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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new report released this month in Nevada says state auditors in 2022 found a troubling pattern of…

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say they killed a man who shot and injured a Georgia state trooper as law enforcement…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court is set for an all-male bench for the…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who had more than 200 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home has pleaded guilty to lying…

By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lawyers for sprinter Usain Bolt say more than $12.7 million is missing from his…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has elected Inger Andersen of Denmark to a second four-year term as executive director of the…

By JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he met for 2½ hours…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk was alternately depicted in a San Francisco courtroom as a liar who…

MILAN (AP) — German airline Lufthansa says it has submitted an offer for a minority stake in Italy’s ITA Airways Spa, formerly Alitalia. The…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House has passed a proposal to reduce the…

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Police in eastern Congo have fired tear gas at demonstrators who were protesting the arrival…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Campbell’s Soup Co. plans to spend about $50 million to upgrade of its headquarters in New Jersey as it consolidates the…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press Two years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a series of drive-by shootings targeting Democrats in New…

By MARK THIESSEN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A polar bear chased several residents around a tiny, isolated Alaska…

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine newspaper that was criticized for publishing an edited version of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday his government will consider a plea by imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Florida on Sunday to speak about abortion on the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing ahead with a contentious plan to remove all remaining…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Anti-abortion activists will have multiple reasons to celebrate — and some reasons for unease — when they…

BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter crash that killed Ukraine’s interior minister and about a dozen other people is the latest devastating…

By ERIC TUCKER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian national who founded a cryptocurrency exchange the Justice Department…

The latest survey by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows gray wolves are holding their own in the state. An analysis of data collected…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will provide $125 million for parts and other supplies to help repair crews in Ukraine keep up with…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press The husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day went online to look up ways to…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and is…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee County circuit judge has raised more money over the last six months of 2022 than…

NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Meg Medina is the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a selection made by the Library of Congress.…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees…

The Associated Press A starry group of celebs from film, TV, sports, music and fashion will be channeling the Lagerfeld Look at this year’s Met…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — Since Russia invaded Ukraine almost 11 months ago, many Ukrainians had fled to Dnipro.…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has announced a bid for governor in 2024. The…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a driver who led police on a chase in suburban St. Louis was shot and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Follett is ready to wrap up his epic fictional chronicle of Western civilization. Viking announced Wednesday that the British…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing evidence that high inflation is finally easing shows that the Federal…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have…

MADRID (AP) — In a story published Jan. 18, 2023, about deaths on migration routes to Spain in 2022, The Associated Press erroneously reported that…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Sade, Jeff Lynne, Glen Ballard, Teddy Riley and Liz Rose have…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Men’s Fashion Week in Paris was in top form with a second day of runway shows touting a dynamic…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on spending in December, the second consecutive month they’ve done…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press He was 6, in his first-grade class in Newport News, Virginia. He pointed a handgun at his teacher, police say, and…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw’s Jewish history museum has presented a group of photographs taken in secret during…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker government has approved opening credit lines totaling $116 million to help…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England said Wednesday it will allow blessings for same-sex, civil marriages for the…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin museum authority says it is ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the…

By The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s action in Ukraine was intended to stop a…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Resort fees that aren’t advertised as part of the room rate of a hotel stay can surprise many travelers when they see…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told political leaders at the World Economic…

By UPENDRA MANSINGH and ANISH BHATTARAI Associated Press POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Grieving relatives of plane crash victims in Nepal are growing…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer A trio of NFL playoff quarterback newcomers provided some memorable playoff moments. Brock Purdy, Trevor…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — For seven decades, China’s Communist Party has ruled the world’s most populous country. As the…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic to the arguments of a deaf student who sued his public…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat says his country will achieve its objectives in Ukraine despite a…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dissolved a provincial…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, as investors grew cautious after Wall Street’s…

PARIS (AP) — A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person but had been reportedly growing weary of the burdens of age has died a…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa and attacked a man and killed two…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The new head of Taiwan’s ruling party who described himself as pro-independence has vowed…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has deported an Italian activist to Italy after Israeli security forces detained…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has found three former utility company executives not guilty of negligence over…

BEIJING (AP) — Hairdresser Wang Lidan is making an emotional Lunar New Year journey from Beijing to her hometown in northeastern China — her…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a fire that killed three people in a psychiatric nursing home in southern Germany could have been set intentionally by one…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro’s long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he’d…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook eastern Indonesia and southern Philippines on Wednesday, with no damage immediately…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on her mind…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday, with Tokyo gaining more than 2% after Japan’s central…

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been sworn in as the state’s first Black governor. The…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An attorney for Derek Chauvin has asked an appeals court to throw out the former…

HONG KONG (AP) — China games company NetEase Inc. says it has rejected a proposal from World of Warcraft creator Activision Blizzard to temporarily…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met on Wednesday with her Chinese counterpart and pledged an…

SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — The founder of Macao’s once-biggest casino junket organizer has been sentenced to 18 years in jail…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not…

WALES, Alaska (AP) — A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for new gun control laws and greater accountability for…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has brushed aside the final remaining legal hurdle in the way of a $4 billion dividend by…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis laid out a vision Tuesday to tackle the state’s…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A deep earthquake has shaken eastern parts of Indonesia, but no serious damage or injuries have been reported. The U.S.…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA hopes a federal appeals court will soon block a lawsuit that seeks to treat…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., mayor and city council are locked in a public dispute over how to respond…