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By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell delivered a tough message at the start of a news conference Wednesday:…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — What started as a $4 trillion effort during President Joe Biden’s first…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A wealthy dentist accused of shooting and killing his wife in their cabin at the end of an African…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination,…

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Luis Suárez has confirmed that he has signed with Nacional in Montevideo, the club where Uruguay’s historic…

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Domenico Vicini has become the oldest player to win a Davis Cup match. He turns 51 in September. Vicini and doubles partner…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The principal of the Texas school where the nation’s deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened is…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press A new report by says many of the world’s biggest banks are falling far short of aligning their practices with the…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man who admitted to calling in a bomb threat at the Michigan Capitol has been sentenced Wednesday to one year in jail.…

ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A relative of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh says the Biden…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state will proceed with plans to execute a man convicted of…

NICOLE WINFIELD and ROB GILLIES Associated Press QUEBEC CITY (AP) — The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials say four people demonstrating against the United Nations peacekeeping mission…

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge has put on hold the state’s trigger law banning abortion pending…

CHICAGO (AP) — A northwestern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to making an illegal “straw” purchase of a handgun that was later used to kill a…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The newest bridge in Los Angeles, a $588-million architectural marvel with views of the…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin announced an…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Leave It to Beaver” actor Tony Dow has died. Agent Frank Bilotta says Dow died…

MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Police in the the Chicago suburb of Maywood are investigating the shooting death of a former high school basketball star and…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer More research suggests it’s time to abandon the craze over vitamin D. Taking high doses of “the sunshine…

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials say two people have died and 10 were injured when the SUV they were traveling in rolled over about…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the quiz…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A grand jury has indicted the man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A West Virginia man initially charged with attacking a police officer who died after the U.S. Capitol riot has…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Stuart Woods, an author of more than 90 novels, many featuring the character of lawyer-investigator Stone Barrington, has…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is launching two more mini helicopters to Mars in its effort to return Martian…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Federal officials say that Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots have resisted…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have taken legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and its CEO Mark…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The England women’s soccer team is the talk of the nation and capturing hearts and minds because of its run to…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Now that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot has topped $1 billion — only the fourth…

By MATTHEW LEE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First, her father was lured back to Rwanda under false pretenses and jailed. Then, months…

By SAM MCNEIL Associated Press EREZ MILITARY BASE, Israel (AP) — The Israeli army says the Hamas militant group has rebuilt some of the…

Authorities say a man has been charged with sexually abusing children at his wife’s Maryland day care, days after his wife was charged with…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher mortgage rates have sent home sales tumbling. Credit card rates have grown more…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office says the end of pandemic-era spending, fast economic growth and higher tax revenues…

By MEAD GRUVER and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota…

By VIRGILE AHISSOU Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged security cooperation and support to Benin as…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The last rider in a group of Marine motorcycle club members testified Wednesday that he…

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — African nations opened climate talks in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Wednesday…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuits against five media…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jail guard says school shooter Nikolas Cruz attacked him with little…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health regulators say nearly 800,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for…

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is advising men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners…

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have breached Baghdad’s parliament, chanting…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has emerged as the clear favorite in what had been a crowded…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The head of the U.S. government aid agency has called on China to help Sri Lanka and other…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Cash-strapped Lebanon plans to build two new grain silos to fight its food security crisis for…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett’s company…

By The Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — One of Viktor Orban’s closest associates has resigned in protest over what she called a…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears…

BERLIN (AP) — Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a months-long standstill in…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his COVID-19 isolation on Wednesday, telling…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in Quebec on Wednesday at a time when many French Canadians in the province…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty…

LONDON (AP) — U.K.-born environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who has been jailed in Iran for more than four years, has been released on furlough.…