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By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — To outsiders, they looked like simple stacks of paper. But for Donald…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has testified before a Manhattan grand…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia’s economy and…

By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE AP White House Correspondent SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia and the United…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Yeoh has won the Academy Award for best actress and made history all at once. The…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEJIING (AP) — President Xi Jinping is calling for China to play a bigger role in managing global affairs after…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brendan Fraser has won the Oscar for best actor, completing the kind of career comeback that…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dual directing team known as the Daniels have won the Oscar for best director. The…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hardly anything changed when Japan dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Monday, shaken by a Wall Street tumble that set off worries the biggest…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “All Quiet on the Western Front” has won an Oscar for best international film. It was one of…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Dawn Staley has South Carolina six wins away from finishing off a historic season. The Gamecocks are looking to…

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ke Huy Quan has won the supporting actor Oscar to complete an inspiring Hollywood comeback…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” has had an Oscar wish come true. The director’s…

By GABRIELA SELSER and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua ’s government says it has proposed suspending…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The top overall seed, Alabama, has been on a roll despite being entangled in a murder case. Another No. 1 seed,…

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press Authorities say a former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student emailed threats to kill the children of…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen’s planned performance Tuesday in Albany has become the third…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fan Bingbing made a regal entrance in sparkling silver and emerald green as the…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — As President Joe Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean and U.S. militaries have begun their biggest joint military exercises…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A major trade union organization has fired its general secretary after he admitted accepting donations from a suspect in a European…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — M.M. Keeravani has brought the spotlight back to India after a historic Oscar…

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities say rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a…

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Federal officials are pausing a proposal to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, both names that come from…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge is set to decide this week on the validity of the insanity defense submitted by a man charged with fatally…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the government will assess the Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and determine…

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a Chicago firefighter’s two remaining children have died days after a fire at the family’s Northwest Side home…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The government in Nigeria says gunmen killed at least 16 people during an attack in the…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and GREGORY BULL Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — At least eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats capsized in…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank? Is it even…

By HILARY POWELL Associated Press LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — Prepping for his first trip out of the country, 28-year-old Zindell Brown of Lake City,…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar weekend belonged to “Scream VI” in theaters, as the horror sequel notched a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s mission to the United Nations says a breakthrough agreement with Saudi Arabia restoring…

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two-time World Series champion Shane Victorino has been intrigued by the sport of slap fighting…

By NIC COURY and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Wet, miserable weather continued across huge swaths of California on…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat claimed Sunday that a prisoner swap was near with the…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 has gotten a push…

By AUREL OBREJA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Police in Moldova said they foiled a plot by groups of Russia-backed…

By KEN SWEET, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government took extraordinary steps…

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of people have protested against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC’s sports coverage was hit with a second day of severe disruptions Sunday as dozens of…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister Sunday promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change — which has affected millions across the…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Oscars. Here’s what you need to know about how to watch and stream…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump may hold a tight grasp on much of the Republican base, but there’s a…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer The conversation Cecile Landi never imagined she’d feel compelled to have with the gymnasts she coaches came…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police say two foreign tourists have died after the vehicle they were traveling in veered off the road and overturned…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The night before the Oscars, many of Hollywood’s biggest stars were not early to bed. They were…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian militants who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported Sunday earning $161 billion last year, claiming…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state news agency says Israeli missiles have targeted a western city wounding three soldiers. SANA said Sunday the…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog…

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space station astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after a quick SpaceX…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday selected a combative former state…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is a safe…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s second-largest volcano is not erupting, scientists said in an update to a previous warning. The U.S. Geological…

LOW MOUNTAIN, Ariz. (AP) — Remembered as an inspirational, humble leader with a passion for education and commitment to his people, former Navajo…