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Associated Press When Jennifer Wexton rose Thursday to speak on the House floor, something she has done countless times before, the congresswoman…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Organizers of next month’s Democratic National Convention are tossing out their script. The Democratic Party…

Associated Press A plan to help shore up the Colorado River by cutting off water to alfalfa fields in California’s crop-rich Imperial Valley is…

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy accelerated last quarter at a strong 2.8% annual pace, with consumers and businesses…

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A lawyer says activist publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at his Hong Kong national security trial.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to form a task force to investigate the security failures surrounding the assassination…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered a solemn Oval Office address Wednesday that laid out in the clearest terms yet why…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several courts across California have lost their phone lines after a ransomware attack targeting the Superior Court of Los…

AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The home of the Philadelphia Flyers and the 76ers — well, the Sixers, for now — will soon need a…

Associated Press VIOLET, La. (AP) — A volunteer-heavy effort to restore some of Louisiana’s eroding coast with recycled oyster shells was part of…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The chief executive officer of a biotech company with ties to the largest public corruption case in Mississippi history has…

AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris is already facing a wave of Republican-backed attack ads questioning her leadership, her…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods said Wednesday that the state will pay for districts to teach a new…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Justice watchdog investigation has found no evidence that politics played an improper role in a…

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A judge has rejected Texas’ attempts to compel a deposition from one of the largest migrant shelters on…

AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Families of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history are calling for a broader…

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder over self-managing an…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic National Convention delegates can make Vice President Kamala Harris their presidential nominee —…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Air Force commander at the North American Aerospace Defense Command has been nominated to be the next…

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore, Attica Locke and Edwidge Danticat will be among hundreds of writers attending this September’s Brooklyn Book…

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted…

Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has issued a long-awaited proclamation to call a special legislative session to…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets announced that Pat Doughty, the team’s PA announcer for the past 20 seasons, has died. He was 55.…

BOSTON (AP) — A third man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with threats and vandalism targeting public radio journalists in New…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bud has formed in the Eastern Pacific, off the coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Wednesday…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A bucket-list climb to the top of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome turned to tragedy for a young Arizona…

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A riveted nation watched video released this week of a sheriff’s deputy fatally shooting Sonya…

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has opened the first of four flood recovery centers while officials waited to find out whether the state qualifies for…

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first of multiple trials has begun involving a Tennessee man charged with raping children to create pornography and…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a law that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros,…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere…

NEW YORK (AP) — A fake protest encampment set up for a TV shoot on a New York City college campus sparked a real reaction from pro-Palestinian…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has ordered seven national soccer federations to pay fines totaling $250,000 for racist and discriminatory abuse by…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescue teams have found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to authorize chancellors at two public universities…

Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities say that nearly 600 Mexicans have fled across the border into Guatemala seeking…

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara…

SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — The Olympic men’s soccer tournament got off to a violent and chaotic start Wednesday with Morocco’s…

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for…

DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 291,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the interior cargo rails can detach in a crash, increasing the risk of…

NEKIMI, Wis. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man and a man from New York have been preliminarily identified as the victims of a fatal plane crash near the…

BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was released from prison…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says authorities have detained a Russian man who allegedly fled to Turkey shortly after…

Associated Press Production has halted at a Missouri General Motors plant that manufactures trucks and vans, the result of a strike at the company…

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Wales is set to get its first female leader. Eluned Morgan was chosen Wednesday to lead the governing Welsh Labour…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Indianapolis man accused of fatally shooting five people, including a…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A man who served nearly 40 years in prison for a Detroit-area murder won’t face another trial after a judge…

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics…

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court has challenged the constitutionality of an amnesty law pushed through by the…

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission has criticized rule of law developments in Hungary, Italy and…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disney has reached a tentative agreement with four unions representing thousands of workers at its California theme parks…

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — France’s air force has made a stopover in Indonesia’s capital, part of a visit to Southeast Asia…

Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Comic-Con International, the comic book and pop culture extravaganza, is kicking off in San Diego. The…

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago,…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police say a $10,000 crown studded with multi-colored Swarovski crystals that belongs to a beauty queen from the…

AP Film Writer After years of trying and many months of feverish speculation “Deadpool & Wolverine” is here at least. The movie opens in…