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By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island.…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri’s health department has announced findings of a lengthy examination of the troubled Bridgeton Landfill in…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man arrested in New York City near the home of an Iranian opposition activist and writer has been indicted on a weapons count.…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is denying too…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A protester is suing the city of San Francisco claiming that a San Francisco paramedic…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has welcomed the first cruise ship to return since the coronavirus…

GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — The FBI says data cannot be recovered from the laptop of the 20-year-old man who allegedly shot five people in a suburban…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Archives and History is beginning the process of returning the…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press A prosecutor says a California juror who convicted Scott Peterson in the murder of his pregnant wife may have…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a story published August 11, 2022, about the arrest of former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch on suspicion of driving while…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills to defend himself against a sexual harassment claim…

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — University of Oregon President Michael Schill will assume that office at Northwestern University this fall. The Evanston…

By LYNN ELBER and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery…

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called late Thursday for the “immediate”…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News veteran Shannon Bream was named host of the “Fox News Sunday” political talk show, the…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich will not…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s Muslim community pushed Thursday for the Afghan…

By The Associated Press Gas prices hit record highs just two months ago, but now they’re sinking below $4 a gallon. The auto club and insurer…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The 4th Congressional District in Washington state is a land of snow-capped volcanic…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres, Jordan’s Queen Rania, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and…

By TERRY TANG and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Numerous transportation projects across the U.S. will be getting a slice of $2.2…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — About 200 potential jurors for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s central bank has raised its interbank interest rate by 0.75% to 8.5% — the highest level in at least 16 years.…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s the fitness tracker on your wrist, the “smart” home appliances in your…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has hired a prominent Atlanta criminal defense attorney known for defending famous…

By MIKE STOBBE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has revoked house arrest for the man who authorities say agreed to kill disgraced…

MIAMI (AP) — Florida prosecutors have announced a second-degree murder charge against social media model Courtney Clenney in the fatal stabbing…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Walt Disney Co., up $5.34 to $117.77. The media and entertainment giant added…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.41 to $94.34 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego woman who alleges Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sexually abused her has filed a countersuit to his…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Drag performers shimmied up and down a walkway between café tables, as enthusiastic patrons…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked the state courts to allow her to implement a 2018 law…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BUCHA, UKRAINE (AP) — With graves marked only with numbers, not names, burial services were held Thursday for 11…

Congress is expected on Friday to pass a major bill that includes close to $375 billion in spending related to fighting climate change. The bill,…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A military statement says nine Indian crew members whose vessel sank off the Pakistani port of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea have been…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists in Germany attached tiny trackers to giant moths looking for clues about insect…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say the search for a New Hampshire girl who disappeared at age 5 in 2019 but was…

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) — An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say neighboring Turkey has been asked to help about 40 migrants, some…

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has committed a man accused of targeting a motorcyclist in a fatal crash because of the victim’s race…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An international media watchdog has urged Pakistan to free a TV news director arrested the previous day over an alleged anti-army…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief is warning that “very alarming” military activity at…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A second firefighter has died in Cuba, where crews have controlled a massive blaze that began…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for Flint, Michigan’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescue divers’ first attempts to reach 10 miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine since last week were stopped by…

By SETH BORENSTEIN, MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural…

LONDON (AP) — Heathrow Airport in London said Thursday that its limit on the number of passengers is easing a travel crunch that has led to flight…

GARDEN CITY, S.C. (AP) — A beachgoer was killed Wednesday after a loose beach umbrella impaled her in the chest, authorities said. The umbrella was…

BOSTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school was…

By The Associated Press A court in Russia has ordered a former state TV journalist placed under house arrest for nearly two months on charges of…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says a new U.S. tax credit plan aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could discriminate…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russia’s Baltic neighbor Estonia has decided to bar Russians with tourist visas from entering the northernmost…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somaliland say they fired on opposition protesters Thursday amid tensions over…

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — The Army has identified two soldiers who were killed during training in the mountains of north Georgia. A statement from…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison on federal bank robbery charges in a case that tested the…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A leading Cambodian opposition politician who complained about alleged unfairness in June local elections has been…

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A large row boat taking villagers to a festival has capsized in a flooded river in…