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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries…

By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons,…

By ERIC TUCKER and DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s support of a Republican resolution to block new District of…

By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women. The first…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the…

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Author and illustrator Ian Woodward Falconer, known for his “Olivia” book series for children, has died. Falconer’s…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A powerful paramilitary commander has slammed Sudan’s ruling generals, saying they oppose stepping…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Legislators in New Mexico are advancing legislation to rein in paramilitary patrols that have…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he plans to meet with President Joe Biden in the United States following…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed’s incarcerated brother could get a reduction in his 44-year manslaughter sentence after a judge ruled he…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four of the candidates running in Kentucky’s Republican…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Houston podcaster Nathan Reeves caught video of the startling moment that an SUV crashed into the cafe where he…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — At the prosecutors’ office in Japan, everyone makes their own tea and copies — tasks often…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate, whose attorneys say gouged out…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably.…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A massive education bill that includes a new school voucher program for Arkansas is…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the case prosecutors brought against FTX founder Sam…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The attorney representing a dozen former Iowa football players who settled their racial discrimination lawsuit with…

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has ordered new trials for a man convicted of killing two children in Chicago three decades ago because…

HONOLULU (AP) — The latest eruption at Kilauea’s summit on Hawaii’s has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. U.S. Geological…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has granted the state attorney general’s request for 90 more days to review…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — The founder of the no-frills Chicago sandwich joint Mr. Beef, which inspired…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police and court documents say a Virginia state lawmaker charged in what authorities are…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate has passed its version of a…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Ja Morant is fearless on the basketball court. That aggressive style of play helped skyrocket the 23-year-old…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh Memphis Police Department employee was fired and another retired who was…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An initiative that would shore up abortion access in New Mexico amid a flurry of local…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bill that would criminalize transgender people using restrooms that match their…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans have formally censured their nonbinary Democratic colleague after state…

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A prisoner who has been behind bars for decades for a St. Louis-area killing has pleaded guilty to killing one woman. Gary…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Arizona’s Democratic attorney general is suing a rural, Republican-controlled county to stop it from…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department spokesman Ned Price is stepping down from his job as the daily face of U.S.…

The Associated Press Federal authorities added 25 border patrol agents at a section of the northeastern U.S. border with Quebec in response to a…

By DAVID BAUDER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath that he believes the 2020…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the U.S.: traveling…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sixteen former students at a now closed Missouri Christian boarding school have settled lawsuits alleging they were abused…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is now forever immortalized on a stamp honoring the prolific…

By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the…

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday that three men on…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district heard community concerns about campus safety in the wake of a fatal stabbing at a…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the U.N. General Assembly has announced that Lebanon, Gabon and South Sudan made sufficient payments to…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WeightWatchers’ stock is soaring after the company said it is getting into the prescription drug weight…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Colossal camellias served as the ready-to-wear altarpiece for Chanel’s sparkling, bloom-inspired…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives…

MOSCOW (AP) — Viktor Bout, a former Russian arms dealer who was released from prison in the U.S. in a swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner in…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has pledged not to back down in a dispute with the United States over a potential ban on imports of…

By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering detaining migrant families who cross…

By The Associated Press The six-month battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest fight of the war so far. Little…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The second person who died following a stampede after a rap concert in Rochester, New York, was identified Tuesday as…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has heard arguments about whether the parents of a teen shooter can be…

LONDON (AP) — Previous winners Barbara Kingsolver and Maggie O’Farrell are among contenders for the 30,000 pound ($36,000) Women’s Prize for…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says a promoter’s lawsuit against FIFA and the…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A passenger who helped restrain a threatening man on a weekend flight from Los Angeles to Boston said…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Riders on an Amtrak train that runs from Maine to Boston will soon have to hold off on buying alcoholic beverages during the…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Howard Schultz has agreed to appear before a U.S. Senate committee that is examining Starbucks’ actions…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Just over a week ago, Associated Press journalists filmed 29-year-old Yana Rikhlitska…

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angela Bassett has a presence that feels warm and inviting but also demands your respect. The…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The job market in the U.S. remains strong overall, but recent high-profile layoffs at technology…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Amid a federal corruption case, a company that owns nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and northern Ohio will be sold for more than…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video was tentatively…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are alerting consumers about two more recalls of eyedrops due to contamination risks that could lead to…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has convicted a military veteran of storming the U.S. Capitol to stop…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish newspaper El Pais says prosecutors will accuse soccer club Barcelona of corruption because of its payments to…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration sued to block JetBlue Airways’ $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines, saying…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is imposing sanctions on nine people, including two senior Taliban government members and Russian military…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer The Pritzker Architecture Prize — the highest honor in the field — has been awarded to British architect and…

By JOSEPH WILSON and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has presented a plan to mandate gender quotas in elected…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off…