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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In a story published December 14, 2021, about nuclear fuel and advanced reactors, The Associated Press erroneously reported…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make…

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with sparking a devastating Northern California wildfire are out of jail after a judge vastly…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — With his nomination to be ambassador to India on the line, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The St. Louis-based electric utility Ameren Corp. says in a court filing that it will close a Missouri coal plant…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s attempt to undo…

By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A son of former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has pleaded guilty in New York to…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A dog that was missing for two weeks in Colorado was rescued from a ledge 50 yards above a creek this month and is…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona has asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on abortions performed solely because of Down syndrome and…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A grand jury in Texas has returned a capital murder indictment against a man authorities have said confessed to killing…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A North Carolina man who came to Washington armed with guns and threatened to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the…

By The Associated Press Captain Kirk finally made it into space this past year. William Shatner was part of the new wave of civilian travelers…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is a free man. A Nevada State Police spokeswoman said Tuesday the 74-year-old former…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A well-known judge in Romania has been suspended from his position over videos he…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been ordered by New York’s ethics commission to give up the millions of dollars he was paid to…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug…

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the nation owes the families of those killed at…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States have begun work on the new framework that will govern their security relationship going forward and…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The trial of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A man who was effectively sentenced to life in prison for a robbery he committed as a teenager in St. Louis has…

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta has decriminalized the possession and cultivation of cannabis for personal use by adults. Lawmakers also took steps…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury found a private contractor that accidentally dug into a Florida water main responsible for leaving nearly a…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — In the desperate hours after the massive storm struck his state, Gov. Andy Beshear…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says 26 migrants have been formally identified in the tragic capsizing last month of a boat in the English…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has approved a $2.5 trillion debt limit hike, sending legislation to avert a…

CHICAGO (AP) — The lone Black juror on the panel that convicted Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago police about what authorities say was a staged…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 50 years after his record-setting basketball career at LSU, “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s college letterman…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damson Idris transformed from his real life British-speaking Nigerian persona…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nothing can really prepare a person to go from New Jersey high school student to the lead in a Steven Spielberg…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is suspending talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made…

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants has agreed to pay more than $4…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in the murders of Canadian…

By DYLAN LOVAN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press A Kentucky woman who worked her way up from school bus driver to become an administrator and school…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leaders of Gulf Arab states have arrived in Saudi Arabia for their annual summit, a united meeting that…

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in the Spanish city of Zaragoza are bracing for a critical surge in the level of the Ebro River after flooding further…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A ruling by the European Union’s top court has boosted the rights of same-sex parents and their…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is revamping the rules governing the movement of people and goods into and around…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A local freelance photojournalist in Myanmar has died in military custody after being arrested last…

By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian police are investigating two explosions that occurred on Tuesday in the border city of Cucuta and killed two…

By YONAT SHIMRON of Religion News Service and ILAN BEN ZION of The Associated Press Reform and Conservative Jewish movements have ordained women as…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top European human rights court has issued a ruling urging Russia to introduce measures…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and JANIE HAR Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rain is drenching Southern California as a blustery storm charged down the state,…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU and DAVID CRARY Associated Press When Americans are asked by pollsters about their religious identity, the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department will release $8.7 billion to help increase lending to small and minority-owned businesses and to people…

MASON, Ohio (AP) — One of the Ohio cities that voted recently to criminalize abortion within its limits has reversed its decision. The city of…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have voted to approve new restrictions to curb the spread of the omicron…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The Arctic continues to deteriorate as global warming increases. A new federal Arctic report card Tuesday…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Under Chair Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve is poised this week to execute a sharp…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia have detailed 28 mostly Cuban migrants found crammed into a van driven by a suspected…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Ukraine’s defense minister says that the former Soviet republic has “no plans to attack anyone,” and its…

By AHMAD MANTASH Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Hamas officials have buried three of their members who were killed by gunfire in a tense…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Kroger, the country’s biggest traditional grocery chain, is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as…

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — While many companies are offering bonuses or higher pay as a way to lure and keep workers, a central Florida…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The Giving Pledge announced Tuesday that 14 more billionaires, including the CEOs of DoorDash and Pinterest, had…