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By LEA SKENE Associated Press RIDGELY, Md. (AP) — The small town of Ridgely on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has suspended its entire police force…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway musical “Aladdin” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and the…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sentencing continues for two more of the fired officers in…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish land owner has won a legal battle to keep a 14-kilogram (31-pound) meteorite after an appeals court ruled that such…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia has ordered a Russian diplomat to leave the European Union country within seven days. Its Foreign Ministry said…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans signing up for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, another…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sweet Easter baskets will likely come at a bitter cost this year for consumers as the price…

PRAGUE (AP) — Four Central European countries remain deeply divided over how to resolve the Russian war against Ukraine. A meeting of their foreign…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forty-seven years ago, before her hair turned white and she had no need…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by 5 percentage points, resuming a policy of rate hikes aimed at…

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin has thanked Russians for casting ballots in a presidential vote in which he cemented his grip on the…

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has welcomed its first deaf lawmaker, who took her place in a moment that the house’s speaker described as…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The world has always loved a golden couple, especially when there are hints of trouble in paradise.…

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss National Bank says it’s trimming its key interest rate, a surprise move that makes Switzerland the first major…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants to know how airlines handle personal information about their passengers. And whether the airlines share that…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Over 30 leaders and delegations from around the world are backing the idea to use nuclear energy to help achieve the goal of a…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders gathered Thursday to consider new ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine and to…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they…

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A runner-up in Indonesia’s presidential election has filed a complaint with the…

By STEPHEN WADE, RONALD BLUM AND TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital was attacked by Russia for the first time in 44 days as Kyiv residents woke early to loud explosions.…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Communist Party newspaper says Vietnam’s Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will be…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber has carried out an attack at a private bank in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records following the…

MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue ship has located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim…

By KELVIN CHAN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online.…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thousands of South Africans are lining up for water as the country’s largest city,…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air.…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is expected to indicate that interest rates could be cut in the coming months…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California wants to pay doctors more money to convince them to see more Medicaid patients.…

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Authorities are still searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly is set to vote on what would be the first United Nations resolution…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An infant whose parents and brother were killed when an SUV plowed into a San Francisco bus stop over the weekend has died.…

By JOHN HANNA and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are joining fellow Republicans in other states in trying to…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For Democrats trying to defend the White House and Senate majority, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decaying…

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the…

By HALLIE GOLDEN and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boarding houses were a staple for low-income, single blue-collar or temporary…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — For decades, their mission in World War II was top secret. With inflatable tanks, trucks and…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will be drawn Friday night, offering…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Venezuela’s government would have it, President Nicolas Maduro and members of his…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit and its eclectic bazaar of online communities is ready to plumb high-stakes…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden has opened a new line of attack against former President…

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal will head to the polls Sunday to vote in a tightly contested race that has fired…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government says it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week. Vice Health…

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia and the United Kingdom signed a new defense and security cooperation agreement Thursday…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — One of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Richard C.…

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — A mishap involving sculling boats sent 29 people into the cold waters of Long Island Sound off Connecticut, but no serious…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Chicago police officer that alleged sexual assault by former police…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera was forced to stage a semi-staged performance of Puccini’s “Turandot” on after a stage elevator…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has entered its second recession in 18 months after the latest round of GDP figures confirmed its…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have approved a measure that Gov. Gavin Newson says he needs to…

The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron has agreed to pay more than $13 million in fines for dozens of past oil spills in…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Baimadajie Angwang thought he would be reinstated to his dream job as a New York City police officer after federal…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put…

DENVER (AP) — Authorities have identified two homicide victims found at a former hotel in Denver that was converted into a homeless shelter, as…

KENNER, La. (AP) — Former New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas has been accepted into a pretrial diversion program that could help him avoid…

By STEFANIE DAZIO, RONALD BLUM and BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Top legislators in the Virginia House of Delegates are disputing Republican Gov. Glenn…

By The Associated Press A Texas man is accused of trying to sneak on board a flight by taking a photo of another passenger’s boarding pass, and…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders from both parties looked to put a positive light on a $1.2 trillion…

JOHNSON CITY, Texas (AP) — Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina House have given key approval to a bill expanding a…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would expand the state’s…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit will enter a new era as a publicly traded company with a market value of $6.4…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are giving final approval to $6,500 vouchers funding for private school tuition and…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would prohibit teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender…

HOUSTON (AP) — Three boys, ages 11, 12 and 16, and dubbed the “Little Rascals,” have been arrested for robbing a bank in Houston. Harris County…

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal appeals court that heard arguments over a Texas law that would allow the state to…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing “obscene…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan sought to reassure Ukrainians during an unannounced visit to…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The United Steelworkers Union has endorsed President Joe Biden, giving him support from another large labor union. The…