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By The Associated Press No current or former Texas politician has announced a campaign for the 2024 presidential race. If that trend holds, it would…

By WILL WEISSERT and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature…

By TERRY TANG and KEN RITTER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled that an Arizona rancher accused of shooting at a group of migrants…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A newspaper says Australia has quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members…

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Police say a suburban Chicago woman was run over and her 2-year-old son temporarily abducted by a thief who stole her…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creator of the hit HBO series “Succession” says the upcoming fourth season will be its last. Jesse Armstrong told The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have announced charges against more than a dozen alleged high-ranking leaders of the international gang MS-13.…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader is giving qualified support for China’s new involvement in trying to…

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say they still have no plans to attempt a recovery of three climbers killed in an avalanche on Washington…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The former police chief for the city of Oakland who was fired last week over the alleged cover-up of an officer’s…

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Noah Song threw and performed agility drills on a back outfield wearing Philadelphia…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada voters will decide whether to abolish slavery and involuntary…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s path to the presidency is an oft-told story, especially by aspiring presidents…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers are considering ending the state’s statute of limitations for when…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The sobbing father of a man convicted of killing eight people on a New York City bike path has…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A teenager has been charged as an adult in the case of Madison Brooks, a Louisiana State…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — The sandstorm being waged between New Jersey environmental officials and a defiant…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican National Committee has decided that the opening Republican…

HOLDEN, La. (AP) — Alicia Allain Schneider, a filmmaker and the wife of ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star John Schneider, has died at the couple’s home…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ GOP-controlled Legislature has shown it’s likely to pass a bill eliminating the…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two decades after his classic “Confessions” album, Usher is spilling more of…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A transgender woman has for the first time been selected to participate in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest held…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top election official has dismissed concerns that the country’s cash shortage…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers took a more modest turn on the second day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ daily newspaper says organizers of a petition drive to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell  are demanding $15,000…

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has passed a nonbinding resolution…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would make South Carolina the 49th state with a hate crime…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The man who admitted to helping carry out a murder-for-hire plot engineered by a former New Jersey political consultant has…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California attorney general has opened a civil rights investigation into the Riverside…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eleri Ward had Stephen Sondheim’s “Every Day a Little Death” stuck in her head. She recorded…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A section of a parking garage at a suburban Milwaukee shopping mall has collapsed. Three floors of the garage at Bayshore Mall…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say the alligator that was rescued from a chilly lake in New York City over the…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian authorities have dissolved a decades-old pro-democracy group that participated in the peaceful protests which…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams will be honored for her tennis achievements, business success…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has essentially nationalized all assets and property owned by Vatican departments and affiliated institutions. In a new…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges of assault, obstruction and other counts against a Georgia…

BY MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s president and the deposed leader of Afghanistan were among the top gift givers…

ROME (AP) — Italian media say a court has acquitted 25 of the 30 defendants on trial for a deadly avalanche at an Apennine mountain hotel. Tons of…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of the troubled digital start-up Ozy Media pleaded not guilty Thursday to…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland say they have charged a Russian man living in Poland with having spied for Moscow between 2015 and…

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — A former employee of a Massachusetts town is facing charges of allegedly setting up a secret cryptocurrency mining operation…

By JIM SALTER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis prosecutor decried efforts to oust her from office Thursday and…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tony Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin’s governor in the 1980s and later…

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal investigators are heading to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bulletproof vests and drones. Pickup trucks, walkie-talkies and tourniquets. These are just some…

LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested four people after protesters painted a giant Ukrainian flag on the road outside the Russian…

NEW YORK (AP) — Viola Davis, Paul Simon and Molly Shannon are among the nominees for prizes given for the spoken word. The nominations for the…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man for murdering a woman in 1990 while he was a fugitive from…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Senior U.K. and European Union officials are meeting as part of what Britain calls “intensive…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press An array of U.S. Jewish leaders are sounding alarms about what they see as a threat to Israel’s democracy posed by…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son but admitted lying to…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Jill Biden’s visit to Namibia was a big hit with scores of giddy children who…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Think your boss is bad? The one in the new TV series “The Consultant” phones his…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has discussed energy, economic and security issues in Bucharest with his visiting…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer In the latest effort to limit abortion access, opponents of the procedure are seeking to ban one of the two drugs…

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A Texas county official says there are outstanding questions about the transportation and disposal of toxic wastewater that…

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a Palestinian man from Syria of a war crime and murder for launching a grenade into a crowd of civilians…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Seuss fans might find their hearts growing three sizes this coming holiday season with the release…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell last week as the labor market remains resilient in the face of the…

PRAGUE (AP) — A Chinese pangolin has been born in the Prague zoo, the first birth of the critically endangered animal in Europe. The park says it…

By JOHN SEEWER, MICHAEL RUBINKAM and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The crew operating a freight train that derailed…

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — A judge has ordered a mental evaluation at the request of the attorney for a man who was arrested in North Carolina…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.7% annual rate from October through December, a solid…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say Beirut’s pubic prosecutor has charged the governor of the…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister says the Gulf Arab state of Oman has decided to allow Israeli planes to fly through its…

By DAVID FISCHER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the…