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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter American Commission on Human Rights is urging the government of El Salvador to restore all the rights…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — The mother of a boy who was killed and another who was wounded in a shooting during a…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s president is renewing his call to confiscate Russian Central Bank assets held…

The Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has removed the national police director who had talked about using…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The sexual abuse trial of a “Dances With Wolves” actor charged in Nevada is on hold…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — GOP gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft is campaigning alongside U.S. Rep. James…

By MCIHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled a streaming service combining iconic HBO programming such as “The…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer The management of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has drawn criticism from a prominent archbishop —…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and HANNA ARHIROVA WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s leaders say they don’t see a major U.S. intelligence leak as gravely…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. officials in North Carolina will not federally prosecute the person suspected of killing a Charlotte-area woman…

LONDON (AP) — A man who allegedly piloted a small boat packed with migrants that capsized crossing the English Channel in December has been charged…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — United States forces will assist their Colombian and Panamanian…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams has named a former school teacher as the city’s “rat…

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is reportedly in failing health because of a new suspected poisoning. A…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has died in a…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Turmoil in the banking system after two major banks collapsed led many Federal Reserve…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An advocacy group for prisoners’ rights has filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities have decided to move the key suspect at the heart of the corruption scandal rocking the European Union’s…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Expecting a tax refund? It could be smaller than last year. And with inflation still high, that…

PARIS (AP) — A French investigative news website claims that actor Gérard Depardieu has been accused of harassing, groping or sexually assaulting…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan researchers say they have found the wreckage of two ships that disappeared into Lake…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over a defamation case against Fox News admonished its attorneys…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An exploratory committee, like the one launched Wednesday by GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South…

JEFFERSON (AP) — Law enforcement in east Texas say a missing woman was rescued from a submerged vehicle, and taken to a nearby hospital. A local…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Zoom has been credited for keeping students and teachers connected, the judicial system…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Britain have announced new sanctions aimed at Russian oligarch Alisher…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s new leader says he will follow through with his predecessor’s plan to challenge…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The migration agency of the United Nations says the first three months of 2023 were the…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An evacuation order affecting more than 1,000 people remained in place…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in New Jersey confronted 200-foot high flames as they battled a wildfire in…

By JARI TANNER HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s Parliament on Wednesday has given the green light to a new coalition to form a government, led by the…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer National Public Radio is quitting Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has proposed a federal rule to limit how law enforcement and state officials…

By DYLAN LOVAN, REBECCA REYNOLDS and JOHN RABY Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Frantic calls from witnesses reporting a mass shooting at a…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Thanks to the pitch clock, the action is moving much faster at Major League Baseball games. It…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new agriculture minister has vowed to introduce quality controls on the…

By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow…

By LAURIE KELLMAN and AUDREY HOROWITZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The leaders of the Greek Orthodox Church say Israeli police are unfairly…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can…

By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is seeking a third term in battleground Wisconsin. Baldwin…

MOSCOW (AP) — The upper house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow authorities to issue electronic summons to draftees…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A controversial plan to increase irrigation in an area adjoining one of Europe’s most…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has issued a searing — though symbolic — rebuke of an…

By TREA BRANCH of NerdWallet Massive tech layoffs, bank failures and a potential U.S. recession  could throw a wrench in the plans of 2023 graduates…

LONDON (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company is now…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say that Damascus will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party has nominated Vice President Lai Ching-te as its candidate in…

By MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits…

MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano spewed out ash for a second day Wednesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. has named a veterinary tranquilizer as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has evoked memories of the 1960s Cold War and urged world leaders to…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A United States envoy on countering global disinformation says countries…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron has insisted that his position on China and Taiwan has not changed.…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s chief spokesman denies there are obstacles for the U.N. to do its work in Afghanistan, even after barring…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ukraine has asked India to supply medicines and medical equipment and help it rebuild war-damaged…