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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A sister of a teacher killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and an FBI agent who…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nearly 300 South Koreans who were adopted by European and American parents as children…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Tuesday warned North Korea that using its nuclear weapons would put it…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor has appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian…

By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHUMIKA SARASWATI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Just hours before news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death spread, Prime…

By JILL COLVIN, BRIAN SLODYSKO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is sitting on top of more than $115…

By JILL COLVIN, BRIAN SLODYSKO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting on top of more than $115 million across several political…

By LOLITA BALDOR and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. leaders from President Joe Biden on down are being careful not to…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only three months left in the year, the House Jan. 6 committee is eyeing a close to…

By WILL WEISSERT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc won New Hampshire’s Senate…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month in August, but most…

By JOE McDONALD and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is using his first trip abroad since the start…

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hospitalized Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox. It’s believed to be…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiny snail half the size of…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 12th…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans judge has brought in a mediator to try to work out a settlement with hundreds of people who claim damage from a…

SEATTLE (AP) — The wreckage of a floatplane that crashed into the waters of Washington state’s Puget Sound last week has been found on the sea…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A little-known candidate for the U.S. Senate race in Alaska suspended his campaign…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants voters to reject a new tax on rich people that would pay…

CHICAGO (AP) — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says if Democrats lose the upcoming midterm elections, it’s going to be a…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Classes will begin Wednesday in Seattle following a weeklong teachers strike that delayed the start…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A former member of Afghanistan’s parliament is urging the world to label the Taliban a…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Five doctors have pleaded guilty in a pain pill prescription scheme involving clinics in…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hannah Waddingham wore Dolce & Gabbana with bedazzled high top sneakers on her feet Monday…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man was sentenced to life in prison for selling fentanyl online that led to 11 fatal overdoses. A federal jury in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the fraud trial of Trevor Milton. The founder and former executive chairman of Nikola Corp. is accused…

NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman accused of killing a woman to steal her unborn baby to present as her own went on trial for capital murder.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors’ self-driving car company has announced plans to expand a robotaxi service into new markets in Arizona and…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Hard Rock International, , said Monday it is spending over $100 million to give…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A man shot and killed a Toronto police officer while he was was on lunch break, shot another person…

By MARÍA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A high-level United States delegation invited Mexico to participate in…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County leaders have announced a lawsuit settlement agreement that commits…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s green chile season is in full swing as the aroma of fresh…

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Nonbinary athletes will be able to run in next year’s Boston Marathon without having to…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began building their argument…

By The Associated Press As Russian troops were retreating in northeastern Ukraine amid a fierce counteroffensive by Kyiv, Muscovites were celebrating…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press STATHAM, Ga. (AP) — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp says he wants Georgia to provide grants to school districts to help…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pro bull rider was killed in Utah overnight Monday in what Salt Lake City police are calling a domestic violence homicide.…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s second largest district, improperly and repeatedly shut students with…

WHITING, Ind. (AP) — Regular production has resumed at a northwest Indiana refinery that was shut down last month following an electrical fire. The…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Saying that a police response is often an improper solution to mental health crises, Biden…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York is poised to strengthen its oversight of private and religious schools. Education officials are taking…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Democrats who run state government are celebrating because tax rebates totaling…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A judge has ruled that a Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mohegan Chief Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba was sworn in Monday, becoming the nation’s first…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method to carry out a death…

PARIS (AP) — William Klein, an American photographer whose innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography in the…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez that grounded on Alaska’s Bligh Reef in 1989, causing one of the…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the Twitter whistleblower who is warning of security flaws,…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the…

The Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Protesters including brothel owners and sex workers have demonstrated in front of the Spanish Parliament over a…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge won’t hear arguments until next week on a lawsuit seeking to block the…

ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Colorado authorities have arrested a suburban Denver man on suspicion of first degree murder and other charges in the shooting…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid has pleaded guilty to driving…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press TANAGRA, Greece (AP) — Greece’s air force has taken delivery of a first pair of upgraded F-16 military jets…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Divisions over LGBTQ-related policies have flared recently at several religious colleges in the United States. On…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has accused Taliban authorities of harassing its Afghan…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — “Untitled Amblin Film,” read Gabriel LaBelle’s audition sheet. Director “TBD.”…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama firefighters had to use a ladder truck to rescue dogs from the roof of a downtown kennel after chemical fumes from…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Ten years ago scientists warned the world about how climate change would amplify extreme weather disasters. What…

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to packing lunch for their kids, moms and dads have reliable favorites like…

By JOSH BOAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent speeches, President Joe Biden has stopped talking so much about inflation worries.…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch…

MILAN (AP) — Three Americans are among winners of this year’s Balzan Prize. Martha Nussbaum, a philosopher and scholar at the University of…