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By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Salvage crews at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore are turning their…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A convicted rapist has been charged with murder and attempted sexual assault in the killing of a visiting nurse at a…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fired Philadelphia police officer has pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy. Prosecutors have…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Bangkok-based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has ruled that Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton can face…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A video of people pulling bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina has prompted an investigation, but a state official says…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album…

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A small blue dog with an Australian accent has captured the hearts of people across the world.…

By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press An attorney wants a federal court to overturn a Florida law that she says discriminates against Chinese citizens…

BEAL CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small central Michigan community. It is the result of weeks of…

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who will run this year’s United Nations climate talks in November views the…

GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters doused a late-night fire at Oregon’s historic Timberline Lodge before it caused significant damage. The…

Associated Press By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state lawmakers are on the verge of passing a $237 billion budget that includes…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The jury has been ordered to resume deliberations Friday in the trial of a 75-year-old Arizona…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California court will hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit alleging…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is pressing the allies to give more Patriot missile…

LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say 15 former British soldiers won’t face charges for perjury at an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two years after the shocking knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor has been nominated as guest…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated computers at the country’s largest fertilizer plant to…

By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s Constitutional Court has banned President Zoran Milanović from becoming prime…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to delay the start of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial by a week after lawyers said…

Tesla is recalling 3,878 of its 2024 Cybertrucks after it discovered that the accelerator pedal can become stuck, potentially causing the vehicle to…

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The superintendent and several other top officials of a Pennsylvania school district say their school board’s…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is in a rush to finish the big projects he promised before his term…

MEMPHIS (AP) — FedEx has pledged $25 million over the next five years to be used in sponsorship deals with University of Memphis athletes. The…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Family members say a former Russian tycoon jailed in Azerbaijan on charges stemming from his time as a top separatist…

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys dressed in black trench coats went on a killing rampage at Columbine High School in…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record. The defending champions in…

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is preparing to push a $95 billion national security…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South…

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it will investigate after a flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the…

By TRAVIS LOLLER and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press John Maas spent years buying and outfitting a 17-foot aluminum boat called the Superskiff 1 so…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is imposing sanctions on two entities accused of fundraising for…

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian court has dismissed a long-running case against the crew of three humanitarian…

By DALATOU MAMANE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A UN report says drug seizures have soared in the West African Sahel…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few additional surprises? No. On Friday,…

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris police say they are carrying out an operation at the Iranian consulate after a witness…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two forever chemicals used in cookware,…

Israel’s long-term credit rating is being downgraded by S&P, which cited the risk of military escalation with Iran. It is the second major U.S.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump is set to resume Friday following a frenetic day Thursday…

By CHINEDU ASADU and JOHN MINCHILLO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to…

LONDON (AP) — Olympic organizers have unveiled their plans to use artificial intelligence in sports, joining the global rush to capitalize on the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The American envoy to the United Nations has called for countries armed with atomic weapons to…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters next week in…

CAPRI, Italy (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers warned of new sanctions against Iran on Friday for its drone and missile attack on Israel, and…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine quickly if Congress passes a…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the European Union’s executive branch says that Finland’s decision to close its border crossings with…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Firefighters in Copenhagen plan to start taking down scaffolding that is left dangling…

By BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized rules that would restrict new oil…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain…

By GRACEY WAKARY and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — More people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government says it will slow down a plan to admit more students to…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force is claiming it shot down a Russian strategic bomber. But Moscow…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding…

BEIRUT (AP) — An opposition war monitor and a pro-government media outlet say an attack on pro-government fighters by suspected members of the…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s president says that two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian…

BEIJING (AP) — San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the…

By MARK BAKER and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Shoppers and workers have returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall, where six…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 2.4% on heavy selling of…

By BABA AHMED and CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Street vendors in Mali’s capital of Bamako peddle water sachets,…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates says it is halting local check-in for passengers traveling on its flights as the…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Marijuana advocates are gearing up for April 20. Known as 4/20, marijuana’s high holiday on…

By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Five Japanese autoworkers have narrowly escaped an attack by a suicide bomber who detonated…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors that the…

By The Associated Press Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces across the front line to prepare to grab more land this…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — They may look like little monsters. And their seemingly endless racket may be a nuisance. But…

By The Associated Press Iran has fired air defense batteries after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site where drones were…

By PAMELA SAMPSON Associated Press RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — When Ben Binyamin was left for dead, his right leg blown off during the Hamas attack on…

By MATT BROWN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the…

By TERRY CHEA and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California pet owners struggling to find a rental that accepts their furry,…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley have appealed aspects of their convictions on federal…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The 12 students and one teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting will be remembered in…

By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A third panel of potential jurors is…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out…