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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum, the Vatican said, adding to concerns about his frail…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A South Texas woman sued the Starr County District Attorney’s office and the…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is easing a restriction in its pet policy. For years, people with a small pet could only bring one other…

Tori Spelling has filed for divorce from her husband and former reality TV co-star Dean McDermott. The former “Beverly Hills 90210” actor…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A mother says she wants justice after her 17-year-old son died when a police SUV ran…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and other defendants accused of illegally trying to interfere in…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person’s…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new lawsuit is challenging some of Ohio’s abortion laws…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge rejected an effort by a movie set armorer challenging her…

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that more than 540,000 Ford pickup trucks can abruptly downshift to a lower…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are coming to the city of Oakland and…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Texas attorney general says he’s investigating a key Boeing supplier that is already…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tyla, who won the inaugural Grammy for African music performance last month, has released…

By COLLEEN LONG and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Still basking in the glow of his largest-ever fundraiser, which featured his…

By The Associated Press Fellow actors and famous fans are paying tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. after his death at age 87. Gossett’s “The Color…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a message he has sounded in recent weeks:…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for…

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham, the fourth-tier Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, took a step toward another promotion with a 2-0 victory…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press Tugboats were not escorting the massive cargo ship Dali when it lost power in the Port of…

Don’t count on a favorite store being open on Easter Sunday. Several stores will be closed March 31 in observance of the holiday. Walmart,…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and say they…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The office of Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he has vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former mayor of New Orleans who was convicted on federal corruption charges wants the right…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its…

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on…

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York City police officer has been acquitted of murder in the shooting of his childhood friend during a…

By The Associated Press A Moscow court has ordered a Russian journalist who covered the trials of late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has overturned a woman’s voter fraud conviction and five-year sentence for casting an illegal…

DETROIT (AP) — Five people are wounded in Detroit after what police say was a dispute over a parking space outside a blues club and bar. Assistant…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia says its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of…

LONDON (AP) — The Democratic Unionist Party says its leader has stepped down after being charged with allegations of a historic nature. Jeffrey…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the limestone walls of Jerusalem’s Old…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says the U.S. is working every day to secure the release of a Wall Street…

By MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has set strict emissions standards for…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a team of Chinese investigators has arrived in Pakistan to join a probe into a suicide attack that killed five…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slipped last month in a…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Forty-five people have been injured, five critically, when a train crashed into the side of a bus at a rail crossing in…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press France says it has asked 46 countries if they can supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris…

GERMANTOWN, Ill. (AP) — A magnitude 2.8 earthquake has been reported in southern Illinois, near the Missouri state line. The U.S. Geological Survey…

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press On Easter morning, many Christians wake before dawn to celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus, the son…

By GERALD IMRAY and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa (AP) — Emergency workers in South Africa were searching Friday…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will compete in the Wisconsin presidential…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republicans are competing for the right to challenge 16-term Democratic incumbent Bennie…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two airports in 2008…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign minister is meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, who is visiting to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s election commission has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma is not…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in three Arkansas state House districts are returning to the polls to complete some…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin and three Northeastern states will weigh in on…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected…

By MIKE CATALINI, MITCH WEISS, AARON MORRISON and REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Black people accounted for a…

By AARON MORRISON, MITCH WEISS, MIKE CATALINI and REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of…

By MITCH WEISS and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer N.C. State’s Jannah Eissa and UC Irvine’s Diaba Konate are leaving a big impact off the court, bringing…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s armed forces say Moscow launched a large-scale attack on energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. The country’s soccer…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday in quiet holiday trading, with markets closed in Hong…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union aims to fast-track up to $1.1 billion in financial aid to Egypt, using a funding…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. There…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear…

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school…

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill that aims to require local jailers to work with immigration authorities is headed to the governor’s desk for…