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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a state disaster declaration for southwest Alaska communities that have experienced flooding…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has told attendees at a judicial conference that he…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two other men raped a…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican Party has removed one of its officers after a judge found he voted illegally…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late…

KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested three people in connection with a March shooting in rural central California that killed four people…

By REBECCA SANTANA and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to try to partially end a…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced Wildfire Mitigation and Risk Reduction Preparedness…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has responded to a report he’s been suspended from WABC Radio and had his…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — One of three teens who was charged with killing a 20-year-old woman while throwing large rocks at…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit that could force Democratic…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrants in New York’s shelter system may be getting evicted even if they are pregnant,…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider its ruling that wiped out a law giving…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the federal government will be spending…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed proposed restrictions on foreign ownership of land in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says that flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan have killed at least 50…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer James “Jim” Simons, a renowned mathematician and pioneering investor who built a fortune on Wall Street and then…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — Brian Jack came home to Georgia with former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and stack of…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday booted the Legal Marijuana Now Party as a major political party in the state. Now only…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a Florida man to be held without bond in connection with his estranged…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, SEUNG MIN KIM, AAMER MADHANI and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is planning to announce…

By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — An official in Congo says the death toll in the bombings of two camps for displaced people in…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent office that reviews allegations against House members has found probable cause…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says U.S. history shows court decisions unpopular in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s emir has again dissolved the small, oil-rich country’s parliament amid continuing political…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill aimed at ensuring that judges order child support…

By ED WHITE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has sentenced the former executive of a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy to at…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press The reigning winners of Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, resigned from their titles…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa urged the United Nations’ top court Friday to issue more emergency…

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man in a hospital gown who stole two police cruisers while handcuffed…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The state trooper who arrested two LGBTQ+ leaders after a contentious traffic stop in Philadelphia no longer works for the…

By AAMER MADHANI, ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MIKE BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A soon-to-be-released Biden administration…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has ordered University of Illinois basketball standout Terrence Shannon Jr. to stand trial on a rape charge…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of protesters angered by the government’s decision to hand over control of some border villages to Azerbaijan…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of mothers of missing people, other relatives and activists have marched through…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated…

ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic needed medical attention after apparently getting knocked on the head by a water bottle after a win at the Italian Open.…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — U.S. officials who predict, prepare for and respond to natural disasters have a message for…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Associated Press newsman Ken Kusmer has died at his Indianapolis home after a short illness at the age of 65.…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The betting public is throwing money on Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever as the WNBA prepares…

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Acts from more than two dozen countries will take the stage in Malmo, Sweden, to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song…

By JOHN HANNA and TOM MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the…

BY ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government has requested the United Nations end a mission set up to promote…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer Flavor Flav believes the hype on the three-time defending Olympic champion U.S. women’s water polo team, and now…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Rosemary Ketchum became West Virginia’s first openly transgender lawmaker when she…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Powerful storms left thousands without electricity Friday in Florida and other Southeastern states, where damaging winds…

BY STEPHEN McGRATH and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital has extended geographical…

ROME (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global…

By JONEL ALECCIA and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged new spending and other efforts Friday to help track…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week for personal relics and a sword used by…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities have arrested President Dina Boluarte’s brother and her lawyer over…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Authorities in Argentina say at least 60 people were injured in Buenos Aires when a passenger train struck an empty…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence…

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s deputy prime minister has resigned and ended his European Commission bid. The resignation of Chris Fearne came…

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has left Hungary, concluding a tour of three European…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad have prevented a pro-Palestinian rally by a radical Islamist party from moving toward…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald…

WOODSTOCK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Liam and Olivia have for a fifth year together topped the list of baby names for brand new…

NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. Rescue workers rappelled off a…

By AMY BETH HANSON and RICK BOWMER Associated Press SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews on Friday uncovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer In her first Eras Tour concert since the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift shook up her…

MILAN (AP) — Mock coffins have filled one of Milan’s most famous squares in a protest organized by Italy’s second-largest union to raise…

CLINTON, Maine (AP) — Officials say a tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have abducted at least nine students from a school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi…

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 75-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a British police officer who…

TORONTO (AP) — The WNBA is reportedly heading to Toronto. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that the women’s professional basketball…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials says the Biden administration is expected to announce a new…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has found that 63-year-old death row inmate Wade Greely Lay is incompetent to…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Grupo Frontera, who released their highly anticipated…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment fell sharply in May to the lowest level in six months as Americans…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S.…

By BASSEM MROUE and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force has handed over to Baghdad two…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by Democrats that challenged Wisconsin’s…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Authorities in Russia say that at least three people have been killed and six others injured when a bus veered off a…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A top Philippine security official has demanded the immediate expulsion of Chinese diplomats allegedly behind a reported…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press When Bob Ross died of complications from cancer in 1995, he had completed about half of the paintings he planned…