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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health…

By MATT BROWN and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ testimony about her relationship with a special…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Black author says Georgia’s white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CRESTLINE, Ohio (AP) — Just in time for the 2024 presidential election, a new book chronicles the storied…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has spared Donald Trump a “corporate death penalty” ruling, but the…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas public university students returned to the classroom in January, a new law in…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With U.S. aid for Ukraine teetering in Congress, it’s up to House Speaker Mike…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Democrats’ reframing of the immigration debate risks…

STERLING, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say an explosion possibly caused by a gas leak has leveled a home, killing a firefighter and injuring…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNICH (AP) — The State Department says the top U.S. and Chinese diplomats held a “candid and constructive”…

CHICAGO (AP) — An autopsy shows the cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven of nine Los Angeles firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars. A New York judge ordered…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California judge is under investigation by a state agency for alleged ethical…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The driver of a stolen tow truck has led police on a chase through Maryland, using the vehicle to break through a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they saw a huge increase in the number of migrants from Africa and Venezuela entering the country in…

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Compton man who may have been breeding pit bulls has been mauled to death in a backyard. Investigators say…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A jury has awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for the…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes,…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge where cannabis can be consumed recreationally. The state…

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has shut down the country’s scouting organization and seven other nongovernmental…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Actor Frankie Muniz will try to make his Xfinity Series debut in the No. 35 Ford for Joey…

By JENNIFER PELTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is suing the county that includes Las Vegas over its…

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim they…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Josh…

NEW YORK (AP) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from Minnesota is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. Federal…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.…

GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the…

SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Four major gambling revenue records were smashed in New Jersey in January. Internet…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A television station in Portland, Oregon, says it deeply regrets inadvertently showing a racist image during a program aimed…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer A heart donor has been found for NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard. Pollard’s wife said…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced to more than two years…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court is taking a case to decide whether some automatic life…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has upheld laws that criminalize gay…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who has ALS, was responding to antibiotics after being…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference asked a Florida court to pause Florida State’s lawsuit against the…

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill for drowning his three young children has been sentenced to life…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors have filed assault and gun charges against a Washington, D.C., man accused of…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — City crews have taken a first step toward securing an unfinished complex of downtown Los…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York appeals court in Albany has heard arguments over the fate of the state Commission…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top UN court has rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip.…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police say two people who had been shot were found dead in a dorm room at a college in Colorado Springs, putting the…

By AMY BETH HANSON and COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — An arrest warrant was issued Friday for a former Colorado funeral owner who police say kept a…

By CIARÁN GILES and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MADRID (AP) — An American woman is missing in Spain under disturbing circumstances. Ana Maria…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore County police officer is accused of using excessive force when he pepper sprayed a…

By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says that the apparent death of Russian…

By NICK INGRAM and JOHN HANNA Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jacob Gooch was having what was sure to be the best day of his year, hanging…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is now diving into AI-generated video.…

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford’s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute…

By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that there was no sign Russia has decided to go ahead and…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A traffic stop in a Philadelphia neighborhood ended in gunfire when authorities say the driver backed into the officer’s…

By SAM MEDNICK and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says it will hold a presidential election as…

LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say they’re removing all children from the care of a nature-based therapy program…

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic, saying the decision by his wife to…

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Native Americans and Alaska…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions. The…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as…

By MATT O’BRIEN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable…

WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has said he is not running for president, according to his spokesman Jon Kott. Manchin announced…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization says the body remains relevant and its leaders focus on…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A bass stolen from Paul McCartney more than 50 years ago has been found and returned to the Beatle.…

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A small sewing workshop making cloth diapers with cotton padding in Gaza’s crowded…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last…

By MEG KINNARD and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Top congressional leaders have recommended that Nikki Haley receive…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to throw out felony…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The management team of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has filed papers to put him…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization…

NEW YORK (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Taylor Swift has donated $100,000 to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a single week, the Republican chairs of three House committees announced they would not be…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who disappeared with her 5-year-old foster son will now face a murder charge. Columbus police say 48-year-old…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of consumer sentiment ticked higher this month, after soaring in December…