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By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fires are burning faster and becoming deadlier at the same time that fire departments across…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and North Carolina have become the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state…

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan officials say the CIA chief has met with one of the country’s rival prime ministers in a rare visit by a senior…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Atmospheric rivers pounding California since late last year have coated mountains with a full…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. intelligence official is urging Congress to renew sweeping powers…

By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A new study says Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their…

ATLANTA (AP) — CNN is moving out of the CNN Center, its longtime downtown Atlanta home by the end of this year. The cable channel’s weekday…

SAINT-ROCH-DE-L’ACHIGAN, Quebec (AP) — An explosion has hit a propone facility in Quebec, and at least one worker is missing. Quebec provincial…

CHICAGO (AP) — Fire officials say a worker has died after a Chicago building partially collapsed, trapping him beneath debris. The Chicago Fire…

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s lawyers want out of his border-wall fraud case and have told a judge he is unwilling to speak with them directly.…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Oscar chances for “Top Gun: Maverick” just went into hyperdrive. The high-flying blockbuster, along with Steven…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Police in Columbia, Missouri say a man suspected of assaulting several people was fatally shot when he rushed toward officers…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball hired a high-ranking executive from the Sinclair Broadcast Group as the sport deals with concern over the…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners dropped again last year, and federal officials are…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to highlight the benefits of remaining in the U.K. when he meets with the Scottish leader…

LONDON (AP) — Former One Direction star Harry Styles and Wet Leg, an indie rock duo from the Isle of Wight, are the front-runners at this year’s…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold the first public campaign event of his 2024…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say Turkey has summoned the Swedish ambassador to convey Ankara’s displeasure after a mannequin…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has voted to block oil from the country’s emergency stockpile…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The former national chairman of the Proud Boys and four…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The president of the European Parliament says senior lawmakers agree to press ahead with her plans…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the government is in talks to persuade companies that have started lithium mining projects in…

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ezra Miller is due in court Friday where the “Flash” actor is set to accept a plea deal to avoid jail time in connection…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thinking of lining up at the mini-mart for a shot at a $1.35 billion…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says an opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DENVER (AP) — Government science teams say that 2022 didn’t quite set a record for heat, but it was in…

By ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — In one of his first acts as Nebraska’s governor, Republican Jim Pillen has named…

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (AP) — The driver of a semi-truck involved in a Tennessee train derailment has been charged. News outlets reported on Wednesday…

By MARK STEVENSON and MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of Mexico City announced Thursday that 6,060 National Guard…

ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder and jailed in a case that baffled police for nearly two decades — the death of a woman…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor says former Proud Boys…