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MARENGO, Iowa (AP) — An explosion and fire at an agricultural plant in eastern Iowa has caused injuries and an evacuation of people near the…

RIDGEWAY, S.C. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say they have found no evidence linking gunshots near a Duke Energy facility in South Carolina to…

By JOHN HANNA, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, and JOSH FUNK Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military has passed the…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl last week in Texas told authorities that he…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Supreme Court has reinstated a progressive prosecutor on a criminal…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida driver in a fit of road range fired a shot at an SUV that passed him, not realizing it was a marked…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press The former warden of a federal women’s prison in California where inmates said they were…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon’s surface, a…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press The brother of an American detained in Russia since 2018 says that his family fears he will…

By The Associated Press Reactions after WNBA star Brittney Griner was freed from a Russian prison in a high-profile prisoner…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ke Huy Quan is trying hard not to cry. He’s been crying a lot lately. Quan tends to get emotional…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court panel said New York can continue enforcing a new state law banning guns from “sensitive” places like…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana doctor has dropped a lawsuit that aimed to halt the state’s…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Africa director said that the continent is preparing for…

AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO & SAM MEDNICK ASSOCIATED PRESS BENI, Congo (AP) — A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has declined to ease bond conditions and release a Chicago woman who is…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is confident that Finland and Sweden…

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit doctor already jailed on criminal sexual conduct charges connected to his work with youth hockey…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Taylor Swift was up. Elon Musk was in, out, in and maybe out again. Tom Cruise was back. BTS stepped aside, and…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has called for a review of the state’s investments to…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner’s 10-month imprisonment in Russia on drug charges came to an end on…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN, JIM MUSTIAN, MIKE BALSAMO, BERNARD CONDON and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Springs…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the…

LONDON (AP) — An American woman who left the U.K. after killing a teenager in a road accident more than three years ago has been given an…

By ELEANOR H. REICH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a coalition deal with an…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Imprisoned Belarusian human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A judge in Miami has admonished federal prosecutors for instructing a cooperating witness to gather…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is investigating the death of a migrant worker who reportedly was killed while doing repairs at a resort that had served…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who returned to Moscow after a swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump arrived in Washington with a hodgepodge of ideas developed over decades in business…

LONDON (AP) — George “Johnny” Johnson, the last known survivor of Britain’s daring World War II “Dambusters” raid on German…

By ASHRAF IDRIS KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Sudan’s capital demanding the ouster of its…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tanita Hilliard made a wish the night a shooter livestreamed himself driving around Memphis,…

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have installed multiple rocket launchers at Ukraine’s shut-down…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Lawmakers in Slovakia have started debating a parliamentary no-confidence vote against the country’s coalition…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawmakers in Greece are set to approve plans to outlaw commercial spyware following…

The Associated Press Celine Dion has put a halt on all performing after being diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder. In an emotional video…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of…

By ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night,…

By The Associated Press Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russia prison in a high-level prisoner exchange. Here’s a look at the WNBA…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched. Russia’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Saudi Arabia’s king and…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take hormone-blocking…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality…

TAMAQUA, Pa. (AP) — Two firefighters died responding to a house fire Wednesday in rural eastern Pennsylvania where a man’s body was found…

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has slammed the U.S. State Department’s listing last week of the South Asian country…

By STEVE DOUGLAS and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A future for Portugal’s national team without Cristiano Ronaldo…

LONDON (AP) — Artist Veronica Ryan has won the prestigious Turner Prize for work that transforms materials including fruits, seeds and volcanic ash…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Supreme Court of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan says that 27 people were lashed in public in a…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Ukrainian rights activist who leads the group that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize says there will be no…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is calling for calm after overnight unrest in an Athens neighborhood and an area outside Greece’s…

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has helped mark a milestone in U.S.…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s attacks on fellow Republican David McCormick contributed to the former…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Experts say an alleged plot to topple the German government, led by a self-styled prince, a retired…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press President Joe Biden is announcing the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union…

BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport in southern Germany, in a protest against the environmental impact…

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Portugal’s Civil Protection Agency says one person died Thursday during the heavy rains that fell overnight in the…

BEIJING (AP) — China has begun implementing a more relaxed version of its strict “zero COVID” policy amid steps to restore normal life, but…

BERLIN (AP) — The former chief executive of financial services company Wirecard and two other ex-managers has gone on trial over the firm’s…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party looks set to retain control in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin has been acquitted in Norway of violating a law that…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, made a sweeping indictment of Britain’s media…