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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hospitals in the heart of California’s Central Valley are running out of beds in their intensive care units because…

In a story published September 3, 2021, about the coronavirus outbreak in California, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the San Joaquin…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Four companies say they’ll move ahead with a $26 billion settlement of lawsuits over the opioid crisis. An…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom to urge…

ESTILL, S.C. (AP) — A family attorney says a lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times reports Facebook has apologized for putting a “primates” label on a video of Black men. The newspaper says…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit California’s Bay Area on Wednesday to campaign with Gov.…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s calling the Republican-led legislature into…

NEW YORK (AP) — Willard Scott, the beloved weatherman who charmed viewers of NBC’s “Today” show with his self-deprecating humor and cheerful…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff’s department has brought charges against two inmates after a jail riot in which two guards…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz have brought some laughs to the Venice Film Festival.…

By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s top court and its election authority have tossed aside what…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his spouse, Chasten, are celebrating the arrival of not one — but two — bundles…

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mysterious deaths of a Northern California family of hikers and their dog have led federal officials to…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban are begging the world to not…

By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit all three 9/11 memorial sites to…

FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A paraplegic man who was injured on a roller coaster is now suing a Utah amusement park, saying his paralyzed leg wasn’t…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian security officers have detained five minority Crimean Tatar activists and raided the home of…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Brexit minister has warned of a long-term chill in relations between the U.K. and the…

FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) — Ford and Michigan environmental officials say one of the automaker’s plants is the source of benzene vapor in sewers that…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy has declared five missing sailors dead nearly a week after a helicopter crashed in the ocean off San Diego. The Navy has…

BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of activists have protested in Berlin for a more inclusive and progressive society. The German news agency dpa reported…

BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands have protested in Switzerland for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the Alpine country. The protests…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A judge has temporarily shielded some Texas abortion clinics from being sued by the state’s…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press A U.S. official says the United States plans to send Afghan evacuees who require more screening to a site in…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press CRANFORD, N.J. (AP) — Flood-stricken families and business owners across the Northeast are hauling waterlogged…

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Several dozen Russians have gathered in Moscow to protest the crackdown by Russian authorities on…

ROME (AP) — Italian police were hunting for a tobacco shop owner in Naples who allegedly ran off on a motor scooter with a customer’s…

PARIS (AP) — Sharks and rays have seen declines in their populations since 2014 and more and more are now threatened with extinction. That’s…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Experts call it “warning fatigue,” and no one can be sure what role it might have played…

By JULIE WATSON and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administration’s estimate that no…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jessica Chastain has been friends with Oscar Isaac since their Julliard days but says it…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The end of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case has left a bitter taste for those who wanted to see more…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Democrats are wondering if they erred in pushing too hard in some states for a nonpartisan…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban special forces in camouflage fired their weapons into the air, bringing an…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas operatives have launched a number of incendiary balloons from Gaza into Israel, protesting the continuing…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top health official has called on more citizens to get vaccinated. He is warning…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Among the people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks, Mychal Judge, a Catholic chaplain with New…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Among the people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks, Mychal Judge, a Catholic chaplain with New…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Edgar Wright and Anya Taylor-Joy gathered Saturday on the Lido to speak about their new film…

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — It’s one of the nation’s most iconic marketing slogans, but today the checkoff…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ new law allowing most people to carry handguns in public without a permit or training…

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Protesters clashed with hundreds of riot police in the old capital of Montenegro…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press The dismal state of power in Hurricane Ida’s wake is a distressingly familiar scenario for Entergy Corp. Louisiana’s…

By TAMEEM AKHGAR, MATTHEW LEE, LOLITA C. BALDOR, RAHIM FAIEZ and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press The Afghanistan war ended with an odd unity between…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Guitarist Jimmy Page says he turned down a lot of “pretty miserable” pitches over the…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic…

By The Associated Press LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — When a mine industry conflict a hundred years ago sparked the largest armed uprising in the United…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The third week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City saw more accusers, including a…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. Yet an estimated 33,000 or more…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Traditionally, the process of getting an opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court takes months and…

By JESSICA GRESKO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press The road to a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state began in a town called Waskom,…

By ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A senior Lebanese government delegation has asked Syria to allow Egyptian…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of the U.K.’s largest suppliers of seasonal influenza vaccines warns there could be delivery…

The Associated Press TEHRAN — Iran’s president is calling for elections in Afghanistan to determine the future of the country, where he hopes…

By ESTHER CUNEO Associated Press PAPEETE, Tahiti (AP) — France’s worst virus outbreak is unfolding 12 times zones away from Paris, devastating…

By MATT SEDENSKY, CHEVEL JOHNSON and AARON MORRISON Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — The energy company that is providing power to Louisiana says…

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press MARRERO, La. (AP) — As the power outages from Hurricane Ida have dragged on, many people have decided to get out…

By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers with giant blades, crews armed with shovels and a fleet of aircraft…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press LAPLACE, La. (AP) — Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Some cities in Brazil are providing booster shots of the COVID-19…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has won votes of confidence in Parliament, helping to steady…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka says she is thinking of taking another break from tennis after her title defense at…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A state judge has shielded, for now, Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion group under a new state abortion…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors say the founders and managers of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com knew…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Court documents have identified 32-year-old Ahamed Samsudeen as the extremist who was…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s wife will be released from a Chicago hospital where she has been treated for COVID-19. A statement Friday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is again urging countries to withdraw all foreign fighters and…