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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Opponents of a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope lost the first…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says Israel has staged airstrikes on the southern suburbs of the Syrian capital of Damascus killing two civilians.…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California law enforcement seized 54 so-called ghost guns last year from people who can’t…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU’s national championship women’s basketball team has returned to campus where thousands of fans gathered to welcome…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill that would make it easier to pursue criminal charges or file lawsuits…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in grants to extend high-speed internet to extremely…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Dubai has rejected the appeal of a British financier fighting extradition to Denmark, where he is…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio testified in federal court Monday morning as part of a trial…

By The Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who was caring for a toddler that died with fentanyl and another drug in her system is…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Moana” will be the latest Walt Disney Co. animation to get the live-action treatment, and at least one star is coming back.…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah law that would ban abortion clinics has been challenged in state court by abortion rights…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee says there is “overwhelming” support…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy winners Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, along with hit country…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Teachers in North Dakota can still refer to transgender students by the personal pronouns they…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate has approved a bill to ban abortions…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As students across Nashville walked out of class…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has…

MADAWASKA, Maine (AP) — Volunteers in the state of Maine have reclaimed a world record in a category that few people know exists: The biggest ice…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A giant red spoon that was stolen from an Arizona Dairy Queen and sparked a mystery on social media…

By The Associated Press Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson face off in the city’s runoff…

DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Secret Service agents escorted a U.S. leader to face criminal charges, they…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges that several officials in South…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Spending on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race has topped $42 million, nearly triple…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York regulators have approved 99 new provisional licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries. The state is trying to speed…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German arm of EY has been fined 500,000 euros after acting as the auditor for collapsed payments company Wirecard and…