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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in northwestern New Mexico after…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a minister known for inflammatory…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers have killed an ambitious bill that would have…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is being asked to testify to Congress as scrutiny mounts…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The birth of an endangered seal at one of Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs is…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as…

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Large parts of the Muslim world marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when cannabis fans gather in clouds of…

By SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG IDABEL, Oklahoma (AP) — The widow of an Oklahoma man has sued a sheriff and deputies in the state’s southeast…

By SEAN MURPHY and KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate…

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thede says the fourth season of her hit HBO series “A Black Lady Sketch Show” is…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican airline Viva Aerobus says one of its planes suffered an engine failure while covering a domestic route, but that the…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has struck a conciliatory tone while talking about strained…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in March and prices edged lower for the second…

DETROIT (AP) — Michelin is recalling more than 542,000 light truck tires in the U.S. because they don’t have enough traction to work in all…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Yellow daffodils are everywhere in Warsaw this week, a symbol of remembrance of the 1943…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Indian military says five soldiers were killed when rebels fighting against Indian rule ambushed a military vehicle in…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information about what…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home…