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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A marine mammal rescue group says a dead humpback whale that has washed ashore on…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Attorneys defending the state of New Hampshire have begun highlighting the past misdeeds of…

DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say the driver of a Ford electric SUV involved in a February fatal crash in Texas was using the company’s…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former basketball star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has scored a victory as an advocate for a…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has announced a new website with information about federal, state and local resources and programs…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Debate over a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Two doctors are in favor of releasing a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With reports and rumors swirling about possible mergers and bids to acquire Paramount, the film…

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A 54-year-old Minnesota man has been convicted in the slaying of a 17-year-old high school student and stabbing of four other…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A subsidiary of Japanese-based Fujifilm Corp. plans to expand further a massive…

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say an 8-year-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose and not from an allergic reaction last month. The…

By BEN FINLEY NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia say that a criminal investigation into staff members at a school where a 6-year-old…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a region that borders Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive…

By STEPHANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has been charged…

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who was released early from a Texas prison in 1993 and now faces two new…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press Officials say a massive missile and drone attack has destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump meant to curtail…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming…

By DEVI SHASTRI and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press There have been 17 times as many U.S. measles cases in the first three months of this year compared…

By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Muslim and Arab American leaders have grown frustrated with the…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says she won’t seek another term next year, setting up a high-stakes…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for possibly lower mortgage rates? That’s a question…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says his country is demanding that the United Nations expel Ecuador from the world body as part of a…

By The Associated Press Reaction has started to pour in on the death of O.J. Simpson after battling prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson’s…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 22 people and recovered nine bodies after a smugglers’…

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Officials say 55 U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets have been disciplined for sharing homework answers in violation of…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Union officials say steelworkers at Britain’s largest steel production plant have voted to go on…

MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church says it will pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country’s…

By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten things to remember about O.J. Simpson, the NFL running back-turned actor who was…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special prosecutor has been assigned to look into whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones should…

By MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE: The first week of the O.J. Simpson case in mid-June 1994 moved quickly, with reporters racing to…

MADRID (AP) — Spain on Thursday will deport more than 60 Bolivians who arrived last week by cruise ship in the northeastern port of Barcelona. The…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Prosecutors say the man accused of starting a fire outside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office has had past…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says strong economic activity in the United States…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husband’s legal case “could be moving in the right…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission is expected to reject petitions seeking to force a recall election of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Alexei Navalny began working on in 2020 will be published this fall. “Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Inflation may be driving up food cost around the country, but patrons generally won’t see…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody.…

MILAN (AP) — Firefighters in Italy say that divers have discovered two more bodies of workers who died in an explosion that collapsed and flooded…

By COLLEEN NEWVINE Associated Press If you daydream about getting a break from stress, you might picture a restful week of vacation or a long weekend…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Organizers announced that tew films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait…

Associated Press Amazon is adding artificial intelligence visionary Andrew Ng to its board of directors. Ng is known for leading AI teams at the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices rose in March from a year earlier at the fastest pace in nearly a year,…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon has been sentenced to death in the country’s biggest…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Many kids in Poland are rejoicing over strict limits imposed by…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the labor market continues to thrive…

ROME (AP) — Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An academic probe says that Norway’s Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol plagiarized parts of her masters’ degree thesis…

ATLANTA (AP) — Powerful storms rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast early Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding,…

BERLIN (AP) — German police have offered a reward and asked possible witnesses to come forward with information regarding an arson attack on a…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say an avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Soelden has left two people dead. Rescuers were searching Thursday for…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Imprisoned Vietnamese author-blogger-journalist Pham Doan Trang will be this year’s recipient…

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government will add new restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products to…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Instagram said it’s deploying new new tools to protect young people and combat sexual…

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tax pros say there are a few tips parents should keep in mind when filing their tax returns this…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has sanctioned two U.S. companies over what it says is their support for arms sales to Taiwan, the self…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Biden administration is handing out almost $830 million in grants for 80 projects around the…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrillas from the Karen ethnic minority in Myanmar claim to have captured the last of the army’s…

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The start of the Masters has been delayed by at least one hour because of bad weather. The first round was scheduled to begin…

MADRID (AP) — A Czech tourist has died after falling into the sea while apparently taking photographs of huge waves during a storm on the Canary…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta issued a decree suspending all political activities until further notice…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two…