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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Federal labor officials have certified an election to create a union for character and parade performers at Disneyland in…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Players on Argentina’s women’s squad say they understand why four teammates quit amid a dispute with the…

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Sen. Steve Daines has blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan says it’s willing to step in and oversee property repairs at 1,900 homes in…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial have showed jurors hundreds of texts,…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to supervised probation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill a North Carolina state…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Second-degree murder charges against two sheriff’s deputies and a hospital worker have been reduced to involuntary…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for bludgeoning Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer inside their San…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, adding to a…

By SEAN MURPHY and ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press A four-term Democratic incumbent in Houston has been ousted in a statehouse primary race that…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s is fighting back against media reports it says have exaggerated its price increases. In a post on…

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a fugitive dubbed the “bad breath rapist” has been arrested in the San Francisco Bay Area more than 16…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito has…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The first ombudsman of West Virginia’s heavily burdened foster care system has…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two dozen witnesses, 16 days of testimony and hours of lawyers’ closing…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alberta officials say a wildfire in western Canada that forced thousands of residents from their homes in the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A new Louisiana law will make it a crime to knowingly approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters)…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Human remains found at the base of Mount Elden in Flagstaff nearly five years ago have been identified as a Phoenix man…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s statewide police union is calling for what it calls “real…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas after his indictment this…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of killing his Michigan girlfriend after returning to the U.S. following deportation has been ordered to…

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. National Park Service officials say an unoccupied house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press For years, less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the U.S. has gone to benefit women and girls, but that could…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An international law enforcement team has  arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a human skull found padlocked to an exercise dumbbell has been fished out of a New Orleans waterway, leaving…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri fifth grader has won praise and had an award named for him after he raised more than $7,000 to erase school…

By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee had its toughest day of competition with the quarterfinal…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Despite a long string of recalls that began more than two decades ago, about 6.2 million vehicles with…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball said Tuesday that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a…

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A criminal court in Argentina has postponed to Oct. 1 the start of a trial in a criminal negligence…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler will be dismissed, ending a legal saga that began…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Yale University has named its 24th president. Maurie McInnis will take over on July 1 and succeed Peter Salovey, who…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are assessing the country’s bridges after the…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge overseeing a challenge brought by unions trying to undo Wisconsin’s law that bans…

By MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it has seized control…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Three Black men are suing American Airlines, claiming they were discriminated against when ordered to leave a plane in January. The…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jacqueline Stewart is leaving her post leading the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to return to the University of…

MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Police say one person died when a house exploded in southern Wisconsin. Elise Schaffer, a spokesperson for the Dane County…

By MATTHEW LEE and VADIM GHIRDA AP Diplomatic Writer CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged $135 million in…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a massive explosion killed a bank employee, injured several other people and left an apartment building…

By ELEONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has withdrawn his country’s ambassador…

BERLIN (AP) — A court says a prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was fined for knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Six planets will link up before dawn on June 3 in what’s known as a planetary parade. But…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cleveland branch of the Federal Reserve says that Beth Hammack, an executive at…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is holding the last day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s nationwide elections. But the closing campaign rallies…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen. That’s…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Sofia Kenin is into the third round at Roland Garros after eliminating 21st-seeded Caroline Garcia…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s governor has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that requires serial numbers on…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19. People serving with the German…

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press For people who can’t stand the gym, working out in the fresh air might be the best option. To get started, build…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava in its latest display of nature’s power. A…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting in a national election that could be the country’s most…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata…