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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper who’s charged with murder for fatally shooting a motorist as he tried to pull away from a traffic…

By JEFF MARTIN and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson says the bodycam footage of the…

By MIKE CATALINI and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez says his wife has breast cancer and will require a…

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government is making a last-minute effort to convince…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials have voted to provide more details to voters than normal to avoid…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg is sitting for a second day of…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to deliver a rebuke to President Joe Biden for putting a pause on a…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. fell for the second straight week, giving some relief to home…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say human bones found inside the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 have been identified as those of a man…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the…

By RYAN KRYSKA AP Sports Writer EA Sports has revealed an image of the College Football 25 cover that features Michigan running back Donovan Edwards,…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes.…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Drake is the leading nominee for next month’s BET Awards, followed closely by Nicki Minaj. The Canadian rapper…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele made four birdies over his first seven holes Thursday to kick off the PGA Championship, while Tiger Woods…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has sentenced dozens pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 30 years in prison over deadly riots that…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A majority of European Union countries are calling for more agreements with countries…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the association representing athletic directors of Football Bowl Subdivision schools is stepping down this fall after…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SPRING, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics star Simone Biles says she is better equipped to handle the challenges that await…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after making a…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To say Cage the Elephant’s latest album had a turbulent birth would be an understatement.…

By TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appeared before a top court via video link, his first such…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say at least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured in…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to…

By EUGENE HOSHIKO and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A U.S. Navy strike group’s flagship aircraft carrier has left its…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A leading international human rights organization has urged the Thai government to stop forcing…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that…

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors’ star witness in the hush money case against Donald Trump is returning to the witness stand as defense lawyers try to…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Military officials in Ukraine say their units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Mount Ibu, a volcano in North…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday a “foreign influence” bill…

BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have lifted the immunity from prosecution of one of the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s top candidates…

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau estimates show America’s Northeast and Midwest cities…

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that…

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when…

Violence has raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal…

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says 42 people have been rescued while another three are missing after a boat believed to have been…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s national carrier Finnair is resuming flights to Estonia’s second largest city in June after two of its…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda is reaffirming its commitment to electric vehicles, investing 10 trillion…

KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Auto technology has evolved. Many newer cars use wireless key fobs and push-button starters. The…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press SVAY CHOK, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China have begun 15-day military exercises as questions…

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — At first, it seemed like the kind of shooting that has become all too common in the…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A car carrying migrants has skidded off road and slammed into a wall in southern Croatia, killing four people and injuring…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a fire at a residential building in western Germany has left three people dead and two others with life-threatening…

By VERONICA ANDREA SAUCHELLI, MARIA GRAZIA MURRU and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press RIETI, Italy (AP) — Ella Anthony knew it was time to leave her…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. resolution sponsored by Germany and Rwanda to establish an annual day to…

BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — A hospital official says Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition after being shot…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ top court opens two days of hearings on Thursday into a request from South…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — More than 100 Filipino activists on wooden boats have decided not to sail closer to a…

Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii has been crowned Miss USA 2023, more than a week after the previous titleholder resigned citing her mental health.…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting is…

By MOLLY QUELL and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders have agreed on a…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A towering stadium boasting 34,000 seats and a precisely trimmed field of soft Kentucky…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PEN America will gather Thursday night for its annual gala, a high-profile event raised even…

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN’s broadcast of the Connecticut Sun’s game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever had the highest viewership for a…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where…

By TARA COPP and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press SABANA DE MENDOZA, Venezuela (AP) — At an intersection packed in four directions, rallygoers scream and…

By BILL BARROW and MATT BROWN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since…

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A judge has decided that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards will take place Thursday at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas,…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors’ star witness will…

By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China underlines an increasingly close partnership between the two allies.…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported that its economy contracted at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of the…

By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI Associated Press KASAMA, Zambia (AP) — Bridget Chanda is intent on helping educate Zambia’s deaf community about climate…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year’s deadly wildfires on…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer It’s not a rock. It’s the Athens Rock Lobsters. Ah-ah-ah-ah! The minor-league hockey team that will begin play…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola will soon premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a…