National-World

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic donors covered more than $1 million in legal fees racked up by attorneys…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local court in Nigeria has handed a six-month imprisonment to a popular transgender woman…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Abortion was already a major issue in U.S. elections in 2024. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling elevated it more.…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A video released by Ukraine’s state emergency services show that rescue workers have pulled five puppies from underneath…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is again reassuring the Philippines the U.S. commitment to the…

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER and AARON MORRISON Associated Press For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, his 1994 exoneration…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Flash flooding caused by relentless heavy rains that soaked western Pennsylvania has spurred numerous rescues and evacuations in…

By JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with murder and robbery after a human head and body parts were found in a Brooklyn apartment…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a police officer and an 18-year-old suspect were fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire that injured…

By STEPHANY MATAT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy has ticked down but remains near a recent…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says that the killing of a Polish aid worker by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza was “murder” and demands…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three people have been killed during a shootout between militiamen and police officers in Ethiopia’s capital in a rare case…

HOUSTON (AP) — Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted its liver transplant and kidney transplant programs. The Houston…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As PEN America begins its annual spring tradition of high-profile events, the organization…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is headed to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about who he…

MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old who triggered a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people at a backyard gathering in eastern…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A review of the Bank of England’s economic forecasting undertaken by the former chair of the U.S.…

By ALI JABAR and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A prominent Iraqi Christian religious leader who left Baghdad amid a political dispute…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations say heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that a draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective…

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — State television in Niger has broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in…

By TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Capitalizing on an impressive moment in Spanish-language music, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced an investigation into suspected Russian…

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in southeastern Spain say the bodies of four women have been found in a rubber dinghy boat floating off the coast near…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. is investigating a Ford recall for gasoline leaks from fuel injector cracks that can cause…

By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Millions of jobs that new immigrants have been filling in the…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — International migrants were attracted to some of the largest urban counties in the U.S.…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When O.J. Simpson’s death from prostate cancer was announced, the University of Southern…

By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Millions of jobs that new immigrants have been filling in the…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers are to vote on whether to lift the country’s near total abortion ban, a…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s health minister has resigned a day after a university probe concluded that she plagiarized part of her…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in…

ROME (AP) — Divers in northern Italy have recovered the last two bodies of workers killed by the explosion that collapsed and flooded several…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part…

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer A new survey shows that almost a quarter of people who have been dropped from Medicaid during post-pandemic…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer OXFORD, England (AP) — Former Ireland President Mary Robinson says having a safe climate is becoming more of a…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say three teenagers suspected of planning an Islamic extremist attack have been arrested in western Germany. They said…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Official customs data show China’s exports contracted in March after growing in the first two…

By CIARÁN GILES and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MADRID (AP) — British and Spanish foreign ministers will meet in Brussels for another round of…

BEIJING (AP) — A former chairman of the China Everbright Group and ex-central bank executive has been indicted on bribery charges, part of a wider…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asia stocks were mostly lower on Friday after gains for Big Tech shares helped U.S. stock indexes…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers are expected to vote on a government plan to make it easier for transgender,…

By SAM MEDNICK and JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based…

By PATRICIA SIMON and RICARDO GARCIA VILANOVA Associated Press METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a camp for tens…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A…

By DÉBORA REY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s highest criminal court has reported a new development…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — State regulators have decided Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention facilities, on the verge of shutting down over…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson died Thursday without having paid the lion’s share of the $33.5 million…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen Manhattan residents are soon to become the first Americans ever to sit in judgment of a…

By LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is making a campaign pilgrimage to visit Donald…

By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — A greater Atlanta program called Women Behind the Wheel offers 14 hours of free…

By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A stunning abortion ruling this week has supercharged Arizona’s role in…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) — A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt held a…

COALINGA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say say Paul Flores, the convicted killer of college student Kristin Smart, has been stabbed at a California…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top Chinese official visiting North Korea has talked with his counterpart in Pyongyang about how to boost their…

GLENN HEIGHTS, Texas. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has surrendered to police on charges including aggravated assault after…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say they are still reviewing if DNA testing in connection with thousands of sexual…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will again try to advance a bill reauthorizing a crucial…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved construction of a deepwater oil export terminal off the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest U.S. airlines and their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving more flights to the United…

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on the activities of political parties and associations in the…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said they will delay their planned…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has dismissed hip-hop artist Drake from lawsuits filed against him over his participation…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging electrical substations in Oregon in…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York City fireboat…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect…