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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police in Ohio say the arrest of a broadcast reporter who was pushed to the ground and handcuffed while covering a…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Ten retired players are accusing the NFL of lying and flagrantly violating federal law in denying disability…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress is hearing about the December meltdown at Southwest Airlines. A Southwest executive said Thursday the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former Ohio State football players have been acquitted on charges of rape and kidnapping stemming from a sexual encounter…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press NORTH EAST, Md. (AP) — Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (AP) — As hours have turned to days after Turkey’s deadly earthquake, rescues are…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after their SUV was struck by a high-speed commuter train in South Florida. Police…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have directed all universities to shut down for nearly three weeks for…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Ukrainians have reacted with puzzlement and some ire to comments by a top Starlink official that…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman accused of feeding poisoned cheesecake to her lookalike in a bid to steal the other woman’s identity has…

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dennis the Menace has been found. A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey,…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Newly released Atlanta police body camera video shows officers clearing tents from the site of a…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burt Bacharach wasn’t only a hit on the pop charts. The songwriter and pianist got into…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A lawyer testifying in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in South Carolina said he trusted Murdaugh even…

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man ended up in jail after authorities say he left his debit card at a gas station during a robbery. a Facebook…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every New York City mayor has battled rats. But for the current mayor, Eric Adams, the war…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so…

By MATTHEW DALY and GABE STERN Associated Press MCCARRAN, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a dispute over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE Associated Press She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading…

DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado are investigating a car theft and the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy found inside by the car’s owner after…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England’s national assembly on Thursday voted to let priests bless same-sex…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chick-fil-A is jumping on the plant-based bandwagon. The Atlanta chain said Thursday that it’s testing its…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up slightly this week after four weeks of declines, a possible sign of…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Activist investor Nelson Peltz is calling off a proxy fight with Disney one day after newly returned CEO  Bob…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House voted unanimously Thursday to condemn the Beijing government for…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The umbrella group of Catholic religious orders in France is demanding church authorities…

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (AP) — A man who authorities say fired a shot at a co-worker is facing several charges. Otter Tail County Sheriff Barry…

TAVERNIER, Fla. (AP) — Some 114 Haitian migrants have made landfall in the Florida Keys, continuing an uptick of people making their way from Haiti…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have equested a lengthy prison sentence for jailed human rights…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eugene Lee, the six-time Emmy Award-winning production designer for “Saturday Night…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press Bangkok (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says his government is committed to helping Thailand…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JIM SALTER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Producers of spirits have new bragging rights in the age-old whiskey vs.…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, FAY ABUELGASIM and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press BAB AL-HAWA, Syria (AP) — A small convoy has crossed from Turkey into Syria’s…

By KAY DERVISHI and YESICA BALDERRAMA of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated a…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the…

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A woman who says she was victimized by a World Health Organization…

By GABRIELA SELSER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is happy 222 Nicaraguan prisoners sent to the…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia-U.S. relations are in a state of “unprecedented crisis” without any sign of…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Disney is working on sequels for “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Zootopia,” three huge hits as the…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer More Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite the Federal…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — When medical personnel rushed onto the field to save Damar Hamlin’s life after the Buffalo…

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The religiously wary, the spiritually curious — and anyone inclined to appeal to a higher power on game day — are…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI’s second secretary has come out with a new memoir. It’s a…

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Ghana international soccer player Christian Atsu is missing after the earthquake in Turkey, his club and agent said…

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. is giving Northern Ireland more time to form a new power-sharing government, eliminating…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster with immediate…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press If your image of nuclear power is giant, cylindrical concrete cooling towers pouring out steam on a site that…

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Twitter has failed to provide a full report to the European Union on its efforts to combat online…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has discovered plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova. Speaking to…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, has been unusually talkative following the…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliament has banned a far-right political party led by a jailed former…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state lawmakers are scheduled to announce support for measures…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A shallow earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, killing four people who were unable to…

CAPU MIDIA, Romania (AP) — U.S. and French troops who are in Romania as part of a NATO battlegroup held a military exercise to test the 30-nation…

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court soon could find itself with easy ways out of two…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has raised a key interest rate and 0.5 percentage points to 3% to combat inflation, saying it “is far…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s statistics bureau says inflation hit a new high in January. It says the annual inflation stood at 26.5% last month, up from…

GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse has reported a pre-tax loss of more than 1.3 billion Swiss francs, or about $1.4 billion, in the fourth quarter of last…

MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities say a gas explosion in an apartment building in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has killed at least 12 people, including…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported a 55% jump in its October-December profit, as the Japanese automaker gears up…

RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Dozens of Afghans have rushed to the Kabul airport following a rumor that an airlift operation was…

By MATTHEW LEE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the China balloon shot down by the U.S. was…

By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked his Western allies Thursday for more…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant’s time in Brooklyn ended Thursday when the Nets traded him to the Phoenix Suns…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has met with Sudan’s military rulers as the nations seek to deepen…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law for the…

By MOHANED AWAD and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press EL OBEID, Sudan (AP) — A surge in mosquito-borne diseases in recent months has shown the…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — On a September day in 2020, New York City Police Officer Baimadajie Angwang kissed…