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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An initiative that would shore up abortion access in New Mexico amid a flurry of local…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bill that would criminalize transgender people using restrooms that match their…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans have formally censured their nonbinary Democratic colleague after state…

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A prisoner who has been behind bars for decades for a St. Louis-area killing has pleaded guilty to killing one woman. Gary…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Arizona’s Democratic attorney general is suing a rural, Republican-controlled county to stop it from…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department spokesman Ned Price is stepping down from his job as the daily face of U.S.…

The Associated Press Federal authorities added 25 border patrol agents at a section of the northeastern U.S. border with Quebec in response to a…

By DAVID BAUDER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath that he believes the 2020…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the U.S.: traveling…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sixteen former students at a now closed Missouri Christian boarding school have settled lawsuits alleging they were abused…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is now forever immortalized on a stamp honoring the prolific…

By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the…

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday that three men on…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district heard community concerns about campus safety in the wake of a fatal stabbing at a…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the U.N. General Assembly has announced that Lebanon, Gabon and South Sudan made sufficient payments to…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WeightWatchers’ stock is soaring after the company said it is getting into the prescription drug weight…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Colossal camellias served as the ready-to-wear altarpiece for Chanel’s sparkling, bloom-inspired…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives…

MOSCOW (AP) — Viktor Bout, a former Russian arms dealer who was released from prison in the U.S. in a swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner in…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has pledged not to back down in a dispute with the United States over a potential ban on imports of…

By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering detaining migrant families who cross…

By The Associated Press The six-month battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest fight of the war so far. Little…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The second person who died following a stampede after a rap concert in Rochester, New York, was identified Tuesday as…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has heard arguments about whether the parents of a teen shooter can be…

LONDON (AP) — Previous winners Barbara Kingsolver and Maggie O’Farrell are among contenders for the 30,000 pound ($36,000) Women’s Prize for…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says a promoter’s lawsuit against FIFA and the…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A passenger who helped restrain a threatening man on a weekend flight from Los Angeles to Boston said…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Riders on an Amtrak train that runs from Maine to Boston will soon have to hold off on buying alcoholic beverages during the…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Howard Schultz has agreed to appear before a U.S. Senate committee that is examining Starbucks’ actions…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Just over a week ago, Associated Press journalists filmed 29-year-old Yana Rikhlitska…

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angela Bassett has a presence that feels warm and inviting but also demands your respect. The…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The job market in the U.S. remains strong overall, but recent high-profile layoffs at technology…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Amid a federal corruption case, a company that owns nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and northern Ohio will be sold for more than…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video was tentatively…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are alerting consumers about two more recalls of eyedrops due to contamination risks that could lead to…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has convicted a military veteran of storming the U.S. Capitol to stop…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish newspaper El Pais says prosecutors will accuse soccer club Barcelona of corruption because of its payments to…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration sued to block JetBlue Airways’ $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines, saying…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is imposing sanctions on nine people, including two senior Taliban government members and Russian military…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer The Pritzker Architecture Prize — the highest honor in the field — has been awarded to British architect and…

By JOSEPH WILSON and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has presented a plan to mandate gender quotas in elected…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off…

By ALFREDO PEÑA, FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the second state visit of his…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment. The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift will receive the 2023 iHeartRadio Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 14 people and…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has renewed his cabinet of cardinal advisers from around the world. He named a handful of new members Tuesday and…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chávez told Venezuelans to choose Nicolás Maduro as his successor…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press The European Commission says it’s tightening rules that allow foreign governments or organizations to pay travel…

LONDON (AP) — Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be a Roman shrine beneath a former graveyard in the grounds of a cathedral in…

ROME (AP) — Two Italian air force planes collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground, killing both pilots. Italy’s air foce said in a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help…

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Moscow sentenced a student activist to 8 1/2 years in prison for social…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian teachers have held protests in several cities over suspected poisonings…

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet As the Federal Reserve continues to increase interest rates, borrowers may find that they’re paying more for…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A television news report claims that St. John Paul II knew about sexual abuse of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican and Greece finalized a deal Tuesday for the return of three…

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and ISABEL DeBRE Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say at least six Palestinians were killed…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a woman accused of assisting a suspect in the gruesome killing and…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says it’s ready for human-rights legal challenges to a tough new law…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s top diplomat has been sworn in as prime minister, replacing another member of the ruling family who…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — South Korean technology firm Kakao has launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southeastern African…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has failed to appear before a court in…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Derek Carr has proved repeatedly that he can produce as a passer. What the former Raiders…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says China has given crucial debt restructuring assurances…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve might raise…

By SYLVIE CORBET, NICOLAS GARRIGA and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has warned that Beijing and Washington are headed for “conflict and confrontation” if the U.S.…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis positioned himself as the architect…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A helicopter pilot who was coming into land at an Australian theme park has told…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, following a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve could increase the size of its interest rate hikes and raise…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate by another quarter-point to 3.6% as it continues…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is defending his government’s contentious plan…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Earthy scents pricked guests’ noses as they entered the venue for Stella McCartney: A manege.…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in remote Indonesian islands are searching for 47 people who are believed to be buried in their houses by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years,…