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By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say there is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another mother searching for her disappeared child has been killed in Mexico, the sixth murder of a volunteer search activist in…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The beach community where officials say a DUI driver killed a bride on…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A New Mexico man, overwhelmed by guilt, borrowed a cellphone to call 911 and confess to the 2008 killing of…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA MVP trophy Tuesday night,…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cash App founder Bob Lee died during surgery from stab wounds that pierced his heart and…

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Officials say railroad tracks damaged after a BNSF Railway freight train derailed last week in southwestern Wisconsin have…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans living abroad sent home a total of almost $14 billion in the first three months of 2023, an 11.4% increase over the…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges on Tuesday heard arguments over whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrongly…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Prison officials have moved a former drug dealer convicted of killing a 16-year-old Texas…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is joining with law firms and advocacy groups to create a hotline that provides…

By CARLA BRIDI and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Justice Ministry has ordered Google to stop conducting what…

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A man who filed a lawsuit in Texas against three women he said helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion is…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge ruled on Tuesday that a recently passed state law banning abortion clinics cannot…

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two women have now been accused of throwing drinks at U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. The most recent was Saturday, when Selena…

MIAMI (AP) — Several conservation groups have announced that they’re planning to sue federal wildlife officials, citing a failure to protect the…

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring —…

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender state lawmaker silenced after telling…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning on the eve of World Press Freedom Day that the media…

By KEN RITTER and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Republican who led a movement of candidates who promoted Donald…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London police said a controlled explosion was carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even before he joined Lyft’s board in 2021, David Risher had taken hundreds of trips…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PETIONVILLE, Haiti (AP) — Vigilante killings are surging across Haiti’s capital and beyond. Another five men were…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has announced her resignation amid sharp criticism from…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis television station says a shot was fired at its building, but no one was wounded. WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and Turkey have slapped sanctions on two al-Qaida-linked militants believed to…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The latest Super Bowl ended up setting a viewer record. Nielsen released a revised number of 115.1 million for Fox…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — All the hand-wringing in Washington over raising the debt limit can seem far removed from…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are promising to pursue stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court in the…

MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal…

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are on edge after three people were stabbed within a week, including two…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Almost half of all voters in the 2022 midterm elections cast their ballots before Election Day either by mail or…