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By DARREN SANDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many churches moved their services online, the Rev.…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg…

LONDON (AP) — A British comedian has been ordered to remove a picture of a hot dog from a poster in London subway stations for his new standup…

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has extended custody of a top opposition leader for four more days after his arrest last week triggered protests,…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president says his government will enforce a “countermeasure package”…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging his priests to avoid “clerical hypocrisy” and treat their flocks with…

Home Depot is buying SRS Distribution, a materials provider for professionals, in a deal valued at approximately $18.25 billion. The home improvement…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is in Poland for talks with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk to address Polish and…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main national postal carrier has stopped using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years. The move…

By REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people…

By TAYLOR STEVENS, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee,…

By REESE DUNKLIN, RYAN J. FOLEY, JEFF MARTIN, JENNIFER McDERMOTT, HOLBROOK MOHR and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with…

LONDON (AP) — The coach of Oxford’s crew taking part in the Boat Race has described the pollution in London’s River Thames as a “national…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press The White House says it’s getting ready to welcome 40,000 people for its annual Easter Egg Roll. The…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press President Joe Biden is announcing new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans…

By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers are debating a bill Thursday that would ban discrimination over the texture,…

BEIJING (AP) — China says it will lift tariffs placed on Australian wine over three years ago, in a sign of improving ties between the two…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks broke out of a three-day lull to close…

By TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press BOAO, China (AP) — A top Communist Party official says China is committed to introducing reforms that will…

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation has pledged continued support for Taiwan,…

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and JESSSICA DONATI Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year.…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Xiaomi, a well-known maker of smart consumer electronics in China, is joining the country’s…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow’s courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern.…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — With local elections across Turkey days away, legal experts are coaching thousands of…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister has arrived in New Delhi for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties between the two countries.…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Rep. Ken Buck’s early departure from the U.S. House prompted a special…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — An immigration crackdown in Mexico has hit…

SYDNEY (AP) — Taylor Swift’s father will not be charged over a photographer’s claim that Scott Swift assaulted him on the Sydney waterfront…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here…

By KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of decades in prison…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press Here’s what to know about the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to attend the wake of a New York City police officer…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are teaming up with President…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military has finished draining more than 104 million gallons of fuel from an underground…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California has been sentenced to six years in prison for…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court says a requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says some 3,000 people displaced by Lahaina’s wildfires are still living…

HONOLULU (AP) — A woman who purchased a vacant lot in Hawaii was surprised to find out a $500,000 house was built on the property by mistake.…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker will be back behind the microphone when the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener Tuesday against the Minnesota…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The special U.N. envoy for Congo says security in the African nation’s mineral-rich…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee criminal court judge is in jail after her bond was revoked for testing positive for cocaine while she was out of…

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A debate has emerged over whether modern safety protections could have saved a Baltimore bridge after it was struck by…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have clashed with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.S. military cadets. The…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have received proposals for offshore wind projects as…

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in south-central Arizona might not be able to use the attraction’s picnic…

By The Associated Press Martin Scorsese will host, narrate and produce an eight-part docudrama for Fox Nation where he examines the evolution of…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has told Brazilian executives that a proposed deal between…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The second day of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s disciplinary system…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil…

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts state police say a robotic dog helped avert a tragedy after being deployed at a Barnstable home where police…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family. He was 82 and died of complications from a fall.…

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say four people were killed and five were wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois. The Rockford Police Chief…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An audit of a $19,000 lectern that was purchased for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee…

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors and police say a pickup truck driver accused of crashing into and killing a Massachusetts police officer and a…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who says she lost a 2022 race for…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti…

By MATTHEW CHOI The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The bipartisan panel…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians have expressed gratitude toward their men’s soccer team for qualifying for the European Championship. It’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit and Trump Media are the first notable social media companies to begin trading publicly in the last five years. They’re…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer facing charges after a 2019 deadly drug raid he led prompted a…

By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while the main…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan has been convicted of racketeering, bribery, fraud and giving false statements to…