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WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says there is new “energy, focus and improvement” across the Postal Service in an upbeat…

By AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are advancing a number of bills that would curb Chinese influence in…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have advanced a bill allowing teachers to misgender…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Black lawmakers in Missouri are accusing House Republican leaders of racism after…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Questions about female athletes’ menstrual history will no longer appear on medical…

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say they have arrested a suspect in an assault on Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota. Craig was…

By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Easy listening, some called Burt Bacharach’s music, and not always kindly. But listen…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s inflation rate rose in January to 7.91%, leading the country’s central bank to boost its principle interest…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An immigration judge has ordered a commercial truck driver from Ukraine to be deported,…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will vote this month to repeal two decades-old measures that approved American…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police in Ohio say the arrest of a broadcast reporter who was pushed to the ground and handcuffed while covering a…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Ten retired players are accusing the NFL of lying and flagrantly violating federal law in denying disability…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress is hearing about the December meltdown at Southwest Airlines. A Southwest executive said Thursday the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former Ohio State football players have been acquitted on charges of rape and kidnapping stemming from a sexual encounter…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press NORTH EAST, Md. (AP) — Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (AP) — As hours have turned to days after Turkey’s deadly earthquake, rescues are…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after their SUV was struck by a high-speed commuter train in South Florida. Police…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have directed all universities to shut down for nearly three weeks for…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Ukrainians have reacted with puzzlement and some ire to comments by a top Starlink official that…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman accused of feeding poisoned cheesecake to her lookalike in a bid to steal the other woman’s identity has…

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dennis the Menace has been found. A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey,…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Newly released Atlanta police body camera video shows officers clearing tents from the site of a…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burt Bacharach wasn’t only a hit on the pop charts. The songwriter and pianist got into…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A lawyer testifying in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in South Carolina said he trusted Murdaugh even…

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man ended up in jail after authorities say he left his debit card at a gas station during a robbery. a Facebook…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every New York City mayor has battled rats. But for the current mayor, Eric Adams, the war…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so…

By MATTHEW DALY and GABE STERN Associated Press MCCARRAN, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a dispute over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE Associated Press She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading…

DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado are investigating a car theft and the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy found inside by the car’s owner after…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England’s national assembly on Thursday voted to let priests bless same-sex…