an SUV crashed into the cafe where he…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — At the prosecutors’ office in Japan, everyone makes their own tea and copies — tasks often…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate, whose attorneys say gouged out…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably.…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A massive education bill that includes a new school voucher program for Arkansas is…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the case prosecutors brought against FTX founder Sam…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The attorney representing a dozen former Iowa football players who settled their racial discrimination lawsuit with…

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has ordered new trials for a man convicted of killing two children in Chicago three decades ago because…

HONOLULU (AP) — The latest eruption at Kilauea’s summit on Hawaii’s has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. U.S. Geological…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has granted the state attorney general’s request for 90 more days to review…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — The founder of the no-frills Chicago sandwich joint Mr. Beef, which inspired…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police and court documents say a Virginia state lawmaker charged in what authorities are…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate has passed its version of a…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Ja Morant is fearless on the basketball court. That aggressive style of play helped skyrocket the 23-year-old…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh Memphis Police Department employee was fired and another retired who was…