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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The high-profile seditious conspiracy trial for the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old Missouri man is accused of beating his 6-year-old daughter to death with a bat. Dustin Beechner, of St.…

WEED, Calif. (AP) — A wood products company says it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through a Northern…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The big, jovial personality of the Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” got…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $9.25 million settlement by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union in two…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a Michigan man suffered serious puncture wounds to his arms during a bear mauling in Alaska. But…

LONDON (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children are starting the academic year at a new school after the family traded the bustle of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the U.S. delegation to the state funeral of former Japanese Prime…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that state law does not allow local election clerks to fill in…

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s water use dropped more than 10.4% in July compared with two years ago as…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s city council has decided that law enforcement will be prohibited…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel is taking the mound to the song “Let It Go,” known…

By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general and onetime national security adviser to President Donald…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state TV says a building has collapsed in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 11 people, including three…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An outbreak of bird flu that has led to the deaths of 43 million chickens and turkeys this year across the U.S. has been found…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The man convicted in the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband in the school’s arboretum has…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It could have been just one night, but Serena Williams’ exit from tennis turned into a boon…

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man has been charged with making an online threat to kill a member of Congress from Texas.  A court filing unsealed…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s latest line-up of iPhones will boast better cameras, faster…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Until this month, Medicaid paid for August Dekker’s testosterone treatments which allowed…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A gold judicial collar made of glass beads that belonged to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is…

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Police say a New York man has been arrested and charged with killing a law enforcement officer in Maryland more than 50…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Wednesday struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it,…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat Wednesday, as operators…

BOSTON (AP) — Brian McGrory, under whose leadership The Boston Globe won three newsroom Pulitzer Prizes, is stepping down after 10 years at the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, returned to the White House…

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The criminal case against the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie involves so much potential evidence that…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has revoked bond for a man charged with killing a Memphis woman who was…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people in Haiti’s capital and other major cities have organized new…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the phone rang inside a Northern California police station…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s former business manager has testified at the singer’s federal trial in…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer After two editions much diminished by the pandemic, the 47th Toronto International Film Festival is set to roar back to…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman has admitted to laundering money made from an ex-convict’s plot to…

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Several dozen faculty at Eastern Michigan University are striking after their union and the school’s administration…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his…

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A fugitive Russian paratrooper who published a book online denouncing his government and military is…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban-appointed foreign minister has acknowledged that the former insurgents’ year-old…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After three years as the festival director of the New York Film Festival, Eugene Hernandez has been…

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man charged with capital murder in the deaths of his live-in girlfriend and her son in rural central…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has written to its NATO and European Union partners and the U.N.…

ATLANTA (AP) — An iconic part of Atlanta’s skyline is back in the hands of lenders after its owner defaulted on a loan. The foreclosure on…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Some 61 migrants who were reportedly stranded for days aboard a…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With legal sports betting in its fifth year in much of the U.S., things are getting much…

By KIM COOK Associated Press It can be tough to make a rental space your own. Most rental agreements stipulate that you can’t permanently change…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will highlight his plans for drastically reducing cancer deaths and boosting treatments for the disease in…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Red-shirted teachers and staff in Seattle Public Schools took to the picket lines instead of the…

By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — The crowd swayed on its feet, arms pumping, the beat of Twisted Sister’s “We’re…

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog says it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of…

HONG KONG (AP) — The chairman of Hong Kong’s largest journalists’ association has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police and public…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Ken Ludwig isn’t a fan of seeing his old shows, no matter how successful…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court has ruled that it does not have the constitutional right to dissolve the country’s parliament. The much…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker may be getting closer…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays and cancellations that…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press One of Netflix’s most popular children’s series, “CoComelon,” a giggly, musical series with…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope a recent agreement settling a…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new prime minister has pledged to rebuild the economy and “ride out the storm”…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has announced a carrot-and-stick drive to cut public sector…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two sisters who survived the Holocaust as girls and moved to the United States afterward died just days apart in their…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kay is staying out in the Pacific as it lashes Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, where authorities have opened…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy is getting ready to turn the chapter on its workhorse destroyer, the Arleigh Burke,…

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government has presented plans for a power price cap to curb the rise in energy costs. Chancellor Karl Nehammer said…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says European Union countries should set a price cap on Russian natural gas. She…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister says the government has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Joanna Hogg was extremely nervous about showing her mother her latest film, “The Eternal…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Diplomats from the United States, Japan and South Korea have reaffirmed their commitment to working…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss’s new Cabinet is Britain’s most diverse ever with women serving as prime minister and…