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BEIJING (AP) — Bao Tong, a leading voice for political reform in the Chinese Communist Party who was purged after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square…

By ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jane Fonda says the work of the Georgia-based nonprofit organization she founded to prevent teenage…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for…

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the…

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian military has issued a report highlighting flaws in electoral…

NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg is getting a big-screen biopic. Universal Pictures announced Wednesday that the studio is developing a film about Snoop…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Extortionists have dumped stolen client records relating to pregnancy terminations on…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations are due to start Thursday in a rape civil case against filmmaker Paul Haggis,…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Republicans made a striking decision earlier this year to nominate candidates for top statewide posts in swing…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Journalist organizations say South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attacked press…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have clashed with Muslim guerrillas in a southern village. The violence…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s announced retreat from Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine that it…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of votes are still being tallied in Arizona, where contested races…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters.…

JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An embattled western Michigan library targeted by residents opposed to LGBTQ materials on its shelves has lost…

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s defense ministry has released a report highlighting flaws in…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s longest-serving party has promised “stability and prosperity” for…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man already in custody in last month’s attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been indicted by a…

By ROBERT JABLON and JULIE WATSON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Schrade, a labor union leader who was shot in the head during the assassination of Robert…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Luke Combs was crowned entertainer of the year at Wednesday’s Country Music Association Awards, the second year in a…

By JESSE BEDAYN and JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Lauren Boebert is in a tight race in her bid for reelection to a U.S.…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes has won a third term representing Connecticut’s 5th…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in play and might end…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate for killing his mother and burying her…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Newly reelected Gov. J.B. Pritzker says his victory indicates that Illinois…

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge has ordered a 14-year-old boy arrested in a fatal shooting at a Seattle high school to remain in custody pending a charging…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he hopes to use an anticipated meeting with China’s President Xi…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A drenched California is emerging from a multiday storm that unleashed rain, snow and raging floodwaters, leaving one person…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will consider adopting stricter rules on…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Margins between Democrats and Republicans in key Arizona races narrowed considerably…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Bucking historic midterm election trends, Democrats wrested control of state legislative chambers away from…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has refused to throw out statements made to police by the woman accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah…

NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has sentenced a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn daughter. Jurors returned with…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Incumbent Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell has conceded defeat in a close-fought race for New…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s gubernatorial election hung on a knife’s edge Wednesday, with the race too early…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada’s high-profile contests for governor and Senate are too early to call, and details…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine officials say Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden will need to survive a ranked…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Scores of turtle species are under threat from poaching. The illegal trade of turtles in…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden claimed vindication the day after the…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats outperformed expectations in battleground Wisconsin in Tuesday’s midterm, leaving…

By KEN RITTER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Critical races in Nevada remained too early to call Wednesday, including one that…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer enters her second term with Democrats…