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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied Friday to close out a winning March and first quarter of the year, feats that looked…

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Voters in small Montenegro go to the polls this weekend to choose their next…

BANGKOK (AP) — The World Bank says developing economies in Asia have mostly regained ground lost during the pandemic but are seeing their…

By TIAN MACLEOD JI and DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he will visit China this weekend for talks with…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, CARA ANNA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The global rivalry between the United States and China has…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Taiwan’s diplomatic partners dwindle and turn instead to rival China, Taiwanese…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The historic indictment of former President Donald Trump thrust the 2024 presidential election into…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative media figures were quick to defend former President Donald Trump after news came out…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A powerful San Diego County supervisor says he will resign amid accusations that he sexually…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s indictment was quietly brought to the clerk’s office at a Manhattan…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say two men were killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting outside a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime Los Angeles politician has been convicted on federal corruption charges. Former Democratic City Councilman Mark…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican government experts say they are concerned that a traveling display of mummies from the 1800s may pose a health risk to…

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago teen accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old girlfriend, a 9-year-old girl and the child’s father has…

By DÉBORA REY and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — One of the world’s highest inflation rates is making it more…

By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — In a glittering splash of luxury fashion, Dior transformed Mumbai’s grand, historic…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Former President Donald Trump’s court appearance Tuesday will kick off an intense legal…

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been indicted in the death of his wife who has not been seen since Jan. 1. A top prosecutor said…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Legislature is taking final steps…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT,, Ky. (AP) — It looks like sports betting will soon be legal in Kentucky. Legislation allowing it…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government remains deeply concerned…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. Former…

By TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for the six people killed…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has agreed to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact that includes Japan, Mexico and Australia.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first criminal case against a former president, Donald Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments made during…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate is passing a bill to repeal a law requiring a unanimous jury…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would criminalize helping minors obtain an abortion without parental consent won…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The nationwide battle over the places where transgender people may belong has flared at the…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The chair of the San Diego County board of supervisors says he will resign amid accusations that…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The office manager for a Northern California police union allegedly imported synthetic opioids from India and other…

By The Associated Press The hush money case in New York that has led to criminal charges against Donald Trump is just one of a number of…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press Police response times to school shootings have come under greater scrutiny in the 10 months since the deadly event in…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abuse survivors and advocates who’ve pushed to make it easier in Kansas to prosecute…

By The Associated Press Working as a journalist in Moscow seemed a natural fit for Evan Gershkovich, the son of immigrants from the Soviet Union who…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a founding member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees was…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after the failure of two banks, President Joe Biden is calling for…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston police officer has been arrested on charges that he assaulted a police…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Tyrannosaurus rex is often shown baring massive, sharp teeth, like the ferocious creature…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill the…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joint Base Andrews, one of the nation’s most sensitive military bases…

By FREIDA FRISARO and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display,…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A third-party investigation into delays by a northern Virginia public school district in…

By SOPHIA TULP Associated Press Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a…

HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — As Mike Pence approaches a likely 2024 run for president, he’s opening up to…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The owners of a Dairy Queen in Phoenix remain perplexed — and slightly amused — as to why someone…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday said it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s defense minister has announced he will travel to neighboring Turkey next week as part of an effort to ease tension…

By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican court on Thursday issued arrest orders for six people in relation…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is encouraging Tanzania’s…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities released 911 recordings on Thursday that…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women’s basketball coach of the…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic rebels and independent media in Myanmar say air strikes by Myanmar’s military on a village…

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says 11 people have been killed in stampedes at free wheat distribution…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Bubba Wallace’s self-confidence is struggling after a slow start to the season and back-to-back poor…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media platforms often rely on labels to let users know an account is operated by a…

By SAM METZ and ANNA FURMAN Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When two skiers collided on a beginner run at an upscale Utah ski resort in…

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia. (AP) — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A structure built over an old temple well in India collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees prayed at a festival for Rama,…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Well, it was nice while it lasted. For nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press The judge who presided over Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial in South Carolina told his law school he wasn’t…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has returned to a London court as his lawyer fought to keep his phone hacking lawsuit…