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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers voted  to advance a measure that could make it easier for government…

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a large migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border that Republican Attorney General Ken…

By Rick Callahan Associated Press Authorities have released the names of seven Virginia residents who were killed when the van they were in collided…

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods will continue streamlining its operations by closing a pork plant in Iowa that employs 1,200 people and eliminating…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Gun rights groups are urging a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s refusal to halt…

NORTH POWDER, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in eastern Oregon last week, officials said. Nick…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has ruled that the state isn’t violating transgender residents’ rights…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Al Pacino says he was following the instructions of the Oscars producers when he omitted the names of the best picture nominees…

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Police have identified a 20-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man as the victims of a shooting that occurred in Arkansas over…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Messi the dog did attend the Oscars after all. The breakout star of Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has parted ways with Donald Trump to endorse state Sen.…

RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in western Illinois say five people, including three children, have been killed after a school bus and…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts town that adopted an unusual ordinance banning the sale of tobacco to…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press As sharks go, LeeBeth is something like a long-haul trucker with gills and giant teeth. Swimmers at the beach…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has moved up the trial date for a small-town drugstore worker charged in the…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two dogs have died during Alaska’s annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, marking the…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A women’s roller derby league has asked a New York court to invalidate a Republican…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy. There is increasing media…

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a veteran sheriff’s deputy died after being attacked in a western New York casino, and a patron has been charged…

By GAETANE LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb says it’s banning the use of indoor security cameras in listings on its site around the…

By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Private organizations involved in negotiations over California’s minimum wage for…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy Awards were full of sure-things, long-awaited anointments and easy predictions. That…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A law enforcement official says the driver and a suspected gunman are in custody in the…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — People in North Carolina now have more chances to gamble as…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An appeals court says a Minnesota board was justified when it rejected a substitute…

PARIS (AP) — The French government says that several of its services are being targeted by cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity”…

FBC–Penn State-Doctor-Lawsuit HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A mistrial was declared during opening arguments of a trial in a lawsuit filed by a…

APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old California boy armed with a bladed garden tool was fatally shot when he charged at a…

MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — A plane crash in a remote area of central Oregon has killed everyone on board, local authorities said Monday. The Jefferson…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An independent report has found New Jersey and the nation were not prepared when the COVID-19…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden is proposing a huge tax increase on fuel used by private jets, portraying that as part of an…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A century-old university near St. Louis will shut down next year. The president of Fontbonne University, in Clayton,…

HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say a small private jet was short on its approach to a rural airport’s runway when it struck trees…

PARIS (AP) — The United Nations cultural and scientific agency says Ukraine will need more than a billion dollars to rebuild its scientific…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he still believes TikTok poses a national security risk. But he…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Politicians are closing in on the required number of votes needed to pass federal…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president is calling on other other members of the NATO alliance to raise their…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to new obstruction of justice charges…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In the new Peacock limited series “Apples Never Fall,” which debuts Thursday, Annette Bening plays a wife and…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer The Oscars are over and the winners are now on the books, but you’re still behind on watching? No…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Federal investigators are again searching a troubled women’s prison in California, seizing…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Officials from the U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups planned to announce a…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has announced she’ll resign her…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are prepared to provide more than $2 billion in funding toward a publicly…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump have submitted petitions seeking to force a recall…

U.S auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that automatic emergency braking can stop for no reason on two Honda models. It’s another…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — It’s day three of the trial for the father of a Michigan school shooter. Prosecutors are…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — George Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday with its president…

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The brother of LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson was arrested by Greenville Police and charged with assault and battery and…

LONDON (AP) — The former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party, who drew condemnation last month for saying the mayor of London is…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The court fight between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees over control of…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Queen Margrethe, who surprised her country by abdicating earlier this year, is back as a ballet costume designer…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 and whose body remains missing, has…

By CARLOS MUREITHI and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared. That’s according to the European…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who impugned the president’s age and…

MADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI of Spain says victims of terror attacks are a symbol of the constant need to guard freedom and the rule of law against…

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a sperm whale that became famous after beaching itself on a sandbar has died. The Florida Fish…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and INGRID LOBET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in…

JAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed commission says five years after the Islamic State group lost the last…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art:…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet Monday with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica as part of an urgent…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully reject pro-Israel groups’…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. commerce secretary says Washington is constantly assessing the need to expand…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s red carpet season failed to disappoint, fashion-wise. There was plenty of…