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By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders said Friday they reached a deal on…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Scores of people, including at least a dozen dressed in drag, showed up late Friday for a…

NEW YORK (AP) — If the drama happening inside the court buildings in lower Manhattan where a grand jury is pondering possible charges against…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When an Iranian drone struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A powdery substance was found Friday with a threatening letter in a mailroom at the offices of…

By TRISHA AHMED and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota utility has begun shutting down a nuclear power plant near…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and mutilating a marijuana dispensary owner has received additional time for…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Joe…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating…

PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two people have died in a helicopter crash in Southern California. That’s according to the Riverside…

By DAVE COLLINS and DAVID SHARP Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A business jet flying over New England violently pitched upward then…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press A 17-year-old has been charged with kidnapping two migrants whose rescue this week from a Houston hotel by FBI…

CAIRO (AP) — Tribal leaders in Sudan say two days of tribal violence in African country’s west have killed at least 5 people. They say the…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Utah’s sweeping social media legislation passed this week is an ambitious attempt to shield children…

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — A former contestant on the long-running television game show “Family Feud” has been charged with first-degree murder and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reese Witherspoon and her husband say they are divorcing after nearly 12 years of marriage. The actor-producer and her husband,…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida charter school principal has been forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private rocket company says an overheated engine nozzle is responsible for last…

MIAMI (AP) — A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press United Nations (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Alberto Ibargüen announced Friday that he was stepping down as the leader…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The developer of a planned Nevada geothermal power plant says it intends to sue U.S wildlife…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two years and at least $1.4 million spent, the U.S. Drug…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy’s remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ConocoPhillips has detailed reasons and remedies following a natural gas leak last year on the North Slope that caused 300…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include the romantic comedy “Rye Lane” set in modern London, the series…

CAIRO (AP) — A popular gay social networking application has issued a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says three astronauts who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters who need assistance submitting absentee ballots say local election leaders…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal judge is threatening to report two attorneys for disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a…

By CORA LEWIS and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Personal finances are a major source of stress for about half of the lower…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s new capital gains tax, which was…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping Republican measure aimed at…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press DUNNIGAN, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ended some state water restrictions. Newsom made the…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a man has threatened passengers on a train in eastern Germany and injured a teenager with an ax-like implement. The…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba holds National Assembly elections Sunday, but there are only 470 candidates running for…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has ruled that parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools…

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has sentenced a 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate.…

By WILSON RING Associated Press ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s premier has marked the anniversary of one of the worst World War II-era massacres in…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s government said it was nationalizing all assets from multinational oil giant,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president has taken part in nationwide observances Friday to honor Poles who risked — and often lost —…

By CARA ANNA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul…

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft’s blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard have dropped…

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A representative of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday handed a set of…

By JOE McDONALD and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has endured a nearly six-hour grilling by U.S. lawmakers,…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before…

Associated Press Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pushed back his departure to China after contracting “mild pneumonia,” the…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials in Kyiv say long-range Russian bombardment has killed at least 10 civilians and…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani court has extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s protection from…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Supporters of Serbian right-wing opposition parties are demanding that populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his…

By KARL RITTER and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.N. human rights monitors say they’ve documented dozens of summary…

JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s former rebel leader jailed by the International Criminal Court, Jean-Pierre…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLIS ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help…

By JULIE WATSON and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal officials are expected to prohibit king salmon fishing this season along…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish coal miners angered by a European Union directive to reduce methane emissions have protested noisily in front of the…

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shares in Deutsche Bank fell sharply Friday, dragging down other major European banks…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters will investigate the cause of a blaze that broke out Friday at a warehouse…

By J.M. HIRSCH, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street The arrival of spring means summer entertaining season isn’t far behind, which is an…

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a motorist has driven at pedestrians and rammed parked cars in a parking garage at Cologne-Bonn Airport in western…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s international debut has been deflated after his trip to France was postponed…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are gauging the risk of a banking crisis developing from recent global financial turmoil and hitting an…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet When you have credit card debt, the easiest way to deal with it is to diligently make monthly payments of at least the…

PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say at least three people were found dead this week after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters in…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to London office while…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Years ago, skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards…

JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — More than 1,500 people have been evacuated as a major forest fire rages in Spain’s…