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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Oil-dependent Alaska has long sought ways to fatten its coffers and move away from the…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican Nikki Haley has joined the 2024 race for president. The 51-year-old is the first major rival to former President…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced a bill to prosecute illegal abortions as homicides.…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Sweden emerging as the front-runner in a troubled search for a 2030 Olympics host is a surprise in…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the United States won more than $60 billion from gamblers in 2022,…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill in Kansas and similar legislation in at least seven other states have LGBTQ-rights…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the league is prepared for whatever happens with Diamond…

Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hospitals in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region are struggling to keep up with an outbreak of dengue that has…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s political leaders are making their case for moving the FBI headquarters to…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials in Austin, Texas, have fired the city’s manager over the delayed response to a…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fewer than 100 employees out of the thousands who work at Nissan’s auto assembly…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is defending the safety of air travel as he answers questions…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Ohio’s attorney general says charges have been dropped against a cable news reporter who was pushed to the ground…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando Resort plans to raise its starting minimum wage by $2 to $17 an hour, becoming the wage leader among the big…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf,…

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Carnival approaches in Rio de Janeiro, members of a samba school perfect a…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The main freeway in southern Arizona reopened in both directions Wednesday evening and officials said people living southeast…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden often frames his public words and policies as aimed at easing the struggles of…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s culture ministry has announced that Machu Picchu, an Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened…

NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman’s next literary project is a collaboration with a prize-winning illustrator for a children’s book coming out this…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister is pledging to rush fearsome Archer artillery systems to…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s army says its troops have briefly exchanged fire with soldiers from Congo, in a new spike in tension between the…

By CHALIDA EKVITTAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — One of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 after being…

By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When the nation’s largest public utility recently decided to…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday by making a $10 million donation to…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been found not guilty of witness tampering in a trial related…

By SARAH EL DEEB and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern…