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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s power distributing company has announced a major blackout for most parts of…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston area was under threat of worsening flood conditions Saturday, a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency is waring Sudan’s warring parties that there is a…

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby turns 150 years old this Saturday. America’s longest continuously…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to Omaha, Nebraska, to soak up wisdom from…

By SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It hasn’t happened in almost anyone’s lifetime:…

By ERIK VERDUZCO and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A deadly shootout in Charlotte that left five dead illustrates how…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A late-season storm is expected to hit the Sierra Nevada this weekend, bringing rain and mountain snow to Northern…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are wrapping up a legislative session that heavily focused on addressing…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the auditing firm hired by Trump…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that held the Arizona Republican Party responsible for more than $27,000…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican forensic examiners are at a remote site in Baja California where three bodies were…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general’s office has released police body camera footage showing New York City police officers shooting and…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A judge is forcing the Hawaii attorney general’s office to turn over documents,…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama judges are standing by a decision that frozen embryos are children under a state law.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Mayor Eric Adams of New York; Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit…

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has denied pretrial release for a 22-year-old man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal investigators say they discovered disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022,…

A federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults. Oregon Public Broadcasting…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Leaders of Georgia’s Fulton County say they had no legal power to control District Attorney Fani…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republican National Committee is suing to stop Nevada from being able to count mail…

By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A military court in eastern Congo has sentenced eight soldiers to death for cowardice and other…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has set a July primary and a September general election to fill the Newark-based U.S. House seat…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claims in a new book to have met with North Korean leader Kim…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are taking their first steps toward tightening absentee ballot laws…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Officials say at least 13 people died in northern Haiti following two days of heavy rains. Haiti’s Civil Protection…

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister…

By ROB GILLIES and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian police say they have made three arrests in the slaying…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill has dropped by the White House for a visit with President Joe…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to…

By TOM KRISHER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says new rules governing electric vehicle tax…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer. Filmmaker Doug Liman directs Matt Damon for the first time in over 20 years in the new heist comedy “The…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Just like the Olympic athletes, the cyberwarriors that will be crucial for the…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A zebra that escaped from a trailer east of Seattle last weekend remained on the lam Friday, as…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The health insurer Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit over whether its fertility treatment coverage discriminates…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A school bus aide shown on surveillance video hitting a nonverbal autistic boy has been charged…

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) — Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger waded into Louisiana politics during the band’s performance at The New Orleans…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The families of four Americans charged in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition continued to claim on…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen has been postponed until Aug.…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire jury has found the state liable for abuse at its youth detention center and…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officials are defending their decision to initially keep quiet about a…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to sue Iowa over the state’s new…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish state-run news agency says the son of Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Burhan has died two months after he was…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever fans will get to see Caitlin Clark make her home debut one day earlier than expected. Team officials announced…

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An endangered sawfish rescued last month in the Florida Keys after it was spotted acting erratically and swimming in circles…

The Associated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) — On May 4, 1970, The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University.…

By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A…

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America As pro-Palestinian student protests dominated college campuses across the country in recent…

By TARA COPP Associated Press EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is denying any wrongdoing amid reports of pending indictments related to business…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The message was clear from Italy coach Luciano Spalletti. Put your PlayStation away and start focusing…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. expects to have arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start…

DORCHESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. The state lottery says Christine…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has clarified the gag order pertaining to the…

By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions. First…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled…

CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The murder trial of a New Jersey dad charged in the death of his 6-year-old son has…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Google’s preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up…

By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s…

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An armed person shot and killed by Indianapolis police after allegedly pointing a weapon at other people has been identified as…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has publicized for the first time what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement…

HOUSTON (AP) — Torrential rain inundated southeastern Texas on Friday, forcing schools to cancel classes and closing numerous highways around…

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese army says a bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 5 people, including…

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition war monitor and pro-government media oulets say suspected members of the Islamic State group have attacked three…