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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest dropped 33.6% in the first six…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama said Thursday he believes Britney Spears grabbed…

STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin police officer who ran into a burning barn and rescued three cows trapped inside says the bovines “made a…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have granted full approval to a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug for…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The railroad industry has sued to block a new minimum crew-size requirement that Ohio…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — John Berylson, an American businessman and owner of English soccer team Millwall who was remembered…

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — A 40-acre plot of Minnesota forest land connected to a polygamous sect once led by Warren Jeffs is up for sale. News…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has decided to provide…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — An engineering company accused of partial responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water in 2014…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for a robust international force to…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a drug-related street feud…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Pakistan say the death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55 on Thursday after at least 12…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press The company that owned a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic says it has…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press Maritime nations have been finalizing a plan Thursday to slash emissions from the shipping industry to net zero by…

CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a fire in a Buffalo costume shop where a trapped firefighter died earlier this year has been…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers failed to override the governor’s veto of a bill aimed to ensuring more…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will travel to the periphery of Roman Catholicism this summer becoming the first pontiff to visit Mongolia. The…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending an anti-LGBTQ video his campaign shared online that…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company that wants to build a mine in southeast Nebraska has signed a deal with a major…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A hiker has been missing in Yosemite National Park since last weekend after being swept away by a cold and…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor attempted to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400…

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Knoxville is no stranger to head injuries. In the decades since he rose to fame as the…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When archaeologists first discovered the 5,000-year-old ornate tomb in Spain, they assumed…

FLORENCE, Wis. (AP) — Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy from injuries he received last week at a…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial…

By The Associated Press Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef are divorcing after nearly six years of marriage, the couple announced Thursday. “For some…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man has opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, killing…