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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California law enforcement seized 54 so-called ghost guns last year from people who can’t…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU’s national championship women’s basketball team has returned to campus where thousands of fans gathered to welcome…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill that would make it easier to pursue criminal charges or file lawsuits…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in grants to extend high-speed internet to extremely…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Dubai has rejected the appeal of a British financier fighting extradition to Denmark, where he is…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio testified in federal court Monday morning as part of a trial…

By The Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who was caring for a toddler that died with fentanyl and another drug in her system is…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Moana” will be the latest Walt Disney Co. animation to get the live-action treatment, and at least one star is coming back.…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah law that would ban abortion clinics has been challenged in state court by abortion rights…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee says there is “overwhelming” support…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy winners Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, along with hit country…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate has approved a bill to ban abortions…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As students across Nashville walked out of class…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has…

MADAWASKA, Maine (AP) — Volunteers in the state of Maine have reclaimed a world record in a category that few people know exists: The biggest ice…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A giant red spoon that was stolen from an Arizona Dairy Queen and sparked a mystery on social media…

By The Associated Press Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson face off in the city’s runoff…

DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Secret Service agents escorted a U.S. leader to face criminal charges, they…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges that several officials in South…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Spending on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race has topped $42 million, nearly triple…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York regulators have approved 99 new provisional licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries. The state is trying to speed…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German arm of EY has been fined 500,000 euros after acting as the auditor for collapsed payments company Wirecard and…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Certainly, Jim Nantz could fill an evening weaving tales of the great games and buzzer-beaters…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A drug dealer who killed a 9-year-old Liverpool girl when he tried to gun down a rival has been…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Steven Yeun of “The Walking Dead” and “Minari” co-stars with Ali Wong in the new Netflix series…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they had finally…

ZURICH (AP) — Peru has been stripped of hosting the men’s Under-17 World Cup because FIFA says the country is not ready to stage the tournament…

FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a jogger encountered an angry cow, and it was no joke. The Farmington Police Department shared details…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says Iran appears to have been behind the launch of a drone that was shot…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer says there was an “obvious mistake” in the…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they’re cutting supplies…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Tedorian Gallano would like to buy a house for his wife and three youngest children in…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Eight robbers who stole millions of euros’ worth of precious metals from an armored transport vehicle then…

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the Russian capital says that lawyers for an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia on espionage…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Indiana Jones is swinging into the French Riviera. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” the fifth film in the…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Human rights groups have called on the Peruvian government to investigate claims of…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine’s Western allies have sent the…

By JILL COLVIN, MICHAEL R. SISAK, TERRY SPENCER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to New…

By JON MARCUS, The Hechinger Report When Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington state to study audio engineering,…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The blue-and-white Finnish flag rises outside NATO headquarters Tuesday afternoon, making Finland a…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — This year, when the slavery-to-freedom story of Passover unfolds, mass demonstrations in Israel…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE is saying goodbye to existing as a family-run business as it joins with the company that runs Ultimate…

By JARI TANNER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish voters have given a boost to conservative parties in a weekend election,…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has identified four new local military areas where rotational batches of American forces with…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Russian athletes are set to compete again in taekwondo at next month’s world championships.…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Good savers who take full advantage of their 401(k) plans and other tax-deductible retirement plans could be setting…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military junta has expelled two journalists working for French media…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister has tweeted a message of support for former U.S. President…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says a new bill to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options. The move comes after a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia have met in the Gulf kingdom in the first face-to-face…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It started with a letter that Martha Burk figured would never see the light of day. When she…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — This year’s record-breaking women’s NCAA Tournament featured breakout stars, upsets and capped…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teachers in England have rejected the government’s latest pay offer, raising the specter of more…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Leave it to Snoop Dogg to emerge as the Most Valuable Performer of WrestleMania 39. During a…

By COLLEEN LONG and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FRIDLEY, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden ventured to suburban Minneapolis on Monday to talk about…

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss attorney general’s office says it has opened a probe into the events surrounding embattled bank Credit Suisse, which is…

By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of would-be lawmakers in Thailand have begun the official registration process for the…