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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say the predominant view among member nations is that the leadership of…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and KEN KUSMER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University,…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Senate approved a proposed ban on the local disposal of spent nuclear fuel, unless the state provides its…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Forensic experts have determined that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died of poisoning nearly 50…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico appears to have backed down on plans to ban imports of U.S. genetically modified corn for animal feed. Mexico’s…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6% in October-December, managing to eke out…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night. Even…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials and analysts say cash-strapped Pakistan will impose billions in new taxes to help secure…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer QUEBEC CITY (AP) — If Mykyta Staskevich needed another reminder of what his boys hockey team of Ukrainian refugees…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The slap sat front and center at Monday’s Oscar nominees luncheon. So…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Records obtained by The Associated Press show a Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A late-hour attempt to extend the life of California’s last nuclear power plant is facing…

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have pushed a proposed ban on…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for and Arizona rancher being held on $1 million bond in the fatal shooting of a Mexican…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key prosecution witness testified Monday that he delivered millions of dollars in payoffs…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have kicked off an investigation into the origins of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat will receive the…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Nearly two years after Arkansas became the first state to enact a now-blocked ban on…

By ED WHITE Associated Press Michigan fired football co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss in January after he failed to attend a meeting to discuss…

By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With few confirmed details from President Joe Biden’s White…

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity…

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls’ mental health, with almost 60% reporting feelings of…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says Syria’s president has agreed to open two new crossing points…

By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carolina Herrera is a brand synonymous with elegance and class and in this year’s…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When one becomes a mother, Rihanna mused before her epic Super Bowl halftime show,…

By MARK PRATT Associated Press A new report says two Boston police officers who opened fire on a man who had what appeared to be a real gun near a…

DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan State University basketball star has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a firearm charge in the fatal…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer’s ruling body mostly responsible for…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have introduced a bill that would further define illegal strip searches after a school superintendent…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has criticized new Israeli plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.…

By LISA MASCARO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has fired embattled Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton,…

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Family members of a Black man who was killed as he tried to flee police in Louisiana have filed a $10 million lawsuit…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a…

By MARÍA VERZA and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Colombia’s government and its largest remaining rebel group have met in…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it has for the first time presented evidence to the UN that Iran is supplying advanced…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers blowing whistles have disrupted a Parliament session to…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s home in northern Syria after last week’s…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Roslyn Pope, a college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying…

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Camilla, Britain’s queen consort, has tested positive for Covid-19 after suffering from cold symptoms. The…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has made the first visit to Belarus by a high-level politician from a European…

MADRID (AP) — Greenpeace says it will appeal a Spanish Supreme Court decision blocking public access on national security grounds to government…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A blast caused by a gas leak has seriously injured two people and destroyed several homes under construction in an Ottawa…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, Nashville leaders have watched Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Legislature…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory…

By DEEPTI HAJELA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into cyclists…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear regulators have approved contentious safety evaluation changes and draft…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The CEO of a nonprofit that helps people with medical debt wants to expand the amount of debt her organization buys,…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A pathologist detailed the close range shots that killed Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son as prosecutors on…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has ordered the partial release later this week of a report by a special grand…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Many Mainers know Democratic Gov. Janet Mills as a level-headed leader, a pragmatic…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is planning to add an Avatar experience to Disneyland and explore other opportunities at…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer MERIBEL, France (AP) — When Paula Moltzan finished second behind Mikaela Shiffrin for the U.S. ski team’s first…

BERLIN (AP) — A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face by a ballet director in the city of Hannover after he apparently took…

BY RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press SWIETOSZOW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president and defense minister have met with Polish and foreign…

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Jankto posted a video on social media on Monday saying he is gay, making him one of…

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nadia hushes the crying 3-month-old baby swaddled in her arms,…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main opposition party is celebrating its victory in a Berlin state election re-run made…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main opposition party has launched an effort to expel from its ranks a former head of the country’s intelligence…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what…

By The Associated Press More than four in ten Jews in the United States feel their status in America is less secure than it was a year earlier,…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s intelligence serivce says Russia is the main security threat for Norway and Europe. The domestic security…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides…